Road trips from San Marcos

Food & Drink

Grins Restaurant

Laid-back venue with a tree-shaded deck serving drinks & American eats to a mostly college crowd.

Outdoors

Sewell Park

Texas State's park along the 72-degree San Marcos River offers volleyball courts & picnic areas.

Outdoors

Ramon Lucio Park

22-acre riverfront park featuring sports fields, hiking & biking trails, picnic tables & a pavilion.

Outdoors

Rio Vista Park

14-acre regional park featuring sports courts, a swimming pool, picnic areas & hiking/biking trails.

Outdoors

Stokes Park

Green space centered around the San Marcos River offering walking trails & picnicking space.

Outdoors

William & Eleanor Crook Park

This riverside park with trails & picnic tables is a popular place for tubing, canoeing & kayaking.

Outdoors

Children's Park

Children's park featuring swings, slides & climbing equipment, plus water activities in the river.

East Guadalupe

Patio Dolcetto

Outdoors

Five Mile Dam Park

Destination for river swimming & boating, also offering walking trails & a soccer complex.

Downtown Association

San Marcos Plaza Park

Outdoors

Meadows Center Glass-Bottom Boat Tours

Glass-bottom boat tours with focus on local aquifer & marine life, plus a small museum & aquarium.

Family

The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment

Tours are offered by glass-bottom boat of a unique natural ecosystem in a lake fed by many springs.