Hill Country park is a fantastic place to ride! I can never get tired of riding there. It has terrain ranging from level, grassy pasture type riding to trails that require your horse to be part mountain goat! All are marked with numbered signs and include indicators as to the level: Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme. Some of the trails can be ridden barefoot, but most require shoes or boots. Most trails are very typical hill country trails — winding through trees, scrub, and glades, up and down gullies, washes, hills and always with fantastic views. The more extreme trails require horse and rider to scramble and leap up and down rocky ledges (1 – 2 feet high) and balancing on tiny rock steps and boulders. Often you will come around a corner and find yourself on a very narrow trail with a cliff on both sides. Other trails are broad, open areas of grass and sand. Great for nice canters and moving out. You can also ride on the park roads which are level caliche packed so they also make for nice cantering. You can easily plan a ride from camp to circle around and back so it takes 2-4 hours to do, come back, eat lunch, then head out in the other direction for more riding. You can spend a whole day there and never cross the same trail. When you check in, you can pick up a map which not only shows all the trails but also indicates the difficult ones. If you are orienteering challenged, there always other riders, hikers, and bikers out there that can help point the way to where you want to go. There is water there for the horses, but for yourself, you must bring your own drinking water whether you are there for the day or camping or have rented the lodge. The best times to ride are spring and fall. If you enjoy cold weather, then winter riding is just fine, too. Generally, I don’t ride there in the summer because Texas heat is horrible.

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