Walker Ranch Historic Landmark Park

Great park anytime of day. Kids love the airplanes overhead and deer in the park. Daddy love the tacos de nalga.

What a fun place to take the family. Great playground, biking and walking trails. My grandson had a blast here.

Great park! My seven and nine year old girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Nice large pavilion adjacent to park oftentimes hosting birthdays or gatherings. This park also has walking trails and a gorgeous bridge that allows you to get a glimpse of some wildlife. TIP: The bridge also connects to another entrance right off of Rhapsody Dr. which has additional parking. This park is also a great location to watch planes fly low overhead as they head to the airport. Beautiful, clean, safe, and enjoyable park!

This is one of my favorite parks to 1) bring my kiddos to because of the awesome playground and trees to climb, and 2) bring my clients to photograph here! This park is so amazing on so any levels. In the early evening you can see entire herds of deer. The bridge is amazing, the trails are cool, love the windmill, the rocks to sit on, etc. AND it links up to one of the Hardberger Parks. What more could you ask for!!!

WARNING!!! I hate to rate the park, but need to send out a WARNING !!! My daughter (28) enjoys going to this park with her dog, and has been many times. The other day her dog was being a friendly pest, so my daughter decided to remove him from the busy area. She went off trail and was sitting out of sight, day dreaming. Suddenly, she heard something and looked over to see a man «sneaking» up on her. She immediately jumped up and ran, calling her dog as she did so. Luckily her dog ran away with her. She was so startled that all she can remember about his appearance is that he had a full beard that was gray. BE CAREFUL, AND STAY IN THE POPULATED AREA IF YOU’RE ALONE!!!

Great fun with many activities to choose from. There are several walking trails both paved and unpaved varieties. A large well maintained playground for both younger and older kids but very little shade so avoid during the sunnier parts of the day. The park is bike and dog friendly. Wildflowers abound in the spring. There are 2 water fountains that I have seen, one of which (the one towards the back) has a built in dog watering bowl. The park also features a bridge that connects the main park with the secondary parking lot and an outdoor classroom made out of limestone, plus several benches along the main paved walking path.

My son loves this park! Especially the bridge, and the fact that you can see airplanes passing right over you!
Only reason I can’t give it 5 stars is because of the parking!

My son’s favorite park, and we live so close to it, well within a mile in fact. There’s plenty of equipment for kids to play upon, and a nice covered pavilion with plenty of tables for picnics and birthday parties. The playground area has that wonderful foamy soft covering that goes over the concrete this making a softer surface if kiddos were to fall. There’s also some wonderful trails there as well. Great for observing the wild life, axis deer are regularly spotted at the park, as are hawks and vultures. The cautionary signs also warn that wild boars and even mountain lions could also be in the area but I have yet to see either of those. There’s also a great foot bridge that crosses Salado Creek and leads to a small parking lot. Parking is the only check in the negative column from my standpoint, and on nice days it can be challenging to find a spot. But overall it is a great place to take your kids or for you to go walking or jogging. I think that we will go today!

Loved the walking trails and playground. Needs better parking!

Place it great for kids and adults! The playground it big– plenty of room for all the kids to run around and the walk way is good for a stroll or riding bikes. Only complaint is I wish there was more parking!

I think I’m in love! So many trails to choose from, in the midst of lovely scenery. Since this park follows Salado Creek you can go through to Hardberger Park… essentially your walk/​jog/​bike/​hike/​whatever-​it-​is-​you-​do can last as long as you like! Some trails are more developed than others so the aforementioned activities may be more difficult to accomplish depending on the path. Bring your bug spray too! Since we’ve had a lot of rain this year, the first time I came here I was nearly eaten alive.

No parking :(Nice .5 trail and then longer trails that go off in the distance. I would love it if the lights were on at night. It can be creepy otherwise.

We LOVE this park. They have done a lot to it recently with the new playscape and upgrade to the trails. It’s a great place for my daughter to ride her bike and get all her energy out. We often picnic here too, with plenty of seating in the pavilion area you are never searching for a free table!

I like this park because they have a natural area in the middle of the city. You get to walk through dried creek bed and see deer, but up to a 2 weeks after it rains you can see trash that has floated in. They also have a playscape and a paved trail that is about ½ mile. I love the windmill and good safe place to take your dog for a walk. Although on Sundays in the afternoon it’s hard to find parking.

I took my kids here to play and have a picnic. It was a blast. We played on the playground and took a walk around the trails. It is situated on West Ave, which is a terribly busy road. You just wouldn’t think there is a serene park awaiting you within 1 mile of busy Interstate 281.
The skinny on the trails for runners is this… If you are planning on running any more than 3 miles, don’t do it here. You will just go around in circles. I believe I had my Garmin sketch it out as about 1.2 miles around.
For parents, it is a TOTALLY different scenario. This trail is perfect for kids to watch the birds, get a good walk in, and nestled in the back of the trail is an outdoor seating pavilion (small range). We pretended we were on stage and sang and danced and clapped.
I love the Walker Ranch Park, but every time I want to call is Texas Walker Ranger… HMMM… Must disconnect those two ideas.

Jen E. said it. This somewhat hidden park is cool. Everytime I think of Castle Hills area, I always think traffic… airport… those kinds of things. But you won’t find that here. Just the occasional plane going overhead but once you’ve immersed yourself into this park, I don’t think you’ll really notice much else. I’ve laid under the pavillion I don’t know how many times. Just listening to the kids playing a few feet away on the playground. Hearing the birds and the people walking by on their way to the trails. If there’s enough people, parking can be a bitch though. Nonetheless I enjoy this place.

I love this park. I have tons of memories here. its good for the kiddies and has a great little playground. it has AWESOME walking trails (I’ll let you find out for yourself) but if your a runner/​walker or even if you want some fresh air this place is for you. if you walk around the basic oval-​like main trail in the middle of the park you will eventually come to something called ‘the classroom’ which is this awesome little roman type classroom replica and if you stand in the middle and talk out loud, you will get this trippy experience, i cant explain it, you’ll have to just check it out. nice little find.