A Cloud of Goods rental partner will deliver. As for the tower at the top of the hill, while not a historic structure and built in the 1940s, it still carries its own stories and lore. Rent everything you want for a memorable visit to Comanche Lookout Park in San Antonio Texas. It’s a well-preserved piece of land, surrounded by modern development. Scenic park with a vantage point, playground, picnicking areas & trails for hiking. While walking the pathways and viewing the countryside from atop, you get an idea of what it might have been like to live in this area before it was developed and turned into a city. Today its remnants are known as Nacogdoches Road. The old Spanish road, which followed travel routes established by Native Americans from San Antonio to East Texas extended past the base of the hill.
Apache Indians inhabited the area before the Comanches came along and made it their own. The hill eventually became a prominent landmark for travelers in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Spooky Past Surrounding Comanche Lookout Hill. A number of tribes have inhabited this area, including the Apache and Comanche peoples, who once hunted along waterways like the nearby Cibolo Creek. A preservation group called Save Comanche Lookout was. The Indigenous people of this area likely made use of this hilltop as a strategic vantage point. Scenic park with a vantage point, playground, picnicking areas & trails for hiking. After numerous changes in ownership, the site was acquired by The Resolution Trust Corporation in 1990. The park underwent a massive improvement project in the early 2000s, when it received walking paths, fountains, and other amenities that make it a great place for exercise.You can see for miles from the top of the hill. I’d always wanted to go back to check it out.Comanche Lookout Park, the fourth-highest point in Bexar county offers sweeping vista views of the area. Comanche Lookout Park grabbed my attention because we’d visited this park briefly a few years ago while making a trip to the adjacent Semmes Branch Library. While doing a quick search using the cool, just-launched San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department’s Find A Park search tool, we reviewed a list of local parks offering playgrounds. This route has an elevation gain of about 127.9 ft and is rated as. The only requirement my kids had for park #20: a playground. Comanche Lookout is a 1.9 mile (4500-step) route located near San Antonio, Texas, USA. If you want to see the tower, Comanche Lookout, you climb from the base of the hill to the top on Tower Loop Trail. You can choose to stay along the base of the hill in the park by staying on the Comanche Loop Trail. Elevation: 1,027 feet (313 meters) USGS Map Area: Schertz Feature Type. It is also the highest point of elevation in Bexar County. Comanche Lookout Park Information Coordinates: 29.583839N, -98.3680701W Approx. Of the may trails in Comanche Lookout, the most scenic & active trail is the Library Loop Circle.
Over four years, met other walkers, dogs, and bikers & made many friends, both human and animal. When weather permits, walk on one of the park trails every day. The archaeological investigation was conducted at the. Comanche Lookout Park is 96 acres with four and a half miles of trails. Comanche Lookout Park is convenient, so close to my house. Not only would it be the last park we’d visit in 2014, but it would also be the location of our celebration – my kids and I reaching our #SA2020Resolutions goal of visiting 20 San Antonio parks in one year. limited shovel testing at Comanche Lookout Park in northeastern Bexar County, Texas (Figure 1). Picking just the right park for #20 seemed like a big deal. Park #20 presented something no other park before it had: a feeling of pressure.
By Colleen Pence, SA2020 Resolutions Outdoorsy Leader ( follow her here!)Ĭheck out all of the San Antonio parks we’ve visited this year as part of our #SA2020Resolutions.
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