Blanco State Park | |
Photo Alt: | A photo of Blanco River in Blanco State Park |
Location: | Blanco County, Texas, United States |
Nearest City: | Blanco |
Coordinates: | 30.0894°N -98.4239°W |
Established: | 1934 |
Visitation Num: | 118,720 |
Visitation Year: | 2022 |
Visitation Ref: | [1] |
Governing Body: | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
Url: | http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/blanco |
Blanco State Park is a 104.6acres park, along a mile of the Blanco River, on the southern edge of Blanco, Texas. It features camping, picnicking, screened shelters, swimming, tubing, nature trails, and a wildlife viewing station. The park is hilly with mostly cedar, and pecan trees. Among the animals seen at the park are nutria, mallards, raccoon, armadillo and squirrel.[2]
Much of the early development of the park was done by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, including a group picnic pavilion.
On May 24, 2015 the park was hit by a catastrophic flood.