Monday, June 05, 2006
Lawrence E. Wood Picnic Area
Roadside rest areas are rarely considered destinations in themselves, but the Wood Picnic Area is a pleasantly quiet, shady getaway for a picnic, camping or birdwatching. On Texas 118 a few miles west of the McDonald Observatory and a half-hour's drive from Fort Davis, the Wood Picnic Area (called "Madera roadside park" by many of the
locals) is on several acres of pine, juniper and oak woodland at about 5,900 feet in elevation. Madera Creek runs next to the park on private land. Plans are underway to build a public hiking trail on adjacent ranchland, but it probably won't open until late 2006. There is no drinking water or restroom.
--Pete Szilagyi, Fort Davis, Texas Mountain Adventures
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This is one of my favorite spots as well.
I like to spend the night at this rest area after attending one of the evening Star Parties at McDonald Observatory. It really is quite a jewel. On Dec. 30th, 2006 it had a nice little snow covering.
Absolutely no one came down 118 the entire night, as there were no tire tracks on the snow covered road in the morning.
Very dark, quite and isolated:).
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I like to spend the night at this rest area after attending one of the evening Star Parties at McDonald Observatory. It really is quite a jewel. On Dec. 30th, 2006 it had a nice little snow covering.
Absolutely no one came down 118 the entire night, as there were no tire tracks on the snow covered road in the morning.
Very dark, quite and isolated:).
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