Picnic Area
Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Bull Mountain stands 255 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. Texas Lakes Trail runs past it. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 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
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- On the Texas Lakes Trail
113 named places within 25 miles
- Pat Mayse State Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
- Pat Mayse State Park 1: 7.0 mi
- Beaver Creek Park: 7.2 mi
- Cora Lee Park: 9.9 mi
- Lake Crook Park: 10.0 mi
- Fulton's Trading Post: 1.3 mi
- Camp Maxey: 5.4 mi
- Providence Baptist Church: 10.9 mi
- Site of Lafayette: 12.6 mi
- Atkinson-Morris House: 13.2 mi
- Valley of the Caddo Museum and Cultural Center: 14.0 mi
- Lamar County Historical Museum: 14.0 mi
- Fort Towson City Hall: 17.8 mi
- Flying Tigers Museum: 19.0 mi
- Chapparral Rails to Trails Museum: 24.8 mi
- Gambill Wildlife Refuge: 13.8 mi
- Waterfowl Refuge: 20.3 mi
- Hugo Wildlife Management Area: 20.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 21.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 21.9 mi
- Bull Mountain: 24.5 mi
- Oklahoma Awesome Adventures: 10.9 mi
- Eiffel Tower: 15.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Hippie Beach: 3.3 mi
- Garretts Bluff: 14.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Mountain | NE 39° | 255 m | 24.5 mi |
| Round Mountain | NE 34° | 234 m | 21.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ENE 63° | 172 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:00 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:40 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 45 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hugo, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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