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Brandi D. Addison, USA TODAY NETWORK. April 19, 2024 at 11:14 AM. ... Pedernales Falls State Park, Johnson City. Pedernales State Park is located in Johnson City.
Pedernales Falls State Park (/ ˌ p ɜːr d ə ˈ n æ l ɪ s / PUR-də-NAL-iss) is a 5,212-acre state park situated along the banks of the Pedernales River in Blanco County, Texas in the United States.
A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseids meteor shower peak at Pedernales Falls State Park, on Aug. 12, 2024, in Johnson City, Texas. / Credit: RICK KERN / Getty Images "Try to get to ...
Johnson City was founded by James P. Johnson who donated a 320-acre (130 ha) site on the Pedernales River for the founding of the town in 1879. [7] [9] [10] It was the hometown of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States. The county seat of Blanco County was moved to Johnson City in 1890. [10]
Pedernales Falls State Park is located along the river in Blanco County east of Johnson City. Like many rivers in central Texas, it is prone to variable water levels. A sign at the state park shows a relatively tranquil river in one picture and a raging wall of muddy water in the next picture, said to be taken only five minutes after the first.
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Balcones Canyonlands is a national wildlife refuge located in the Texas Hill Country to the northwest of Lago Vista, Texas. [1] The refuge was formed in 1992 to conserve habitat for two endangered songbirds, the golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia) and the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla), and to preserve Texas Hill Country habitat for numerous other wildlife species. [2]
Additionally Pedernales Falls State Park in Johnson City, and Inks Lake State Park in Burnet, are among the many other parks available in Central Texas. The largest nature preserve in the area is the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, a preserve northwest of Austin near Burnet and Marble Falls comprising 21,436 acres (8,675 ha). [69]