The Round Rock — Attraction in Round Rock

The rock itself was pretty cool to see. We learned through trial and error that we should not have parked to the north of the Rock at the "old Town square" businesses. This way was dangerous due to no sidewalks and blind traffic coming around the curve. Then we felt like we'd ended up in an abandoned materials site as the nice hike and bike trail project seems to have been abandoned. Be careful if you walk the trail that goes east from the rock, there are gaps in the sidewalk and we witnessed 2 people trip and fall. We even found a nice playground, with seemingly no way to access it besides this incomplete trail. Rather we should have parked to the south west at the Chisholm trail crossing park. It appears this way has more signage that explains the history of the site. Now we know. Hopefully this helps...

Historic area and landmark, right in the middle of the stream! This is the river crossing for the Old Chisholm Trail going back to the era of the massive cattle drives of the 19th century. The Round Rock is rather underwhelming to look at but it was larger in the 1880s! Nearby are several historic buildings that are still in use, some of the oldest remaining structures in the area. The oldest building is the original stagecoach Inn just south of here on the SW corner of Round Rock Avenue (RM 620) and Chisholm Trail Road. Sadly, the local government is planning to tear it down soon to make way for a 620 freeway that will destroy what's left of the small...

🥰 there is no other place more beautiful than this in Round Rock in my opinion, my wife and i love nature, and take walks around just to relax, breathe clean air, watch wild life and enjoy the river flow and fishies! The pictures i took was promoting a nintendo game that releases next october, Metroid Dread, a game i've been waiting with so much hype 🤩 and wanted to share thise two passions in one! If you want to spend some time in your own relaxing, this ia the prefect place to go. There is a park nearby were you can go picnic at the river...