There were two things we wanted to do while we visited one was to look at pop-up campers (more on this later) and the other was to visit McKinney Falls State Park.
This State Park is within the city limits of Austin though once inside the park it does not feel like it. This McKinney Falls State Park offers a large amount of camping, great fishing spots, long winding bike and hike trails and a swimming hole at the falls, it is a do all park.
The first matter of business was to explore by vehicle, this involved us checking out all the campsites, facilities, parking access and so forth. The camping spots offered back in and pull through pads to accommodate large RV’s as well as an area of primitive camping for those who like to rough it a little. The facilities are what you would expect from a State Park, clean but could be better (not as good as Inks Lake State Park but not as bad as some of the private parks I remember).
The second thing we did was check out the day use area, swimming holes, fishing holes and some of the trails. We parked at the upper falls and walked down the short trail to the swimming area. Despite the falls being just a trickle there where quite a few people swimming, I took the picture below while trying to avoid getting to many folks in the frame.
McKinney Falls Upper
We then walked further back along the day use area to take a look at the fishing areas
Onion Creek has been affected by the 2011 Texas drought just like all the other water sources, its low, very low, but flowing.
We followed the trail all the way down to the primitive camping area that was right alongside Onion Creek before turning around and heading back to the falls and then our car. As my wife and I climbed into the car we both decided that this would be a place we would camp at once the weather was a bit more favorable and hopefully after we get some rain.
Would I recommend this park? Yes
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