Magical, Mystical & Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Texas Scenic Trails with Relaxing Music!

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Park History
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area sits on Big Sandy Creek on the border of Gillespie and Llano counties. It is 18 miles north of Fredericksburg.
The Nature Conservancy of Texas purchased the property from Charles Moss in 1978. It later sold the 1,640.5-acre property to the state of Texas. The state bought an additional three acres to add to the park.
Enchanted Rock opened as a state natural area in October 1978. It is a National Natural Landmark, and is on the National Register of Historic Places as an Archeological District.
More than 400 archeological sites have been found in the park. All are protected, and 120 of them are designated State Archeological Landmarks.
More than 250,000 people trek to the park each year to experience the magic of Enchanted Rock. In fact, it is one of the most visited parks in the state park system.
Area History
Humans have camped in this area for 12,000 years.
One enduring sign of their time here remains: Prehistoric people ground or pounded their food on granite rocks throughout the park. They left depressions in the granite, called bedrock mortars.
The Spaniards first explored Central Texas in the 1700s. They mounted raids against the Lipan Apache and attempted to colonize this area. They established a mission and presidio on the San Saba River in the mid-1700s, and tried to establish a silver mine on Honey Creek near the Llano River.
Germans and Americans arrived by the mid-1800s, drawn by dreams of having land of their own and tales of gold and silver.

[@beera1983]

Beautiful place. 👌🏻

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

I was there a week ago. I took the loop trail. I brought my dog with me and that's the only trail that he can be on. Cool video.

[@weekendhikers]

Got you! We had very nice time there even though it was super windy. 😀
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[@hikingwithjackieboy]

@@weekendhikers you're welcome