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The park also offers guided horseback rides. [10] Golf - The park's 18-hole, par 72, public golf course was designed by Earl Stone and has been rated in the top 50-75 public golf courses by Golf Digest magazine. Course amenities include Bermuda greens and tees, pro shop, snack bar, driving range, chipping green, and practice green.
McKinney Roughs Nature Park is a 1,140-acre (460 ha) nature park and archaeological site in Cedar Creek, Texas, United States.Located about 13 mi (21 km) east of Austin and next to the Colorado River, the park features 17.6 mi (28.3 km) of trails for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.
Depending on the climate, some guest ranches are open only in the summer or winter, while others offer year-round service. Some of the activities offered at guest ranches include horseback riding, target shooting, cattle sorting, hayrides, campfire sing-alongs, hiking, camping, whitewater rafting, zip-lining, archery and fishing.
Riding along the Kualoa Ranch trails on horseback. The property continues to be a working cattle ranch and is run by John Morgan from the island of Hawaii. [6] Kualoa is open for guided tours and tours on horseback. [7] In 2018, the ranch was raising shrimp and making it available, as local lunch cuisine, to visitors. [8]
Overnight guests at the Zapata Ranch may take guided trips into the park; Zapata Partners is the only NPS-licensed provider of horseback riding in the Great Sand Dunes. [47] [48] The national preserve adjacent to the national park is also managed by the National Park Service and seasonal hunting is permitted there. [16]
A variety of activities are available to tourists, both ranger-led and self-guided, including auto touring, hiking, backpacking, camping, [21] bicycling (on paved and unpaved roads only; no trails), horseback riding, canyoneering, and rock climbing. [22] The orchards planted by Mormon pioneers are maintained by the National Park Service.
IRC organized excursions to attract middle class African American professionals from Detroit, Chicago, and other Midwestern cities, taking them on tours of the rustic community, and selling lots. Their ads in major news media offered lots at $1 down and $1 per month, and cited the hunting, fishing, boating and horseback riding opportunities. [ 12 ]
In 1993, a hiking, biking, and equestrian rail trail opened that stretches through the park through Floyd, Briscoe, and Hall counties. The trailway was created after the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired 64.25 miles (103 km) of right-of-way from the abandoned Fort Worth and Denver Railroad's lines between Estelline and South Plains. [3]