By Gabriella Molina
gcm37@txtstate.edu
Lockhart, TX- Lockhart State Park features many different activities that make it the perfect little family friendly place to enjoy the outdoors. Honestly, it’s quite surprising all that this smaller state park has to offer. From the swimming pool, to the golf course, to the hiking trails to the camping sites, there’s a little bit of everything for everyone.
The Clear Fork Trail is the easiest trail to complete, making it one of the most popular trails. When first walking the path, there was a nice round puddle with mud surrounding the edges. After walking past this, the trail path is easy to follow, and mud is kept to a minimum.
After getting past the entrance of the trail is really when the trees guide the way. The entire trail I felt surrounded by the trees in a secure, comforting way. Despite the occasionally spider web getting in the way, moving through the trees in this trail was mesmerizing.
While walking along the trail, the nearby creek can be heard the entire time. It was full of running water, which added to the authentic outdoor ambiance. I would have to say the creek running throughout the trail was probably my favorite thing about this trail. After walking further, there are a couple of areas where it looks as though some bigger rocks were placed to make a path crossing the creek to get the camping side. After asking around, a couple of employees confirmed this theory. Clerk Joanie Buck said, "Through some of the floods, they've washed out."
gcm37@txtstate.edu
Lockhart, TX- Lockhart State Park features many different activities that make it the perfect little family friendly place to enjoy the outdoors. Honestly, it’s quite surprising all that this smaller state park has to offer. From the swimming pool, to the golf course, to the hiking trails to the camping sites, there’s a little bit of everything for everyone.
The Clear Fork Trail is the easiest trail to complete, making it one of the most popular trails. When first walking the path, there was a nice round puddle with mud surrounding the edges. After walking past this, the trail path is easy to follow, and mud is kept to a minimum.After getting past the entrance of the trail is really when the trees guide the way. The entire trail I felt surrounded by the trees in a secure, comforting way. Despite the occasionally spider web getting in the way, moving through the trees in this trail was mesmerizing.
While walking along the trail, the nearby creek can be heard the entire time. It was full of running water, which added to the authentic outdoor ambiance. I would have to say the creek running throughout the trail was probably my favorite thing about this trail. After walking further, there are a couple of areas where it looks as though some bigger rocks were placed to make a path crossing the creek to get the camping side. After asking around, a couple of employees confirmed this theory. Clerk Joanie Buck said, "Through some of the floods, they've washed out."
Once I had reached a certain point in the trail, it seemed to have been closed off. The sign beyond the closing read "Wild Rose Loop," which later I found out was another park trail.
Experience rating: 8/10
Why not a 10? The only major downside to this trail was the fact that so much of it was closed off. The journey felt unfinished, and for this reason and this reason only, it is rated less than a 10.
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