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SaveCentral Texas Tropics
A little piece of the tropics lies just an hour from Austin and San Antonio. With multiple sources of water (including the San Marcos River), Palmetto State Park is a haven for a wide variety of animals and plants. Look for dwarf palmettos, the park’s namesake, growing under the trees.
A little piece of the tropics lies just an hour from Austin and San Antonio. With multiple sources of water (including the San Marcos River), Palmetto State Park is a haven for a wide variety of animals and plants. Look for dwarf palmettos, the park’s namesake, growing under the trees.
source: Palmetto State Park Website
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Land Status: State Park
Land Manager: Texas Parks and Wildlife
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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
9 trails
- E-Bike
0 trails
- Hike
9 trails
- Trail Running
9 trails
Region Details
- 9
Region Status
Open as of Dec 23, 2020Stats
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- Trails (view details)
- 9
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 9
- Trails Hike
- 9
- Trails Trail Running
- 9
- Total Distance
- 7 miles
- Total Descent
- 355 ft
- Total Vertical
- 58 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 353 ft
- Reports
- 8
- Photos
- 3
- Ridden Counter
- 109
Popular Palmetto State Park Mountain Biking Trails
Photos of Palmetto State Park Mountain Bike
trail: Oxbow Lake Trail
65 |
May 10, 2020 @ 9:31pm
May 10, 2020
trail: Ottine Swamp Trail
46 |
May 10, 2020 @ 9:31pm
May 10, 2020
trail: San Marcos River Trail
56 |
May 10, 2020 @ 9:31pm
May 10, 2020Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxbow Lake Trail | Jan 19, 2022 @ 10:21am Jan 19, 2022 | Dry | flyboy1977az | ||
| Mesquite Flats Trail | Jan 19, 2022 @ 10:21am Jan 19, 2022 | Dry | flyboy1977az | ||
| Canebrake Spur | Jan 19, 2022 @ 10:21am Jan 19, 2022 | Dry | flyboy1977az | ||
| San Marcos River Trail | Jan 19, 2022 @ 10:21am Jan 19, 2022 | Dry | flyboy1977az | ||
| Palmetto Interpretive Trail | Dec 23, 2020 @ 9:07am Dec 23, 2020 | Unknown | Meutherland |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Phillip81 | wishlist | region | Palmetto State Park | Nov 17, 2022 @ 5:12am Nov 17, 2022 |
| flyboy1977az | add | report | Oxbow Lake Trail and 3 more | Jan 19, 2022 @ 5:16pm Jan 19, 2022 |
 | Juanirozco118 | vote | trail | Ottine Swamp Trail | Jan 18, 2022 @ 1:32pm Jan 18, 2022 |
 | Turntex | update | trail | San Marcos River Trail | Mar 25, 2021 @ 10:54pm Mar 25, 2021 |
| Meutherland | add | report | Palmetto Interpretive Trail and 1 more | Dec 23, 2020 @ 12:48pm Dec 23, 2020 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockhart State Park | 11 | 19.4 km | |||
| Seguin Mountain Bike Skills Park | 10 | 10 | 21.1 km | ||
| Blanco Shoals Natural Area | 28.8 km | ||||
| San Marcos River Trails | 6 | 29 km | |||
| Willow Springs | 8 | 29.9 km |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 9 | 7 miles | 354 ft | 2 miles | 59 ft | #9,370 | #3,941 | 3 | 8 | 58 | ||
| Hike | 9 | 7 miles | 354 ft | 2 miles | 59 ft | #8,327 | #3,790 | 8 | 12 | |||
| Trail Running | 9 | 7 miles | 354 ft | 2 miles | 59 ft | #8,295 | #3,770 | 8 | 4 |
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