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Wound up being a great hike...though I would advise doing this when it is NOT 100 degrees, and would be more fun when the creeks are flowing in the spring. It is shaded, but I've never seen so many stairs (in the northern half). We parked at the southern entrance on River Place to the junction. Took a right turn and decided to tough it out to the end. Just when you think there can't be any more stairs there are more. Only saw one other person on the trail. Nice thing is when you come out on the north entrance, its 300 feet higher up so if you walk back down to your car it is all downhill. My friend Desi was making benches with his Boy Scouts 2 months ago for their troop project so they are almost brand new. We didn't do the part south of the junction but plan to do that as a loop later, and return to this path in cooler weather. This path was clearly created by someone on top of an old path, so the stairs make the hills a bit easier. Becca held up better than I did.
Nice park if you want to take the kids fishing and to barbeque. Boring for a hike. Asidewalk around ballfields. Lots of gas for a 22 minute walk.
We first discovered this trail from the back of the St Edwards Hill on April 1st. Said you needed a permit and neither phone number worked. Decided to keep it legal so contacted someone who said all permits had been given out so we decided to wait for August. Couldnt find the gate by the water crossing by 360 so went down the trail to the far west end and went up & back down to the parking lot. Went up the hill to the fork but it was over 100 today. Very nice trail and we will attempt again soon. For solitude we didnt see even one person on the trail but you can hear 360 the whole time. May park at the top at Jester Mountain and take a 2nd car to make it all downhill each time.
Lots of wilderness for a neighborhood park, though you can hear Mopac throughout.
Planned to see the are museum but couldn't afford it, but the trails are nice. Kind of tough to find the "trailhead"...as you walk in you go a ways it will be on your right side, and head off to the right. Not a long path but nice for what it is.