Pedernales Falls State Park

Pedernales Falls State Park
Johnson City, Texas
September, 2008

Located about 1.5 hours away, I was pleasantly surprised with this SP. This was also a tent camping trip with my Cub Scout in a RV spot.

The campsite was a good size with a nice level paved pad. The site had a fire ring, picnic table and lantern holder. The river was a short walk down from our campsite and we caught a few small fish. The falls area was good drive or bicycle ride. The falls were really impressive. My son initially didn't want to go, but once we got down to the falls, he didn't want to leave. We lots of exploring and went across and up the falls a couple of times. Afterwards, we went and checked out the swimming area that is on the river. Jake took a good swim and then I noticed a good size water moccasin sitting on a rock in the middle of the river. Needless to say, he didn't want to swim after that.

We did some star gazing and were able to see several constellations.

Pros
- Falls were very cool to explore.
- Not too far away from home
- decent fishing
- good star gazing

Cons
- no hiking trail from campsite to the falls
- lots of wildlife - don't leave food out and keep your coolers locked.

Rating

8.5 out of 10