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Picnic Area

Picnic Area from directly overhead

Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Asphalt Mountain stands 392 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Hill, a peak 13 miles away. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

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

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Department of Transportation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates28.88955, -100.16533
Around it

75 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Seco Mines Park: 22.1 mi
  • Flowers Skate Park: 22.3 mi
  • DeBonna Park: 22.4 mi
  • Thelma Neal Chittim Park: 22.5 mi
  • Nick Carr Community Park - Pueblo Nuevo: 22.7 mi
Peaks: 22
  • Buck Hill: 13.2 mi
  • Chapotal Hill: 14.2 mi
  • Consuelo Hill: 14.7 mi
  • Deadmans Hill: 15.8 mi
  • Peloncillo Peak: 16.9 mi
Historic sites: 22
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Museums: 1
On the horizon

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
Asphalt MountainNNE 18°392 m23.7 mi
Cantrell MountainNNE 28°391 m24.4 mi
Cline MountainNNE 14°385 m23.0 mi
Muela MountainN 7°380 m20.1 mi
Indian Head PeakNNW 342°380 m21.3 mi
Big HillNNE 18°349 m18.4 mi
Saddleback MountainNNE 22°346 m23.8 mi
Sulphur MountainNNE 29°335 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:2119:52
June solstice06:4420:0820:43
September equinox07:3019:0719:39
December solstice07:3117:1317:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525765717884868780716052
Precip in0.70.71.22.02.82.22.11.73.32.11.10.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle Pass 3N, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/967062340

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