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Wimberley, TX
Established 1848, the
picturesque village today is a resort and retirement area on R.M. 12 north
of
San Marcos.
Visitors are entranced by cool, shady pools beneath towering cypress
trees, frothy cascades on Blanco River and sparkling Cypress Creek, green
meadows and majestic hills; abundant white-tailed deer. Recreational
communities, bed and breakfasts, vacation resorts and youth camps dot
area. Climbing, hiking, swimming, golf, tennis, arts and crafts, and
camping are popular activities. Many artists and authors make their homes
here. Market Days, second largest in
Texas,
are held the first Saturday of the month April through December. Includes
arts and crafts with more than 450 booths on display, sponsored by the
Lions Club. At Lions Field on RR 2325.
"One Hour Southwest of Austin and Northeast of San Antonio great small
towns run thick as bluebonnets in
Texas.
But we like Wimberley because it’s a great base for exploring the Texas
Hill Country, with its birds and wildflowers and cypress-lined rivers.
Wimberley has all the things that make
Texas
towns so appealing – the shady
Town
Square,
the old swimming hole. But proximity to
Austin
also makes it a laid-back artists’ town, and a couple of dozen galleries
and studios showcase the works of resident painters, sculptors, and
photographers. You can also find good deals on antiques and crafts on
Wimberley’s Market Day, every Saturday (only 1st Saturday of the month)
between April and December. Or take a scenic drive along the Devil’s
Backbone itself, a high razorback ridge offering great views of this wild
Western country. If you’re lucky, you might be here in mid-October, when
tens of thousands of migrating Monarch butterflies come to town. Wimberley
doesn’t roll up the sidewalks at night: Check out the 54-year-old Corral
Theater, a ‘walk-in’, not ‘drive-in’, theater where the whole town
assembles on sweet summer nights for movies under the stars, or the
Devil’s Backbone Tavern, a classic
Texas
honky-tonk."
Travel
Holiday
Magazine, April 2003 Edition
- Reprinted with permission.
Link: Walking
Tour of Historic Wimberley |
