Austin is the capital of Texas! It is a hub of excitement, traffic, beauty, and adventure! This is the number 3 most visited city in Texas and for good reason! There is so much to do in the city you could do something new every day for a year and still not even make a dent in all there is to do. But honestly what makes Austin such an amazing place is what surrounds it.
Surrounding Austin are incredible small towns with waterfalls, wildflowers, gorgeous state parks, and delicious restaurants. One of these fun small towns is Stonewall, Texas. This small hill country town is surrounded by vineyards and decorated with small peach vendors. This is a place for families, girls trips, couple getaways, and senior road trips. This town is has the small town charm with fresh orchards of delicious treats. Welcome to Stonewall, Texas!
Where is Stonewall?
Just north of San Antonio is a gorgeous busy little town called Fredericksburg. This fun town is the Texas version of a small German town. Tons of German eateries and adorably decorated buildings. Due to its German vibe of course it has tons of Biergartens and several distilleries. I don’t drink, but these breweries and vineyards are GORGEOUS!
As you drive east through Fredericksburg you will drive past hundreds of breweries and vineyards and this is where you will find the small peach town of Stonewall, Texas.
This small town is located between Fredericksburg and Johnson City, Texas. Two incredible and beautiful places with an amazing town squashed between them.
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Things To Do In Stonewall, Texas:
Pet Blake the Rhino
There are Rhinos and there are wineries, and now there is a Rhinory. Meet Blake the Rhino! A big Rhino that loves to be loved! I don’t drink so the wine tasting doesn’t really appeal to me, but you had me at Rhino!
As we walked up to this beautiful winery, my kids were given a gift basket of a capris sun and animal cookies to enjoy as they explored the grounds. Inside the building are tables for people to sit and purchase the wine surrounded by all things Rhino! It is such a beautiful building.
The back of the building is completely open to get a view of Blake the magnificent Rhino. You can pay to get close to him for pictures and scratches! What a cool experience!
Location: 13112 US-290, Fredericksburg, TX 78624
Hours: daily 11am-5:30pm
Admission: FREE to enter and see the Rhino, $125 for the Rhino experience
Grab some Peach Ice Cream and Cider
There was never a better treat in the intense Texas heat, than ice cream. The Fredericksburg/Johnson City area is such a fertile land being the perfect place to grow all sorts of produce. This is where you can find the majority of the Texas peach orchards.
So it would be a crime to not eat something that has peaches in it in Stonewall, Texas. There is a little roadside marketplace called Burgs Corner. This small barn looking shop is filled with all sorts of jellies, sauces, treats, and snacks all involving peaches!
Sample their peach cider and peach jellies, then head to the counter to order yourself some peach ice cream! Their ice cream sandwich is AMAZING! A scoop of homemade peach ice cream between 2 chewy, cold snickerdoodle cookies. Your welcome for just blowing your mind!
Location: 15194 US-290, Stonewall, TX 78671
Hours: Thurs-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm, Mon 9am-4pm, Closed TUES-WED
Price: prices range from $3.50 <
Hike to see the Bison
If I could list offs all of the gems of Texas all I would really have to do is list the Texas State Parks. Texas has a large variety of incredible state parks and Stonewall, Texas houses one of those state parks. The 36th president of the United States of America called Stonewall, Texas his home. So no surprise that the state park in the area is named after him.
The Lyndon B Johnson State Park is more of a living historical site than just admiring the natural beauty of Texas that most state parks represent. There is a beautiful historic trail that takes you through a small farm area. This historic farm area has park rangers dressed like the times and teaching about the historic life on the farm.
It is an actual farm too, so not only do you get nature, hiking, and a historic living farm, you also get the animals! You can hike to see giant longhorns, a herd of bison, sheep, dairy cows, turkeys, and chickens.
Location: 199 Park Road 52, Stonewall, TX 78671
Hours: Daily 8:30am-4pm
Admission: FREE
Give an Elephant a bath
Yes you read that right, you can visit the Preserve just on the north side of Stonewall, Texas to spend an hour and a half hanging out with elephants! You have the opportunity to feed them, pet them, and even help bathe them!
Talk about an amazing and unique Texas animal interaction activity.
Location: 650 Doublehorn Rd, Fredericksburg, TX 78624
Hours: book through website for dates and times
Admission: $125 per person, ages 3 and under FREE, $95 for Australian Animal Expedition, ages 3 and under FREE
Drive Through Lyndon B Johnson’s Family Ranch
Another historic activity to do in Stonewall, Texas is to take a self-driving tour through the Lyndon B Johnson National Historic Park. Drive through the gorgeous ranch that belonged to the Johnson family. Still running herds of cattle on the gorgeous open plains. Talk about a Texas experience!
There are several sites along the drive for you to stop and walk around, such as; the show barn of baby calves, the cemetery, the president’s plane, his old ranch house, and more.
Location: 1048 Park Road #49, Stonewall, TX 78671
Hours: Daily 9am-5pm
Admission: FREE
Try Free Chocolate Samples
Along with all the peach stands, vineyards, breweries, nursery gardens, and pecan stores is a chocolate shop. Not what you would picture to find in the countryside but definitely worth a stop. I don’t think I need to say much more other than they sell chocolate! Homemade chocolate by the way! But if you need another reason, they offer FREE chocolate samples! You had me sold there! Visit Chocolates El Rey!
Location: 42 Ranch Rd 1623, Stonewall, TX 78671
Hours: Wed 2pm-6pm, Thurs 1pm-6pm, Fri 12pm-6pm, Sat-Sun 11am-6pm, CLOSED MON-TUES
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