Your Guide To Marble Falls, Burnet, Kingsland, Llano, Spicewood, Horseshoe Bay, and ALL of the Highland Lakes.
At only three years old, Horseshoe Bay Nature Park was chosen as a Favorite Park by The Picayune Magazine readers and KBEY 103.9 FM Radio Picayune listeners in the 2025 Locals Love Us contest. Two old-time favorites, Johnson Park in Read more…
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Bluebonnets, paintbrushes, buttercups, and a vast bouquet of other wildflowers spread across the Texas Hill Country each spring, splashing the fields with eye-catching colors. Thanks to Lady Bird Johnson’s Highway Beautification Act of 1965, wildflower seeds were planted along roadways Read more…
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Welcome to the first in a series of stories featuring the unique communities in the Highland Lakes. Each city and town in Burnet and Llano counties has a rich history and a wide variety of recreation, arts and entertainment, shopping, Read more…
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The Southern Drag Boat Association has canceled the 2025 LakeFest races following a change in SDBA ownership, citing time constraints in making sure the popular Marble Falls event went off without a hitch. The association promises a return to action Read more…
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The Chinese New Year is Jan. 29, and 2025 is the Year of the Snake. Snakes are a symbol of wisdom. They’re also abundant in the Highland Lakes, so be wise before you head out on a hike and get Read more…
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced plans for a new state park in Burnet County, which would be located across the Colorado River from Colorado Bend State Park in Lampasas County. It would be the third state park in Read more…
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Northern cardinals are a feast for the eyes year-round in Texas, but in the bleak mid-winter, large flocks brighten the Highland Lakes’ seasonally lackluster landscape with fiery flashes of red feathers. Along with this burst of color, the birds also Read more…
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American bald eagles can be seen soaring over the Highland Lakes even before autumn cold fronts chill the sizzling heat of Central Texas summers. Many of these migrating raptors return to Burnet and Llano counties each year around October to Read more…
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The Llano Earth Art Festival is turning over a new LEAF as a “reunion of a lifetime” for artists and spectators to honor the spirit of the now-defunct event and possibly help revive it in the future. The LEAF reunion Read more…
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Chorioactis geaster is a strange, rare fungus that has only been found in three places on Earth: Japan, Taiwan, and right here in the Lone Star State. If the Latin name is too much of a mouthful, you can call Read more…
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