Westside Park — Attraction in Marble Falls

Westside Park is home to Ruff Park which was the reason for our visit. I had read some of the reviews and was apprehensive but our Staffy needed some outside time in a fenced in area. The parks department had spent a lot of time on the dog park and there were no grass burrs when we visited. There was adequate shade as well as a water station. The park was clean both times we visited. The park has a healthy deer population that comes out in the evening too as well as an awesome disc golf course. On my morning visit there was a DJ at the pavilion playing music for the kids at the playground. We enjoyed our time there and the pup enjoyed the...

A big shout-out to Marble Falls for making this leash-free park (Ruff Park is a park within Westside Park) available. We arrived about 8:30 AM from San Antonio and had the whole place to ourselves. I had a mask at the ready in case there were other humans around--few spread out in other areas of Westside Park. After hanging in Ruff Park for a bit, we went on a leashed walk a long one of the built trails before departing about 10 AM. Marble Falls is a nice little getaway from the "big" city, especially during non-pandemic times. A couple of nice restaurant and great views of the body of...

If you have pets, kids, or skin AVOID this place! There are infinite ant piles and sticker bushes! In less than 5 min, I was swarmed by ants biting through my socks, and my dog had 8 stickers in her paws. I expected a public park & dog park to be maintained for use by humans & pets; however, that is not the case at Westside Park. Upon looking further, I found the grounds to be a minefield of ant piles and sticker bushes. Unless you stay on the gravel or pavement you are going to injure your pets!...