Enjoy the Texas Hill Country

Miles of trails are available for hiking and mountain biking in one of Austin’s favorite locations known by the locals as simply the greenbelt. If you are taking the bike out be sure to contact the Austin Parks and Recreation Department to get information because the trails range from relatively flat to pretty technical in [...]

Premier location for rock climbing and hiking at this one billion year old batholith, but definitely not the place to go if you are looking for swimming opportunities. Primary feature at the natural area is the impossible to miss pink granite exfoliation dome rising approximately 425 feet above ground. Come listen to the enchanting crackling [...]

The primary feature of this 5,217-acre park is of course the Pedernales Falls, which can quickly be transformed from serene to super-bad in just a few minutes during flashflood conditions. Swimming is allowed in the park, but the state has 86′d swimming at the falls. “Ah Mike me lad, the old days, they are gone [...]

This old ranch now is a Travis County operated park with almost three miles of frontage on the Pedernales River, which is not bad at all for a county park. This is a great place for mountain biking and for a climbing expedition. The trails are marked as to level of difficulty and there is [...]