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Picnic Area

Picnic Area from directly overhead

Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 529 m. West Caddo Peak stands 628 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. Texas Forts Trail passes 21 miles off. 24 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

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Department of Transportation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.37529, -99.06442
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks: 24
  • Cedar Mountain: 8.9 mi
  • Mexican Hat Hill: 11.8 mi
  • Flat Top Mountain: 11.9 mi
  • Indian Knoll: 12.8 mi
  • Gray Mountain: 14.0 mi
Parks: 12
  • Cisco City Park: 4.1 mi
  • Six Flags Park: 13.5 mi
  • Eastland City Park: 13.6 mi
  • City Park: 18.1 mi
  • FBC Park: 18.2 mi
Museums: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Grimes Memorial Garden: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Ol' Rip: 14.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Campbell's Tomato Soup: 16.1 mi
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
West Caddo PeakSW 222°628 m18.7 mi
East Caddo PeakSSW 212°616 m17.7 mi
Mexican Hat HillSSW 204°612 m11.8 mi
Coyote PeakS 174°571 m17.2 mi
Gunsight MountainNE 51°503 m14.9 mi
Cedar MountainNNE 32°494 m8.9 mi
Steal Easy MountainNE 45°482 m24.3 mi
Double mountainNNE 30°476 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1619:48
June solstice06:3120:1120:47
September equinox07:2519:0219:34
December solstice07:3416:5817:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454856647280848376665446
Precip in1.21.82.22.13.93.72.42.42.92.92.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Putnam, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/966905724

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