Smithville, Texas Travel Information

Bastrop Area It’s easy to zip past Bastrop on Texas 71, a popular route between Austin and Houston, but follow the exit into town across the Old Iron Bridge over the Colorado River and you’ll find an appealing com... Bastrop, TX

The Lost Pines: Buescher State Park to Bastrop State Park A paved 13-mile route through the Lost Pines of Texas. This short drive passes through a unique area in Central Texas heavily wooded with loblolly pines, far to the west of their normal range. Because... Smithville, TX

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Buescher State Park Trail (Distance: 3.0 mi) The park has multiuse and tent camping, picnic areas, a recreation hall, and a playground, in addition to a lake that allows nonmotorized boating and fishing for catfish, bass, crappie, perch, and, in...

Bastrop, TX - Hiking - length:7.7 mi

Buescher Hiking Trail (Distance: 3.7 mi) This trail circles through the western end of the Lost Pines, an outlier stand of loblolly pines reminiscent of the piney woods of east Texas. At Buescher State Park, the pine woods are located on bot...

Smithville, TX - Hiking - length:4.2 mi

Buescher State Park (Distance: 3.7 mi) About 12 miles east of Bastrop. A moderately easy day hike in the Lost Pines of Texas. Special Attractions: Dense pine forest.

Bastrop, TX - Hiking - length:7.8 mi

Rocky Hill Ranch (Distance: 6.2 mi) The ultimate mountain bike ranch. Between the camping, the saloon, and the huge network of trails, this place has it all. Once past the lung-busting stretch of hills at the beginning, the trails are m...

Smithville, TX - Mountain Biking - length:14 mi

Rocky Hill Ranch (Distance: 6.2 mi) I’m sitting here at home writing up the passage for Rocky Hill Ranch and there is a Godzillathon on the tube. All day I have had my fingers stuck to this keyboard while downstairs the monster destroys...

Smithville, TX - Mountain Biking - length:16 mi

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ColoVista ColoVista Country Club and Resort Public, 18 holes 6966 yards, par 72 7.6 miles from center of Smithville, Texas

Pine Forest Pine Forest Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6569 yards, par 72 12.0 miles from center of Smithville, Texas

Lost Pines Lost Pines Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6646 yards, par 72 12.5 miles from center of Smithville, Texas

Frisch Auf Valley Frisch Auf Valley Country Club Public, 9 holes 3089 yards, par 36 17.8 miles from center of Smithville, Texas

Giddings Giddings Municipal Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 3101 yards, par 36 18.2 miles from center of Smithville, Texas

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