Comal Springs and Landa Park

Visitor's Information

Hours: 6 AM - 12 AM daily

Fees: Free, $3 mini golf, $4 train ride, $25 picnic area fee

Parking: nbtexas.org/1184/Landa-Park-Map

Rules: Pets on leash at all times, pets not
allowed in Springs or any waterway in Landa Park.

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While the Comal River may be the shortest in Texas, it ranks as one of the largest spring systems in the Southwestern U.S, fed by 7 major springs and hundreds of minor ones. In the latter half of the 1800s, this spring water powered German-owned mills and created hydroelectricity. At its source, set beneath limestone bluffs, current visitors will find Landa Park. The park’s 51 acres of green space include plants and groves of trees that support a great variety of birds, from yellow crowned night herons to red-shouldered hawks. The waters of the springs are home to several endangered species including the Fountain Darter.

06-17-2019 -- The Comal Springs bubble up from a limestone ldge in Landa Park at New Braunfels, Tx.
Photo © Alberto Martinez
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06-17-2019 -- Comal Springs in New Braunfels, Tx. These springs feed what becomes the Comal River.

RIVER ECONOMY

Originally purchased by Joseph Landa in 1860, Landa’s Pasture (now Landa Park) began as a popular resort. Now Schlitterbahn water park and resort attracts visitors to its spring-fed pools and tube rides. With its headwaters flowing up from the San Antonio segment of the Edwards Aquifer at 128,000 gallons a minute and at a cool, constant 70-72 degrees year round, the Comal River makes an ideal spot for tubing, paddle boating, fishing, and swimming.

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Save Barton Creek Association

City of Austin Wildland Conservation Division

Austin Parks Foundation

Keep Austin Beautiful

TreeFolks

City of Austin Watershed Protection Department

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