Berry Springs Park and Preserve

Welcome Y'all!

If you have been following me on Instagram, we have been exploring places that allow us to socially distance at the same time providing learning and open spaces for our toddler to explore. Bringing her back home from daycare few months ago, we recognize it's a lot to not see her friends anymore and to not have the space and structures to exhaust her energy. It's a balance of practicing caution when in these spaces and providing that joy these munchkins deserve. 

Well, here we are at Berry Springs Park and Preserve, Leander TX. In all honesty, for the scorching summer in Texas, we were hoping to cool off in water and have some fun even if it was dipping toes. 

 

 

 

It turned out to be this really huge 300-acre park, beautiful and had pretty thoughtful things that were integrated to the trail that our toddler enjoyed. This park is also pretty rich in history if you are a history enthusiast. The Tonkawas and Apaches were early settlers in this area and this is a natural spring-fed pond and the spring deck has information on the spring if you are interested.  

The trails are paved and allows for you take a stroll with your infant, seniors with their walking aids, serves as a biking and jogging trail. These trails have shapes, hop scotch and few other games for kids making a regular evening walks more exciting. They are about 2.5 miles and eventually connect to other parks. 

The open space with aged trees and beautiful sunsets are instagrammable spots and even during this pandemic, we saw quiet a few photographers working with their clients to capture memories. 

 

Several birds, squirrels munching on pecans and elements of nature can be seen here and is perfect to enjoy a picnic, or let your free spirited little one run around and be with nature. Ke was very excited to see several squirrels, a huge play area which we couldn't play for obvious reasons.

 The spring-fed pond was all dried up with bare lands - not surprised as we visited in August and the temperature is in low 100s.

And, we saw the park's mascot (see below) that brought so much joy to Ke. If you are visiting them, be sure to grab some grass to offer. 

 

Their website offers a virtual tour if you want to check it out before heading there. Otherwise, a pretty neat place for a evening stroll or spending time meeting friends and family. 

 

Check them out here: https://www.wilco.org/Departments/Parks-Recreation/County-Parks/Berry-Springs-Park  

Time: Anywhere between an hour to few hours 

Cost: No entrance fee for day use and open pretty much sunrise to sunset.

You may spot: Squirrels, birds, snakes, pecan trees and donkey.

Nearby Food Stop: Firo Fire Kissed Pizza

Nearby Attractions: Cedar Breaks Park

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Cheers,

J :)