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Safety Rest Areas: Coke County

(Reconstructed facility opened Summer 2003)
Drinking Water Handicap Access Interpretive Displays Men's and Women's Restrooms Picnic Tables

Image Gallery
View towards exhibit displays inside lobby area
View of a group picnic arbor
Another view of the new facility just after construction
View towards picnic arbors
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View of the new Coke County Safety Rest Area
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Location
  • US 87 - north of Water Valley, serving traffic both directions
  • Latitude = 31.7017 Longitude = -100.78

Features
  • Air-conditioned lobby and restrooms
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  • Interpretive Displays
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  • Drinking Water
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  • Men's and Women's Restrooms
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  • Handicap Access

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  • Picnic Tables

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    Miscellaneous
    • Reconstructed facility opened in Summer 2003. The new design is driven by Fort Concho, other older buildings, and some of the ranch architecture in the San Angelo area. Materials (local stone) were selected to compliment that found in the buildings of the fort as where forms (two story, porches, fireplace), scale and some details
    • The county was named for Richard Coke, a Texas governor
    • Recreation in the county centers around hunting and fishing at Lake Spence and Oak Creek Reservoir