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Picnic Area

Picnic Area from directly overhead

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. 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

Coordinates29.91317, -98.83076

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Springs: 16
  • 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
Ghost towns: 13
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 6
Attractions: 6
  • 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
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • SR 173 Roadside Picnic Area: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey KnobSW 221°623 m7.2 mi
Big HillN 7°612 m13.3 mi
Round TopWSW 257°611 m14.1 mi
Broad MountainNW 324°596 m9.7 mi
Mount MedinaWSW 252°596 m18.6 mi
State MountainWSW 249°594 m12.8 mi
Sunset MountainWSW 251°592 m15.2 mi
WolkenburgWNW 304°589 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1619:47
June solstice06:3620:0520:40
September equinox07:2419:0219:33
December solstice07:2817:0517:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360667379828277685850
Precip in2.32.22.82.55.33.82.82.83.93.92.92.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boerne, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/345634320

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