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The river that made the city runs through town. It's popular for tubing, canoeing, swimming, and fishing. There are many parks and restaurants along the river, and it's pretty much impossible to see any of San Marcos without seeing a lot of the river.
The San Marcos River rises from the San Marcos Springs, the location of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, in San Marcos, Texas. The springs are home to several threatened or endangered species, including the Texas blind salamander, fountain darter, and Texas wild rice. The river is a popular recreational area, and is frequented for tubing, canoeing, swimming, and fishing.
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When the old dam was nearing collapse, the city decided to replace it with an artificial whitewater course. The new addition to the park has made it tremendously popular with swimmers, tubers, and boaters alike. There are also rope swings, good picnic areas, and a great playground just up the river.
This former jail turned U.S.O. center for Black WWII servicemen is now a museum about African American history of the area.
Small museum about the 36th president of the USA.
formerly Aquarena Center
Nature center, springs, wetlands, glass bottomed boats on Spring Lake.
A cave and theme park. With a train. This is a tectonic cave', a rare type of cave formed by shifting plates beneath the earth's surface. There are no stagmites or stalagmites in a tectonic cave.
Similar to access points along the San Marcos River, this is a popular swimming and wading area as well, but on the Blanco River a few miles to the north.