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.
Numbered stops in order · golden-hour tip shown separately.
1 Day 1
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06:58Sunrise
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09:00Texas State CapitolDaylightTime at stop 45 min
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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.
DaylightTime at stop 1 h 30 min -
20:04Sunset
1 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Tejas Park 49 km · US Army Corps of Engineers · 13 sites Recreation.gov
2 Day 2
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07:00Sunrise
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07:51Car · 67 km · 1 h 9 min
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09:00Lyndon Baines Johnson Boyhood HomeDaylightTime at stop 45 min
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09:45Car · 27 km · 27 min
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10:12National Museum of the Pacific WarDaylightTime at stop 2 h
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20:08Sunset
3 Day 3
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06:59Sunrise
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08:04Car · 32 km · 56 min
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09:00Enchanted RockDaylightTime at stop 45 min
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09:45Car · 48 km · 1 h 8 min
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10:53LuckenbachDaylightTime at stop 1 h 30 min
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20:09Sunset
4 Day 4
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06:57Sunrise
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07:27Car · 110 km · 1 h 33 min
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09:00Gruene Historic DistrictDaylightTime at stop 1 h 30 min
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10:30Car · 27 km · 32 min
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11:02Natural Bridge CavernsDaylightTime at stop 3 h
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20:06Sunset
3 campgrounds near the day’s end
- Cranes Mill Park 22 km · US Army Corps of Engineers · 64 sites · RVs up to 80 ft (24,4 m) Recreation.gov
- North Park 24 km · US Army Corps of Engineers · 20 sites Recreation.gov
- Potters Creek Park 25 km · US Army Corps of Engineers · 132 sites · RVs up to 60 ft (18,3 m) Recreation.gov
5 Day 5
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06:57Sunrise
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08:18Car · 48 km · 42 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.
DaylightTime at stop 1 h 30 min -
10:30Car · 5 km · 7 min
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10:37San Antonio River WalkDaylightTime at stop 1 h 30 min
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20:07Sunset
Campgrounds: recreation.gov (RIDB) · Parks Canada, contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada