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Picnic Area

Picnic Area from directly overhead

Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 743 m. Bench Mountain stands 794 m to the southeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is D.W. "80 John" Wallace, a historic site 1.6 miles away. 15 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

Coordinates32.40991, -100.66684

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • Loraine City Park: 2.5 mi
  • Roscoe City Park: 7.4 mi
  • Roscoe Memorial Park: 7.9 mi
  • George Parks Field: 8.2 mi
  • Ruddick Park: 10.6 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Lone Wolf Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Bench Mountain: 9.6 mi
  • Round Mountain: 11.1 mi
  • Clay Smith Peak: 17.8 mi
  • Ninemile Hill: 18.4 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 2

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
Bench MountainSE 142°794 m9.6 mi
Jackson MountainS 178°788 m20.7 mi
Stepp MountainS 180°786 m22.1 mi
Wildcat MountainE 101°775 m18.6 mi
Lone Wolf MountainNW 312°752 m6.3 mi
Cottonwood MountainE 94°740 m19.7 mi
Ninemile HillE 100°730 m18.4 mi
Beacon HillE 82°710 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2219:55
June solstice06:3720:1720:54
September equinox07:3219:0819:41
December solstice07:4117:0517:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434755647280838275655345
Precip in1.01.01.41.52.83.11.82.22.12.21.11.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roscoe, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/966906216

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