Nice Park,But Small

A View Of The Trail
The brown discoloration on the tree trunks shows just how high the water level gets when the Brazos River floods.
User: Blaze - 2/6/2008

Location: Stephen F. Austin State Historical Park

Rating: 2stars
Difficulty: 1star  Solitude: 3stars
Miles Hiked: 5.00 Miles  Elapsed Time: 2 hours

Comments:

This park is nice, but small.  It borders a golf course near the entrance so it's hard to feel like your on a nature walk when you'll walking along a manicured golf course.

However, there is a lot of wildlife in this park.  I saw a lot of deer (20?) as well as some woodpeckers, cardinals, etc.  This park is home to the Pileated Woodpecker and if you're lucky you'll see them in action pecking away.

The park is nice along the Brazos River.  There are several connecting trails which were all in good shape and well marked.

This is really more of a picnicking and camping park in my opinion than a hiking park.  The trails are nice, but short.  I had a lot of time leftover so I drove out to Washington-On-The-Brazos State Historic Site to get some more hiking in the same day.



Log Photos
Entrance Sign
Bollinger Creek
Brazos River
A View Of The Trail
Pileated Woodpecker
Area around Stephen F. Austin State Historical Park