Rest area · Texas
Picnic Area
Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 890 m. Range Hill stands 859 m to the southeast, 8.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
Coordinates32.31568, -102.12670
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Freeland Park: 16.3 mi
- Armadillo Park: 16.5 mi
- Ojibwa Park: 17.4 mi
- Hal Fanning Park: 17.6 mi
- Woodland Park: 17.7 mi
Historic sites
- Mustang Spring: 16.5 mi
- Claydesta Memorial Fountain: 19.7 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 19.8 mi
- puma vs deer: 19.9 mi
- baby deer: 19.9 mi
Attractions: 55
- *: 23.7 mi
- *: 23.7 mi
- *: 23.7 mi
- *: 23.7 mi
- *: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 8
- Jesus Statue: 20.4 mi
- St. Andrew's Stag: 20.4 mi
- Saint Ann With Child Statue: 22.2 mi
- Stone Saint Ann Statue: 22.2 mi
- Facts of Life: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 7
- Poppy LaMonica Memorial Garden: 19.2 mi
- Windlands Garden: 20.2 mi
- Grace Presbyterian Labrynth: 20.5 mi
- Patrick Peyton Prayer Garden: 21.1 mi
- Craddick Garden: 22.0 mi
Museums: 7
- Sibley Nature Center: 19.8 mi
- Midland Fire Department Museum: 22.2 mi
- Museum of the Southwest: 22.4 mi
- Fredda Turner Durham Children's Museum: 22.4 mi
- Blakemore Planetarium: 22.4 mi
Peaks: 1
- Range Hill: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Sibley Nature Center: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Indian Point: 24.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range Hill | SE 126° | 859 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:53 | 19:28 | 20:00 |
| June solstice | 06:43 | 20:23 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 17:11 | 17:48 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Midland 4 ENE, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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