Overlook Park to Crockett Gardens

Riff Raff has not uploaded any photos with this log entry.
User: Riff Raff - 4/16/2006

Location: Good Water Trail

Rating: 3point5stars
Difficulty: 3stars  Solitude: 2stars
Miles Hiked: 10.00 Miles  Elapsed Time: N/A

Comments: Tried going to Cedar Breaks Park but since it was Easter Sunday the park was full. The guy out front recommended that I drive up the road a bit to Overlook Park and start on the trail from there. Overlook Park was just north of Cedar Breaks Park, down D.B. Wood Road. Overlook Park looks to be the northeast corner of the lake.

Unfortunately I didn't realize that from Overlook Park to Cedar Breaks Park isn't really a trail... it's a road. Most of it is just going across the dam, in full sun. It had some excellent lake views around sunset on the way back, but going out it was just really freaking hot walking in full sun on asphalt for two miles. Once you're across you actually run into the back parking area for Cedar Breaks Park and go right by their entrance booth on the way to the trailhead there.

Once I started on the Good Water Trail proper it was highly enjoyable (since there was actual shade, rugged terrain, and all that good stuff). I took it out to Crockett Gardens again, which is a beautiful spot. Ran into maybe thirty people or so on the trail, all total. So not terribly busy. Most of the people I saw were out on the lake, jetskiing, water skiing, blasting incredibly loud stereos across the whole lake, etc. Some really nice lake views along the trail though.

Area around Good Water Trail
Recommended Item
Recommended Item Lone Star Travel Guide to the Texas Hill Country
Richard Zelade
List Price: $18.95 Your price: $18.95 Buy Now
This book brings the remarkable Hill Country of Texas home to the back roads traveler. Whether it’s wildflowers you’re drawn to, or dude ranches, natural areas, historic sites, or quaint Texas towns redolent of history, this is your passport to an experience like no other. Backroads of the Texas Hill Country introduces travelers and armchair tourists alike to the emerging wine country of the Lone Star State, the meticulously preserved culture of East European immigrants, the “cowboy capital of the world” (Bandera), and the childhood home of LBJ at Johnson City. Follow this irresistible guide into the Hill Country, and find yourself deep in the heart of Texas.