Safety Rest Areas: Hardeman County Northbound
Safety Rest Areas: Hardeman County Northbound is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 457 m. Big Mound stands 522 m to the south, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Safety Rest Areas: Hardeman County Southbound, a rest area 0.2 miles away. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
New facility opened November 2002
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
61 named places within 25 miles
- Medicine Mound Depot, 1910: 5.2 mi
- William Jesse McDonald: 6.1 mi
- W. P. A. Sanitation Project: 6.1 mi
- Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise Store: 6.1 mi
- Medicine Mound Community: 6.1 mi
- Flat Top: 2.9 mi
- Big Mound: 5.1 mi
- Cedar Mound: 5.5 mi
- Medicine Mounds: 5.7 mi
- Third Mound: 6.0 mi
- Quanah City Park: 5.9 mi
- Copper Breaks State Park: 12.6 mi
- Allingham Park: 21.0 mi
- Christine Lyday Park: 21.1 mi
- Vernon City Park / Orbison Park: 21.3 mi
- Hardeman County Historical Museum: 6.4 mi
- Red River Valley Museum: 19.5 mi
- Foard County Museum: 20.4 mi
- Fire Hall Museum: 20.4 mi
- Medicine Mound: 6.1 mi
- Acme: 11.3 mi
- Aaron: 24.1 mi
- Historic Windmill: 12.7 mi
- Dark Sky Viewing Area: 12.7 mi
- Permian Sea Tide Ripples: 12.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Safety Rest Areas: Hardeman County Northbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mound | S 177° | 522 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hepsidam Hill | W 271° | 510 m | 18.9 mi |
| Cedar Mound | S 174° | 506 m | 5.5 mi |
| Dixie Mound | SSW 205° | 498 m | 23.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 213° | 494 m | 18.4 mi |
| Third Mound | S 172° | 489 m | 6.0 mi |
| Flat Top | W 262° | 488 m | 2.9 mi |
| Little Mound | S 171° | 476 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:17 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:55 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 71 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quanah 2 SW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/343944072
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