Picnic Area
Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 434 m. Hog Mountains stands 585 m to the west-southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cox Cemetery, a historic site 3.2 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 8.6 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
To meet the needs of travelers for places where they could stop for rest and eat their lunches, Texas began creating roadside parks in the l930s. Built in typically shady areas, the parks offered drivers and their passengers some respite on hot summer day
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Cox Cemetery: 3.2 mi
- Community of Sidney: 3.4 mi
- Pendergrass Cemetery: 3.8 mi
- T. O. Moore: 9.6 mi
- Mollie E. Moore: 9.6 mi
- Comanche City Park: 9.9 mi
- Copperas Creek Park: 13.8 mi
- Promontory Park: 14.3 mi
- Old City Park: 14.3 mi
- High Point Park: 14.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Long Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Star Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Hog Mountains: 8.5 mi
- Salt Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Comanche County Museum: 7.6 mi
- Terrill Antique Car Museum: 13.9 mi
- Dublin Bottling Works: 23.6 mi
- Dublin Rodeo Heritage Museum: 23.6 mi
- Brown County Museum of History: 24.0 mi
- Comyn: 16.2 mi
- Desdemona: 21.6 mi
- Mangum: 23.4 mi
- Alameda, Texas: 23.7 mi
- Edna Hill: 23.7 mi
- Muse Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi
- Longhorn Cattle Statue: 10.2 mi
- Jim's vegetable garden: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Mountains | WSW 243° | 585 m | 8.5 mi |
| Star Mountain | SW 220° | 577 m | 8.1 mi |
| Coyote Peak | WNW 297° | 571 m | 19.7 mi |
| Long Mountain | SSE 163° | 562 m | 6.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSE 161° | 554 m | 5.4 mi |
| Salt Mountain | SW 215° | 550 m | 10.7 mi |
| Spur Mountain | S 172° | 549 m | 20.4 mi |
| Turkey Peak Mountain | S 177° | 522 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:15 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:09 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:58 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Proctor Rsvr, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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