This is the reward at the end of the Lost Creek Trail. A beautiful double waterfall and a great swimming hole for those summer months.
Category Archives: Hiking
Lost Creek – Trail Map
This is actually a trick – there is no trail map for this hike. However, I found a pretty good set of directions at this link.
- You Google the Lost Creek Country Club and map out the directions
- Find a spot to park on Bend of the River Drive just before it crosses Barton Creek
- Look for the start of the trail just under the bridge
- Hike a short distance to the big flat rock in the middle of the Creek
- Quickly look for a convenient spot to ford Barton Creek
- Pick up the dirt trail on the other side
- Follow this sandy, tree covered trail for about a mile until you run into the waterfalls on Lost Creek
Campbell’s Hole – Swimming Spots
Campbell’s Hole has some pretty swimming spots and some nice sunny rocks to lay back on and enjoy the soothing sounds of the waterfalls. I’ll be back for a swim when Austin gets warmer.
Campbell’s Hole – Trail Map
Campbell’s Hole is about a mile hike from the parking lot at Barton Springs. Just follow the trail west into the setting sun. It is well marked and well travelled by hikers, dogs, and bikers.
Overlook
I went for a short hike at sunset today. There were plenty of yellow wildflowers and beautiful purple skies.
Sandy Creek Park
I took a short sunset hike along the shoreline at Sandy Creek Park this evening. This small, quiet park at Lake Travis might be a good spot for a swim in the summertime.
Rising Moon
If you wait for the right moment, the sky will turn to a most beautiful violet color, and the moon will deliberately rise above the hilltop.
Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve
After all the recent rains, I just knew the waterfall would be back in action. 🙂
St. Edwards Park
Hello St. Edwards Park! It has been a while. I started off on the Tim and Maggie Boatright Memorial Trail that runs between Spicewood Springs Road and Bull Creek. This part of the trail has a few lingering wildflowers and a busted up house. Then I climbed up the path at St. Edwards Park, took in the view of the hills, got lost in the woods, found my way downhill to the dam, watched the fish swim around, enjoyed the soothing sounds of the waterfall, and headed back for my car. All adventures were accomplished before sunset.
Canyonlands – Hike
This hike had a lot of features. You first traced along the rim of a canyon, with fields to your right side and a sheer drop off to your left side. Then after a few butterflies and a bluejay sighting, the trail rolled off into the canyon and across a dried up stream bed. Up a hill, and then an option for a steeper hill trail, but I was running out of sunlight. Then get lost a little bit, take a wrong turn, watch the doves fly out of the grasses as I approached them, discover a groovy treehouse someone has created, turn back to the canyon trail, hope this version takes me out of the canyon and not further into it, by a dried up pond, listen to the frogs kick off their nightly songs, up a hill, and back towards the welcome sight of the power lines that lead me to my air conditioned car. All accomplished just before the sun sets on the other side of the canyon. Fun times!
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