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Things to Do With Kids in the Texas Hill Country
Looking for something to do with the kids? Check out these children-friendly and family friendly activities and venues in Canyon Lake, New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, Wimberley, and Gruene, Texas. From water sports and splash pads to hiking and child friendly restaurants, we’ve got you covered.
Restaurants with Play Areas or Playgrounds for Kids
Nature Trails Safe for Children
Children’s Zip Lining
Water Parks & Splash Pads for Kids
Family Friendly Pubs
Child Friendly Wineries
Field Trip Ideas
Weekend Road Trip Ideas for Families
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The grand opening of Canyon Lake’s first public playground is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at the CRRC’s Mabel Jones Rec Center, 125 Mabel Jones Dr. The structure was built with financial contributions from the ...
The Centennial Celebration of Texas State Parks kicks off at Guadalupe River State Park in Spring Branch Saturday with rainbow trout fishing for kids. On Friday, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Inland Fisheries Division ...
The CRRC’s North Pole Village reopens at 6 p.m. today for a final weekend of free Christmas fun for children of all ages. Hours are 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The CRRC Rec Center, ...
Christmas won’t be very merry for a Canyon Lake family who lost their 5 ½-month-old daughter to a congenital heart defect in June. Luna Rose Bohne was born on Dec. 28, 2021, but she only ...
Santa & Mrs. Claus will arrive by Jeep noon Saturday at Canyon Lake Noon Lions Christmas Parade on FM 2673 in Sattler. CRRC Operations Director Mike Slough is this year’s grand marshal. Marching and riding ...
Make a list and check it twice at holiday markets or just enjoy fun Christmasy stuff at events throughout the Canyon Lake area: Locals Christmas Bash — from 5-10 p.m. Saturday at Rockin R River ...
Canyon Lake families can enjoy a pancake breakfast with Santa Claus from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday at North Pole Village in the CRRC’s Rec Center, 125 Mabel Jones Dr. To purchase tickets to the annual event ...
It’s official! Canyon Lake’s beloved Tye Preston Memorial Library (TPML) is now a designated Family Place Library. TPML Library Director Natalie Shults and Youth Services Librarian Betsey Leitko made the announcement at a Thursday meeting ...
Registration is underway for the 3rd Annual WOW 5K, sponsored by Sattler’s WOW Gym. Check-in for walkers and runners begins 7 a.m. Nov. 19 at Mountain Valley Middle School, 1165 Sattler Rd., Canyon Lake. The ...
Canyon Lake is rocky, hilly, divided by a lake, spread out and (so far) lacking cookie-cutter subdivisions that make it easy for trick-or-treaters to score bucketfuls of candy on Halloween. However that same terrain creates ...
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the nonprofit Children’s Advocacy Center of Comal County’s (CACCC) new Canyon Lake Counseling Center is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The facility is located at 18382 FM 306 Suite ...
Tuesdays are family basketball nights at the Community Resouce and Recreation Center (CRRC) of Canyon Lake’s Rec Center, 125 Mabel Jones Dr., Canyon Lake. From 5 to 8 p.m. parents and children ages 11 and ...
Online registration opened this week for Canyon Lake Youth Soccer Club’s Summer Camp, which runs from 9 a.m. to noon July 25-27 on the playing fields next to the CRRC’s Recreation Center, 125 Mabel Jones ...
Canyon Lake kids can hippity-hoppity with the Easter bunny at several area venues this month. An Egg Hunt & Easter Bunny Pictures is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Maven’s Inn & ...
A cold front will push through late this evening into the overnight hours and by Saturday afternoon temperatures will be about 25 degrees cooler with highs expected only in the 60s, according to the U.S. ...
Comal County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Eddy Luna, who lost his arm after being shot in the line of duty on Aug. 20, 2020, is the grand marshal of the Canyon Lake Noon Lions Christmas Parade, ...
Disc jockeys Rachel and Stuart from 92.1 KNBT FM will broadcast live from North Pole Village at the Community Resource and Recreation Center of Canyon Lake’s (CRRC) Rec Center, 125 Mabel Jones Dr., starting at ...
Santa didn’t make it for pancakes at the CRRC Rec Center last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but this year is a go, said Diane Schaule with the Canyon Lake Noon Lions. Pancake Breakfast ...
A grand opening ceremony for Canyon Lake Gorge’s new headquarters and Overlook Trail is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the gorge, 16311 S. Access Rd., Canyon Lake. The new headquarters features ...
Enrollment is still open for Comal ISD’s School Age Child Care (SACC) program for children ages five to 11 or kindergarten through sixth grade. SACC’s summer program offers recreational and educational activities including group games, ...
Zoom is a funny thing. People who would never dream of showing up for an art class — many claiming they can’t even draw stick figures — are signing up online and discovering the joy ...
Lifelong Canyon Lake resident Cassidy Cade says the concoctions she whips up at Candy Mountain Shaved Ice, located across the street from Mountain Valley Middle School, aren’t just for kids. There’s the state trooper who ...
Kids! Follow in the steps of prehistoric giants who once roamed Canyon Lake at a series of summer camps scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25 and ...
Comal County Sheriff Mark Reynolds and Comal ISD Supt. Andrew Kim made a “tough call” and canceled the 2021 Junior Deputy Academy (JDA) scheduled for this summer. The announcement was made April 5 on social ...
Canyon Lake’s Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country hosts its first Fossil Ridge Tour at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23. Two, one-hour tours begin at 1 and 2 p.m. Fossil Ridge Tours also are ...
Load up family and friends and enjoy a live nativity drive-thru at the Community Resource and Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC)’s new building, 1917 FM 2673 in Sattler. The holiday event is scheduled from ...
Chabad of San Marcos and Texas State University host New Braunfels’ first menorah lighting today at 5 p.m. at the Main Plaza, 301 Main Plaza, New Braunfels. The ceremony is open to both Jews and ...
Bring the believers to VFW Post 8800 in Startzville from noon to 2 p.m. this Saturday for a visit with Santa Claus. Children will receive a gift, cookies, candy and drinks. Parents get to take ...
Load up family and friends and enjoy a live nativity drive-thru at the Community Resource and Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC)’s new building, 1917 FM 2673 in Sattler. The holiday event is scheduled from ...
Bring your kids to trick-or-treat from 5 to 7 p.m. today along FM 2673 in Sattler. The event is sponsored by area businesses and community members who will distribute candy to litte trick-or-treaters at various ...
Halloween’s a bit tricky this year thanks to COVID-19 but kids can still enjoy all of the traditional treats from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Guadalupe Canoe Livery in Spring Branch. The family event ...
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, popularly known as WIC, will provide monthly food packages at the Community Resource and Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC) from 9 a.m. to 3 ...
No, they don’t have to find a book to read over Spring Break. Tye Preston Memorial Library, 16311 South Access Rd., Canyon Lake, hosts several hands-on activities for students over Spring Break next week. All ...
They won’t fit in plastic pumpkin containers, but coats, jackets, hoodies and sweaters provided by the Coat Rack Ministry are definitely on the treat list for Canyon Lake kids making the rounds in downtown Sattler ...
Turkeys to Tables fundraiser for Community Resource and Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC) kicks off at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Canyon Lake Presbyterian, 230 Shepherd Hill, with live music by Larry Read, Frito pies ...
There’s still time to enroll students in third grade and up for Comal County 4-H summer camps, sponsored by Texas A&M Agrilife Extension, 325 Resource Dr., New Braunfels. Register campers in the Extension Office 30 ...
Landa Park Aquatic Complex, 360 Aquatic Circle in New Braunfels, opens weekends in May through June 6, when summer season begins. To see hours of operation and admission fees, click here. To enroll in aquatic ...
One hundred million years ago, Texas and most of what is the central part of North America was a shallow sea with an abundance of sea and animal life. Located in the beautiful Canyon Lake ...
Award-winning Canyon Lake author and Oklahoma Choctaw Tim Tingle will receive the Oklahoma Center for the Book’s 2018 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement award this Saturday, April 7 at the Oklahoma Book Awards banquet in Oklahoma ...
While away the summer hours at the pride of New Braunfels, Landa Park, a 196-acre natural park near the center of the city. Picnic under the shade of giant, ancient oak trees. Walk or jog ...
There are many things to do this summer at Tye Preston Memorial Library -- and many of them have little to do with boo
Discover a world of art and creativity, science and technology, culture, health and history. Welcome to the McKenna Children’s Museum a collection of educational exhibits designed to stimulate learning and encourage imagination. McKenna developed this ...
The New Braunfels Railroad Museum is located—as one might expect—adjacent to the railroad tracks on West San Antonio Street. Within the museum is a variety of artifacts and historical photographs from the golden age of ...
Don’t visit Canyon Lake without seeing one of the world’s premier caverns, Natural Bridge Caverns. See what millions of others have seen—an incredible underground world of natural beauty. The 75-minute Discovery Tour travels through a ...
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