Blanco State Park

Blanco State Park
Blanco, TX
June 2009

This state park was an easy one hour drive from our home. The park is located just off 281 and is right on the outskirts of this small town.

The Blanco River cuts the park in half. One side is day use and was very busy. The other side is where the campsites are located
and you cross a low water bridge to get over there.

The campsites sit up on the bluff and doesn't over look the river.

It's a very easy walk to the river and there isn't any parking so you have to walk.

The water was very green and not as refreshing as we're used to.
Not hot or even warm, just not refreshing. We still had a good time and did lots of floating in the intertubes we brought. The kids
had some snorkel gear but the visability wasn't very good.

We had a huge campsite with a very long and level pad.
We did have to ask some people to move their car because we

couldn't back in. I don't think the park rangers enforce all

the regular park rules. We saw several instances were rules were

being ignored (parking, pets, glass, etc.) The site had shade as well
as a covered picnic table and a fire ring.

It was also very bizzare the way we had people walking through
our campsite. The site next to us had a family reunion meeting
and at least sixty people showed up with chairs and most of them

parked illegally and walked right through our campsite (not ten

feet away from us).

PROS

- Close to Austin about an hour drive

- Huge campsites

- Covered picnic tables

- Easy short walk to the Blanco River

CONS

- Blanco River seemed stagnant (warm, green, no current)

- Park Rangers were pretty relaxed with park rules.