This past weekend we made the two hour trek from San Antonio out to Enchanted Rock Natural Area near Fredericksburg.
See a map of the park here.
Enchanted Rock is a large pink granite dome in the middle of the Texas Hill Country, great for a day trip of hiking. The rock is an exfoliation dome, so it’s constantly shedding it’s top layer of rock, visible in the pictures below:
Pink granite
Little Rock, as seen from the summit of Enchanted Rock
Day entry is $7 per person — cash only!
We parked at the beginning of the Summit & Loop Trails and hiked up the Summit. It’s an easy hike, but pretty steep at parts, so shoes with decent traction is highly recommended.
View of Turkey Peak to the east
Chillin at the summit
USGS marker
Of course there's cacti
About to eat some grub!
Jacob
Most of the crew
We enjoyed a little picnic once we reached the summit, then hiked down the western face of the rock (off the trail), crossed over the Echo Canyon Trail, then made our way up the Little Rock where we watched the sunset.
Surveying the trek ahead of us to Little Rock
It looks a little steep going down!
Big ol' rocks
Enchanted Rock peels like an onion
Beautiful greenery thrives at the base of the rocks
Valiant hiking warriors
The pink granite is mesmerizing
Texas Hill Country
Such an interesting facade
Crossed over Echo Canyon Trail, looking at Enchanted Rock. Oh, and there are our shadows :)
Made it to the top of Little Rock
The crew at sunset
Sun going down and so are the temps!
The temperature dropped quickly as the sun set, so we headed back down the southern side of the rock and found ourselves back on the beginning of the Summit Trail and to the car.
Heading back
Awesome scenery heading back down
Almost to the bottom, ran into these cool rock formations!
We love this day trip from central Texas, and enjoyed dinner and live music in Fredericksburg afterwards!
Thankful for good times and good friends!
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