The heart of the Lost Pines, minutes from downtown. CCC-built cabins and shelters, fishing at Lake Mina, and a forest recovering from the 2011 fire that's worth watching come back, year by year.
Nature preserve · Pines and Prairies Land Trust · Dogs on leash
More than two miles of volunteer-built trails along the river bluffs and bottomlands just outside town. Free, quiet, and good for an hour you didn't plan on. The preserve's paths aren't in public map data yet, so no map here for now.
Two Bridges TrailOut & back
The main riverside route from the Two Bridges trailhead, under the Highway 71 crossings.
Bluff Trails
Short climbs above the river with the best views in the preserve.
Canyons, river frontage, and big sky west of town on Highway 71, where four ecosystems meet. Twenty-one trails totaling 17.6 miles, on foot or horseback. The map shows the whole network; LCRA doesn't publish per-trail lines, so grab the paper map at the gate.
Yaupon2.7 mi
Tied for the longest trail in the park, along the west side.
Pine Ridge2.7 mi
The other long one, through the pines up top.
Bobcat Ridge1.9 mi
Riverside1.5 mi
Down to the Colorado and back up. The climb out is the workout.
Coyote1 mi
Pecan Bottom1 mi
Bottomland walking near the river, past the giant pecan.
Bluff Trail Loop0.9 mi
Roadrunner0.8 mi
Whitetail0.8 mi
Buckeye0.6 mi
Cypress0.6 mi
Ridge0.6 mi
Deep Sandy0.5 mi
Woodland0.5 mi
Pine Canyon0.4 mi
Winds down into a canyon and past a small pond.
Bluestem0.4 mi
Valley View0.3 mi
Foxtail0.2 mi
Meditation Point0.2 mi
Short walk, long sit. Built for exactly what it sounds like.
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