Get on the water
Rent a boat or kayak on Lake LBJ or Lake Marble Falls, or just swim and picnic at a lakeside park. The water stays warm and inviting all summer.
Burnet County
Marble Falls & the Highland Lakes
A chain of Colorado-River lakes in the granite hills — boating, lakeside dining, and one of the best bluebonnet displays in Texas.
The place
Northeast of Fredericksburg, the Colorado River is dammed into the Highland Lakes — LBJ, Marble Falls, Travis, and the rest — a string of blue water rimmed by pink-granite hills. Marble Falls is the hub: a lakeside town with restaurants, a historic downtown, and easy access to the water.
In spring, nearby Muleshoe Bend and the roadsides around Burnet (the “Bluebonnet Capital of Texas”) put on one of the state’s great wildflower shows. The rest of the year it’s boating, swimming, and granite-hill scenery.
Don't miss
- Boat or swim the Highland Lakes
- Bluebonnets at Muleshoe Bend (spring)
- Lakeside dining in Marble Falls
- Tour the granite country around Llano
Things to do
How to spend your time
Muleshoe Bend in spring
A LCRA recreation area on Lake Travis that turns solid blue with bluebonnets in late March — one of the most photographed wildflower spots in Texas.
Granite country
Drive out toward Llano and Enchanted Rock through some of the oldest exposed rock in Texas; stop for famous barbecue in Llano on the way.
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Nearby
More destinations close by
Enchanted Rock
30.507°N 98.820°WLlano & Gillespie
A massive pink granite batholith that hums and ticks as it cools at night. Climb it by day, then stay for some of the darkest skies in Texas.
Johnson City & the LBJ Ranch
30.277°N 98.412°WBlanco County
Boyhood home of a president and the Texas White House. In December the whole town lights up; in spring the roadsides run blue with wildflowers.
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