Lost Maples State Natural Area is about three hours west of Austin in a rugged and beautiful section of the Hill Country. Fishing licenses are not required in the park’s streams and ponds.

Southern Living published a list of “20 Must-Take Fall Trips Across The South,” and a Central Texas park made the ranking at No. 19. The Lost Maples State Natural Area, located in Vanderpool ...

Fall colors are slowly starting to peek through at Lost Maples State Natural Area, a nearly 3,000-acre nature center in Texas' Bandera and Real counties, north of Vanderpool on the Sabinal River.

As of Friday, November 10, the park staff posted that the maples are finally starting to change thanks to the freeze South Texas experienced the week prior. The staff said they will start to see a ...

New York Travel Guides, a digital travel publication, recently ranked Lost Maples State Natural Area in Vanderpool as having the best fall foliage in the U.S.

But the park, which is about 30 miles from Lost Maples and less than two hours from downtown San Antonio, has been posting pictures and videos of its cypress trees as they change for the season.

As a cold front slowly approaches the Hill Country, the Lost Maples State Natural Area is expected to shine bright with autumn colors soon. San Antonio, Hill Country, Lost Maples, Fall, Outdoors ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife; Lost Maples State Natural Area 2023 Fall Foliage Color Report Getting access to the park You need to get a day pass in order to get into the park.