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Picnic Area

Picnic Area from directly overhead

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

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Texas Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates31.99870, -98.73204

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks: 25
  • 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
Peaks: 16
  • 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
Museums: 6
  • 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
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
Gardens: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hog MountainsWSW 243°585 m8.5 mi
Star MountainSW 220°577 m8.1 mi
Coyote PeakWNW 297°571 m19.7 mi
Long MountainSSE 163°562 m6.3 mi
Round MountainSSE 161°554 m5.4 mi
Salt MountainSW 215°550 m10.7 mi
Spur MountainS 172°549 m20.4 mi
Turkey Peak MountainS 177°522 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1519:47
June solstice06:3020:0920:45
September equinox07:2419:0119:33
December solstice07:3216:5817:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475058667481858578675748
Precip in1.72.12.52.44.44.01.82.33.03.62.11.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Proctor Rsvr, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/966914275

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