Texas Travel Information Center at Gainesville
Texas Travel Information Center at Gainesville is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Gordon Mountain stands 393 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Camp Howze, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 4.0 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Site of Camp Howze: 0.8 mi
- Oklahoma: 2.8 mi
- Butterfield Overland Stage Line: 4.2 mi
- Booker T. Washington School: 4.4 mi
- American Paint Horse Association: 4.6 mi
- Reeves' Muntjac: 4.9 mi
- Vintage Gulf Gas Station: 4.9 mi
- Clouded Leopard: 4.9 mi
- Geoffroy's Cat: 4.9 mi
- Burmese Python: 4.9 mi
- Farmers Market: 4.7 mi
- Medal of Honor Park: 4.8 mi
- Depot Park: 4.9 mi
- Parkview Park: 4.9 mi
- Leonard Park: 4.9 mi
- Terrapin Hill: 10.1 mi
- Three Mounds: 10.2 mi
- Flattop Peak: 15.1 mi
- Mount Olive: 16.3 mi
- Peak Hill: 16.4 mi
- Sante Fe Depot Museum: 4.9 mi
- Morton Museum of Cooke County: 4.9 mi
- Love County Historical Society: 17.0 mi
- Love County Military Museum: 17.0 mi
- Artillery Museum: 20.6 mi
- Butterfield Stagecoach statue: 4.8 mi
- Armed Forces memorial: 4.8 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 4.8 mi
- Myra Baptist Church Bell: 9.8 mi
- Anti-Aircraft Gun: 20.7 mi
- White Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Tyler Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Rock Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Graveyard Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Marysville: 11.2 mi
- Sivells Bend: 11.4 mi
- Illinois Bend: 22.7 mi
- Oklahoma Welcome Center: 5.7 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 20.7 mi
- Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas Travel Information Center at Gainesville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Mountain | W 279° | 393 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mount View | WNW 282° | 393 m | 21.8 mi |
| Tadlock Hill | WSW 256° | 362 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mound | WSW 252° | 356 m | 24.8 mi |
| Jack Mound | WSW 249° | 348 m | 23.8 mi |
| McCracken Mound | WSW 249° | 343 m | 21.7 mi |
| Peak Hill | NNE 15° | 294 m | 16.4 mi |
| Three Mounds | NNW 329° | 290 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:06 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 44 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville 5 ENE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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