With, 5,300 acres of trails, campgrounds, water and wildlife, Colorado Bend State Park offers a variety of outdoor activities for any age and ability. Located near Bend, the park features 15.8 miles of hiking trails and 14 miles of mountain-biking trails. Backpackers can make a night of it at one of the two primitive backpacking [...]

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101HL.local parks Local and community public parks in the Highland Lakes are great places for fun and relaxation, especially if you’re looking for a place to let the kids run wild in this great spring weather. Visit them all and pick your favorites: • Johnson Park, 230 Ave. J South in Marble Falls Located along [...]

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Just say, “Wow,” when you get there. Blanco State Park has it all: spring-fed waterfalls, calm swimming areas, a river stocked with fish, campgrounds and more. Each winter, the Blanco River is stocked with rainbow trout, providing anglers with a place to land some feisty fish on a regular basis. The park also is a [...]

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Fly through the air with a birds-eye view of the beautiful Hill Country on the zip lines at Cypress Valley Canopy Tours in Spicewood. There you can soar through the trees on seven zip lines. The attraction also features two sky bridges and rappelling. A zip line tour lasts from 90 minutes to two hours. [...]

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Checking out the falls at Pedernales Falls State Park is reason enough to head to this jewel of the Hill Country, but that’s not all this state park has to offer. Located at 2585 Park Road 6026 east of Johnson City, the 5,211-acre park first opened in 1971. With several trails, you can really stretch [...]

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