Picnic Area
Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 454 m. Turkey Knob stands 623 m to the southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Jungfrau Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 19 miles off.
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
- 19.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Jungfrau Hill: 2.3 mi
- Ring Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Cannon Hill: 5.2 mi
- Schleicher Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Beseler Family: 2.7 mi
- Nicolaus Zink: 3.1 mi
- Waring Schoolhouse: 3.2 mi
- Brownsboro Cemetery: 4.1 mi
- Hygieostatic Bat Roost: 5.1 mi
- James Kiehl River Bend Park: 4.1 mi
- Comfort Park: 6.2 mi
- Boerne City Lake Park: 6.9 mi
- Northrup Park: 8.7 mi
- Sisterdale Valley District: 9.6 mi
- Champee Spring: 6.6 mi
- Comanche Spring: 7.0 mi
- Bear Springs: 11.3 mi
- Wenzel Spring: 11.6 mi
- Dripping Vat Spring: 16.0 mi
- Welfare: 2.7 mi
- Ammans Crossing: 9.6 mi
- Bankersmith: 14.7 mi
- Currey's Creek: 15.0 mi
- Grapetown: 16.6 mi
- Agricultural Heritage Museum: 8.0 mi
- Frontier Times Museum: 19.3 mi
- Kerr Arts & Cultural Center: 20.7 mi
- Schreiner Mansion - Historic Site and Event Center: 20.7 mi
- Texas Rangers Heritage Center: 23.1 mi
- Albert & Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area: 11.5 mi
- Cave Without a Name: 12.8 mi
- Scenic Canyon: 21.6 mi
- Cedar Creek: 23.3 mi
- Rancho Diana Park: 23.5 mi
- Cascade Caverns: 13.7 mi
- Lukenbach General Store and Post Office: 18.9 mi
- The Cross at Kerrville: 20.3 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 23.2 mi
- Fort Martin Scott Historic Site: 23.2 mi
- Gaddis Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Joes Point: 13.8 mi
- Ravenhead: 14.1 mi
- Kerr County Eastbound Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Kerr County Westbound Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Gillespie County Ranch Road 1 Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Gazebo for Albert Steves: 5.1 mi
- Lupe: 20.9 mi
- SR 173 Roadside Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Knob | SW 221° | 623 m | 7.2 mi |
| Round Top | WSW 257° | 611 m | 14.1 mi |
| Broad Mountain | NW 324° | 596 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Medina | WSW 252° | 596 m | 18.6 mi |
| State Mountain | WSW 249° | 594 m | 12.8 mi |
| Sunset Mountain | WSW 251° | 592 m | 15.2 mi |
| Wolkenburg | WNW 304° | 589 m | 10.0 mi |
| Cloud Mountain | SW 233° | 586 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:16 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 20:05 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 17:05 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boerne, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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