Texas Park Road 36

Park Road 36 marker

Park Road 36
Possum Kingdom State Park Road
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 5.606 mi[1] (9.022 km)
Existed: 1945[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: Camp Constantin BSA/Camp Grady Spruce YMCA
 

FM 2951

FM 2353 in Pickwick
East end: SH 16
Location
Counties: Palo Pinto
Highway system
← FM 36I-37 →

Park Road 36 (PR 36) is a 5.6-mile (9.0 km) Park Road in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The road, located in northwestern Palo Pinto County west of Graford, was authorized in 1945 to provide access to a former section of Possum Kingdom State Park. PR 36 has since been extended to two private campgrounds connecting them to State Highway 16 (SH 16) while intersecting FM 2951 and FM 2353.

Route description

PR 36 begins at the main entrance for the Boy Scouts of America camp, Camp Constantin, and the YMCA camp, Camp Grady Spruce; the main road of the highway travels through the former.[2] The highway travels within close proximity to Possum Kingdom Lake's southern shore, before reaching FM 2951. The highway turns towards the east, traveling through the small town of Pickwick where it intersects FM 2353. Leaving Pickwick, PR 36 travels away from the lake, ending at SH 16, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Graford.[3][4]

History

PR 36 was originally designated in 1945 over an approximately 3.2-mile (5.1 km) segment connecting a former portion of Possum Kingdom State Park to SH 16. The road was extended 1.6 miles (2.6 km) westward to the Lakeview subdivision a year later. The final 0.8-mile (1.3 km) extension to the current western terminus at the organizational campgrounds was added in 1947.[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Palo Pinto County.

Locationmi[4]kmDestinationsNotes
​0.00.0Camp Constantin/Camp Grady Spruce main entrancesEastern terminus
​1.11.8 FM 2951 west
Pickwick3.65.8 FM 2353 – Graham, Brazos River Authority
​5.69.0 SH 16 – Graham, StrawnWestern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 36". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Map Book (PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 327. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2014). Texas County Map Book (PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 326. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Google (July 21, 2014). "Overview Map of Park Road 36" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 21, 2014.

Route map: Bing / Google

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