Walker County Southbound Rest Area
Walker County Southbound Rest Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Peckerwood Hill stands 144 m to the southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cook Springs Baptist Church, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 6.1 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Newly constructed facility opened December 2007
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
- 19.8 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Cook Springs Baptist Church: 1.2 mi
- Harmony Cemetery: 5.5 mi
- Sam Houston Industrial and Training School: 6.0 mi
- Ebenezer Cemetery: 6.3 mi
- Bishop Ward Normal and Collegiate Institute: 7.0 mi
- General Sam's Off-Road Park: 4.7 mi
- Kate Barr Ross Park: 5.4 mi
- Forest Hills Park: 6.2 mi
- Bayou Bend Park: 6.3 mi
- Bush Miller Park: 6.7 mi
- Smith Hill: 6.8 mi
- Peckerwood Hill: 8.7 mi
- Blue Bonnet Hill: 13.7 mi
- Gospel Hill: 18.4 mi
- Shepard Hill: 22.7 mi
- Texas Prison Museum: 5.5 mi
- H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum of Texas: 5.6 mi
- Gibbs-Powell House Museum: 7.5 mi
- Sam Houston Memorial Museum: 7.9 mi
- Bray's Motor Museum & Playground: 20.0 mi
- Wyser Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Cincinnati Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Sulphur Bluffs: 20.6 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Goshen: 11.6 mi
- Esperanza: 22.7 mi
- Prairie Point: 22.9 mi
- Antioch: 22.9 mi
- Sam Houston Grave: 7.7 mi
- The Raven: 8.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walker County Southbound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peckerwood Hill | SE 124° | 144 m | 8.7 mi |
| Smith Hill | ESE 122° | 126 m | 6.8 mi |
| Blue Bonnet Hill | SSW 195° | 96 m | 13.7 mi |
| Shepard Hill | SSE 157° | 95 m | 22.7 mi |
| Gospel Hill | E 80° | 92 m | 18.4 mi |
| Rocky Hill | ENE 77° | 77 m | 23.9 mi |
| Camp Hill | ENE 78° | 61 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:54 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:49 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:49 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntsville Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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