Hinman Island Park — Attraction in New Braunfels

Not worth the trip and the beach entrance fee. Be aware that there is a Marina and said to be nice view restaurant on the same island, maybe something else, but we only went to the beach #1 as this was the only one open (later we discovered other places to swim in the Canyon Lake, much better and for free). As for non-locals, this beach was rather disappointing. Beach access definitely requires some kind of footwear, but there's nowhere a single word posted about it. We paid $10 to enter just to end up with feet full of little spikes from some crippling plant. The lake bottom here also calls for feet protection - clay with large gravel and occasional shells. Water was great, lake was shallow, but I would not return there and wouldn't recommend to others. Try Overlook area, or look for other...

This park has a lot of potential. We went to this park on 4 of July to celebrate a very inprtant day for us. But the park was under construction and so the parking was chaotic. One side of the parking was closed and the top are was under new construction with some new ammeneties. They do charge for everything. Standing on the grass with your cooler $25.00, going through the water shoot $5.00 dollers, entering the park with tube $3.00 dollars. So my question is this why am I paying for a service I am not fully getting? So be careful if your going, take money or you are not going to have fun. Oh also 10dollars or so for parking. So overall I rather go to Austin natural water hole and they have changing tables a d very...

Clean, but the cost totally defeated everything about the park. Park clearly was not busy. Park Ranger aggressive when explained fees and trying to charge us for the extra $25 since we didnt know you have to pay just to sit next to your already paid table. First and last visit for sure. For 1 day paid $70 for 1 picnic table, to sit around the picnic table off the concrete slab and parking per car. To even get in the river with a float without floating down river is additional $2 plus another $2 for air to inflate Each 10x10 area with or without a table is $25. Even if your sitting around your already paid picnic table its additional $25, because considered another possible reserved space. Plus $20...