Hicks Bluff

Hicks Bluff: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Hicks Bluff

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Hicks Bluff — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.65291, -97.99782. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hicks Bluff

• Chandor Gardens · sanctuary · Parker · ~26 km · Must-see
• Lake Palo Pinto Dam · lake · Palo Pinto · ~32 km · Must-see
• Lake Granbury Master Gardener Demonstration Garden · lake · Hood · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lake Weatherford Dam · lake · Parker · ~42 km · Must-see
• Slipdown Mountain · viewpoint · Parker · ~42 km · Must-see
• Acton State Historic Site · park · Hood · ~47 km · Must-see
• Comanche Creek Dam · lake · Somervell · ~57 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur Valley State Park · park · Somervell · ~60 km · Must-see
• Benbrook Lake · lake · Tarrant · ~63 km · Must-see
• Creation Evidence Museum · museum · Somervell · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lake Worth · lake · Tarrant · ~67 km · Must-see
• Sam Bass Hollow · viewpoint · Stephens · ~69 km · Must-see
• Eagle Mountain Dam · lake · Tarrant · ~69 km · Must-see
• Possum Kingdom Lake · lake · Palo Pinto · ~69 km · Must-see
• Palo Pinto Mountains State Park · park · Stephens · ~70 km · Must-see
• Marine Creek Lake Park · lake · Tarrant · ~74 km · Must-see
• Fort Worth Museum of Science and History · museum · Tarrant · ~75 km · Must-see
• National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame · museum · Tarrant · ~75 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Hicks Bluff

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Hicks Bluff

• Slipdown Mountain · viewpoint · Parker · ~42 km · Must-see
• Sam Bass Hollow · viewpoint · Stephens · ~69 km · Must-see
• Tackett Mountain · viewpoint · Young · ~104 km · Must-see
• Arteburn Point · viewpoint · Palo Pinto · ~9 km
• Milliken Bluff · viewpoint · Parker · ~15 km
• Duke Mountain · viewpoint · Parker · ~18 km
• Conway Bluff · viewpoint · Parker · ~19 km
• Buzzard Hill · viewpoint · Parker · ~22 km
• Double Mountain · viewpoint · Palo Pinto · ~23 km
• Bugle Mountain · viewpoint · Palo Pinto · ~25 km

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