Scenic Overlook & Rest Area
Scenic Overlook & Rest Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,313 m. Eagle Peak stands 2,274 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is San Antonio-California Trail, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Mountain Trail runs past it. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
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
- On the Texas Mountain Trail
49 named places within 25 miles
- Carrizo Mountains: 2.3 mi
- Threemile Peak: 2.6 mi
- Hackett Peak: 3.3 mi
- Carrizo Peak: 4.8 mi
- Beach Mountains: 7.1 mi
- San Antonio-California Trail: 0.0 mi
- Culberson County: 0.0 mi
- Presbyterian Church: 3.7 mi
- Clark Hotel: 3.9 mi
- Colonel David B. Culberson,: 4.0 mi
- Culberson County Eastbound Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Culberson County Westbound Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Culberson County Safety Rest Area Westbound: 13.7 mi
- Culberson County Safety Rest Area Eastbound: 14.3 mi
- Rivas Park: 3.5 mi
- Van Horn City Park: 4.0 mi
- South Lobo Campground: 18.3 mi
- Van Horn V: 2.5 mi
- Culberson County Historic Museum: 5.7 mi
- Echo Spring: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Scenic Overlook & Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | SW 234° | 2,274 m | 13.8 mi |
| Panther Peak | WSW 249° | 1,929 m | 13.2 mi |
| Victorio Peak | N 4° | 1,912 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sheep Peak | NNW 339° | 1,839 m | 14.0 mi |
| Collier Mesa | N 351° | 1,784 m | 17.7 mi |
| Tumbledown Mountain | N 7° | 1,780 m | 7.1 mi |
| Beach Mountains | NNE 19° | 1,761 m | 7.1 mi |
| Goat Mountain | NW 316° | 1,746 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:04 | 19:40 | 20:11 |
| June solstice | 06:57 | 20:32 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:49 | 19:26 | 19:58 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 17:26 | 18:02 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — VAN Horn, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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