Picnic Area

Picnic Area: 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 park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Picnic Area

Season: Year-round, evenings.

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 Picnic Area — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.96306, -94.03968. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Picnic Area

• Chimp Haven · sanctuary · Caddo Parish · ~42 km · Must-see
• Toledo Bend Reservoir · lake · Sabine Parish · ~61 km · Must-see
• Sabine National Forest · sanctuary · Sabine · ~63 km · Must-see
• Wallace Lake Dam · lake · Caddo Parish · ~66 km · Must-see
• Martin Creek Lake Dam · lake · Rusk · ~74 km · Must-see
• B. F. Morris and the Town of Joaquin · fort · Shelby · ~2 km
• Brookland Cemetery · fort · Shelby · ~3 km
• First United Methodist Church · church · DeSoto Parish · ~5 km
• First Baptist Church · church · DeSoto Parish · ~5 km
• International Boundary Marker · fort · Panola · ~10 km
• Cool Springs Church · church · DeSoto Parish · ~15 km
• Bethel United Methodist Church · church · DeSoto Parish · ~15 km
• Adams Cemetery · fort · Panola · ~16 km
• Bone Hill Lake Dam · lake · Shelby · ~19 km
• Social Point Church · church · Panola · ~20 km
• Bone Hill · viewpoint · Shelby · ~20 km
• First Battle - Organized War 1841-1844 · fort · Shelby · ~27 km
• Deadwood Cemetery · fort · Panola · ~28 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Picnic Area

Other parks near Picnic Area

• Ford Park · park · Caddo Parish · ~76 km · Must-see
• SFA Mast Arboretum · park · Nacogdoches · ~86 km · Must-see
• Bodcau State Wildlife Management Area · park · Bossier Parish · ~139 km · Must-see
• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site · park · Cherokee · ~141 km · Must-see
• Airport Park · park · Caddo Parish · ~73 km
• Atkins Park · park · Caddo Parish · ~78 km
• Anderson Island Park · park · Caddo Parish · ~83 km
• Broughton Park · park · Gregg · ~107 km
• Hodges Gardens State Park · park · Sabine Parish · ~110 km
• Meadowbrook Park · park · Gregg · ~112 km

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