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Homestead Trail

Intermediate Intermediate
 4.5 (2)
  1. Areas
  2. TX
  3. …Central Texas
  4. …Round Mountain
  5. Shaffer Bend Recreation Area
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“Homestead Trail is a 1.3 mile trail that weaves through the center of the park. ”

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1.3

Miles

2.2

KM

98%

Runnable

776' 237 m

High

691' 211 m

Low

38' 12 m

Up

122' 37 m

Down

2%

Avg Grade (1°)

6%

Max Grade (4°)

Dogs Off-leash

Features Birding · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

Description

The trailhead is located at the entrance of the park and works its way down through the rugged Texas Hill Country terrain to a pecan grove along the shoreline of the Colorado River. The terrain is a mixture of rounded granite pebbles, sand, grass prairie, and compressed dirt.

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Land Manager: Lower Colorado River Association - Parks

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LCRA Parks with improvements by Makenna Henderson
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  4.5 from 2 votes

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Homestead trailhead surrounded by beautiful bluebonnets.
Jul 11, 2019 near Spicewood, TX

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