Texas Hill Country: 5 days of nature, culture and good food
Austin → San Antonio · 5 Days
A short, relaxed loop through the hills between Austin and San Antonio: the Capitol in Austin, the Hamilton Pool grotto, German heritage in Fredericksburg, the granite dome of Enchanted Rock and the music hamlet of Luckenbach. Plus Gruene with the oldest dance hall in Texas, Natural Bridge Caverns and the San Antonio missions.
Short drives, plenty of time at each stop. In April the bluebonnets bloom along the roads.
A sample route to look at. If you copy it, your own copy lands in your plans – there you can change days, stops and order.
1 Day 1
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09:00Austin Start
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09:00Texas State Capitol
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09:45Car · 50 km · 53 min
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10:38Hamilton Pool Preserve
Foto: Redsully at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
A natural swimming hole beneath a rock overhang, fed by a waterfall roughly 15 meters high. Written by Claude from Wikidata facts
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Covenant Canyon RV Park 18 km
- Hills Oaks Mobile Estates 22 km
- Tejas Park 49 km · US Army Corps of Engineers · 13 sites Recreation.gov
2 Day 2
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07:51Car · 67 km · 1 h 9 min
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09:00Lyndon Baines Johnson Boyhood Home
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09:45Car · 27 km · 27 min
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10:12National Museum of the Pacific War
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Fredericksburg RV Park 2 km
- Oakwood RV Resort 4 km
- Lady Bird Johnson RV Park 6 km OpenStreetMap
3 Day 3
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08:04Car · 32 km · 56 min
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09:00Enchanted Rock
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09:45Car · 48 km · 1 h 8 min
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10:53Luckenbach
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Limestone RV Park 2 km
- KOA Kampground 6 km OpenStreetMap
- Arch Ray RV Resort 8 km OpenStreetMap
4 Day 4
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07:26Car · 110 km · 1 h 34 min
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09:00Gruene Historic District
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10:31Car · 27 km · 31 min
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11:02Natural Bridge Caverns
Named for a natural limestone bridge at its entrance, this Texas show cave features an extensive system of dripstone formations. Written by Claude from Wikidata facts
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Stone Creek RV Park 11 km OpenStreetMap
- Wagon Wheel RV Park 15 km
- Cranes Mill Park 22 km · US Army Corps of Engineers · 64 sites · RVs up to 80 ft (24,4 m) Recreation.gov
5 Day 5
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08:19Car · 48 km · 41 min
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09:00San Antonio Missions
Foto: Liveon001 ©Travis Witt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Founded in 1731, this San Antonio mission features a well-preserved stone facade and simple colonial architecture. Written by Claude from Wikidata facts
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10:30Car · 5 km · 7 min
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10:37San Antonio River Walk
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12:07Car · 1 km · —
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12:07San Antonio Destination
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Traveler's World RV Resort 6 km OpenStreetMap
- KOA Kampground 7 km
- Mission City RV Park 8 km OpenStreetMap
Campgrounds: recreation.gov (RIDB) · Parks Canada, contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)