Best Nature & Outdoors in Texas
4 nature & outdoors in Texas
Nature reserves, caves, springs and outdoor adventures.
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Nature & Outdoors in Texas: what to expect
Texas has 4 nature & outdoors we would happily take our own kids to. Inner Space Cavern is the one most families start with. Discovered by accident during highway drilling, this 10,000-year-old Texas cavern offers everything from a paved guided stroll to a crawl-and-climb wild cave trek. Natural Bridge Caverns is the other name that comes up again and again. Tour dramatic underground chambers, then take on zip rails and a maze above ground. San Antonio River Walk rounds out the pick of the bunch. Stroll a riverside maze of walkways, restaurants, and bridges a level below the Texas streets. Also worth your time: Wonder World Cave & Adventure Park.
Published prices run from $27.95 at Inner Space Cavern up to $30.75 at Natural Bridge Caverns. 2 of the 4 listed here quote a starting price. The others vary by season or by what you add on, so check before you travel. Age guidance is worth reading first at Inner Space Cavern (ages 4-12).
The nature & outdoors on this page are spread across San Antonio (2), Georgetown (1) and San Marcos (1), so it is easy to pair two into one trip.
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Inner Space Cavern
Georgetown, Texas
Discovered by accident during highway drilling, this 10,000-year-old Texas cavern offers everything from a paved guided stroll to a crawl-and-climb wild cave trek.
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Natural Bridge Caverns
San Antonio, Texas
Tour dramatic underground chambers, then take on zip rails and a maze above ground.
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San Antonio River Walk
San Antonio, Texas
Stroll a riverside maze of walkways, restaurants, and bridges a level below the Texas streets.
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Wonder World Cave & Adventure Park
San Marcos, Texas
Descend into the only earthquake-formed show cave open to the public in the US.