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Picnic Area

Picnic Area from directly overhead

Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Anderson Mountain stands 372 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Bridge Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail runs past it. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Texas Department of Transportation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates31.27271, -97.51726
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Iron Bridge Park: 2.7 mi
  • Mother Neff State Park: 4.0 mi
  • Leona Park: 4.7 mi
  • McGregor Park: 5.1 mi
  • Rogers Park: 8.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks: 52
  • Owl Creek Mountains: 4.0 mi
  • Bland Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Bread Tray Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Tweedle Mountain: 7.3 mi
  • King Mountain: 7.5 mi
Museums: 11
Gardens: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 5
  • CCC Rock Tower: 4.4 mi
  • Bird Blind: 4.4 mi
  • CCC Plaque: 4.8 mi
  • Historic Bell: 4.8 mi
  • Old Town Salado: 22.2 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Silverstone Park Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
  • Wyndham Hill Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
Artworks: 1
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 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
Anderson MountainWSW 247°372 m24.3 mi
Hog MountainWSW 247°370 m24.9 mi
Shell MountainsW 279°361 m18.9 mi
Bagget MountainWNW 289°356 m23.0 mi
McCluskey MountainWNW 290°356 m23.6 mi
Culp MountainWNW 291°356 m23.7 mi
Manere MountainSW 227°356 m24.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillWSW 242°352 m23.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1019:42
June solstice06:2720:0320:38
September equinox07:1918:5619:28
December solstice07:2616:5517:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057647280838477675648
Precip in2.62.73.43.04.93.72.32.23.14.62.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcgregor, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/967064901

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