Where In The World Is New Braunfels, Texas?

New Braunfels is located between Austin and San Antonio on IH35 in the beautiful "hill country" of South Texas. From here you can easily visit Austin or San Antonio, San Marcos or Seguin in just a matter of minutes.
                                                                     46 miles S of Austin
                                                                     16 miles S of San Marcos

                                                                     30 miles N of San Antonio

                                                                     13 miles NW of Seguin

We are a historic, German community founded in 1845. We are also a fun family get-away with many activities for all age groups. If you are looking for shopping, water parks, museums, camping, world class wave boarding, performing arts, exploring Texas' largest caverns, wildlife ranch visits, hiking, RVing, or river activities (tubing, kayaking, boating or fishing) New Braunfels is just what you are looking for!

New Braunfels is located on both the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers and a very short distance from Canyon Lake.

For more great information, check out the New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce.

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Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort

Schlitterbahn New Braunfels is a family-owned, family-friendly park offering FREE parking, FREE tubes, and FREE lifejackets. Schlitterbahn also allows you to bring your own picnic (no glass or alcohol please) - and that makes Schlitterbahn one of the best family values around .This America's #1 rated best water park by the Travel Channel, features 65 acres of water slides, miles of tube chutes, uphill water coasters, a wave pool, endless lazy rivers, waves for surfing, splashing, relaxing, kid-friendly water playground, hot tubs, shady picnic grounds, and a short tubing excursion on the Comal River! WOW!

Historic District of Gruene

Relax in our nationally registered Historic District of Gruene, on the banks of the Guadalupe River. Looking for authentic Texas fun?
                                                      
                                                       Peruse the special boutiques,
enjoy a wine tasting, dance at Texas oldest Dance Hall – Gruene Hall, and dine at your choice of the many unique and tasty restaurants here.

Do wear your comfortable walking shoes, and bring your sense of fun and appetite.

Get here early to find a place to park. Parking is FREE, but if you get here late, you will have to walk.

Be sure and get the 5 cent (yeah, I said a nickel) cup of coffee from the Gruene General Store. You can also find some of the Hill Country's finest speciality foods and condiments here.

Check out http://www.gruenetexas.com/ for a calendar of special events.

Here are a couple that we like to go to:

Gruene Market Days - second weekend of the month. There are bushels of vendors.
Pottery Days - Many potters from all over showing their wares.

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Ready To 'Tube' The Rivers?

If you are going to join us for a refreshing, fun ride down the Comal or Guadalupe River here are some tips.

The Comal River is the shortest river in Texas. It is spring fed, very clean, and 68F year in and year out. Cool, but refreshing! There are 3 tube shoots... and they are LOTS of fun - and suitable for everyone. Kids do need life jackets for extra safety. We even have family dogs enjoying the ride!

The Guadalupe River is also fun to tube. It comes from Canyon Lake and winds its way through Gruene and into New Braunfels. The Guadalupe has rocks, and runs much faster. Adults and children both need life jackets. You need to rent a tube with a hard bottom in it to tube this river.

Snake Farm

5640 IH 35 South New Braunfels, TX 78132

Don't ask me to explain, but no visit to New Braunfels, Texas would be complete without a visit to the Snake Farm!

Lindheimer House

This is the home of  Ferdinand Jakob Lindheimer who classified much of the Texas flora, including a milkweed, a loco weed, a mimosa, and a rock daisy. He is known as the Father of Texas Botany, with over 20 species and one genus bearing his name. In 1845, at the invitation of Carl PrinceSolm-Braunfels, Lindheimer settled on 2 1/2 acres on the Comal River in Texas. All students of Texas history will enjoy a visit to this small house built in 1852 as it still contains many of the original furnishings. This half-timbered house is one of the oldest remaining structures in New Braunfels. The house is now operated as a museum by the New Braunfels Conservation Society.
For more information: 830-608-1512
Tours On Request
491 Comal Avenue

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Canyon Lake

Two clear, beautiful rivers wind through town – The Comal and the Guadalupe – and Canyon Lake is just minutes away on 306. Slip into your bathing suit and go! Let's talk about Canyon Lake...

At the North Marina of Canyon Lake there are party barges for rent by the hour. We usually reserve one for the Fourth of July...

Canyon Trail Chuck Wagon Dinner And Show

8-1-2010 Update: Sadness... on our way to fish last weekend, we drove by the Canyon Trail Chuck Wagon Dinner And Show. It was for lease. I just hope that they regroup and reopen someday. If you didn't have a chance to go, you missed a great show and a really good BBQ dinner. Take care, and thanks.

The Canyon Trail Chuck Wagon Dinner and Show is a memorable combination of "mouth waterin' vittles and the best family friendly hand clappin', knee slappin' music and comedy in the Lone Star State".

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Lovely Landa Park

In lovely Landa Park you can take a tour on a miniature train, enjoy a walking tour of the arboretum, swim at the largest spring fed pool in Texas, picnic or cook out and view the largest springs in Texas. This scenic city park situated among crystal springs heading the Comal River. Towering trees, spring-fed swimming pools, tubing, picnicking, boating, bicycling, hiking and golf. Largest springs in state (more than 8 million gallons an hour) form state's shortest river—2.5 miles.And that's not all! No visit to New Braunfels is complete without a stop at Landa. Here's just a few things to do if you find yourself at Landa Park.

Natural Bridge Caverns and Wildlife Ranch

Discover the incredible Natural Bridge Caverns, the largest show cave in Texas. Here you will find spectacular underground formation on a family-friendly guided tour. You can pan for gems and minerals, climb the climbing wall or go "zipping" down the zip line. http://www.naturalbridgecaverns.com/

Wurstfest - New Braunfels Style

One of the heralds of Fall is Wurstfest! In New Braunfels we have a wonderful complex of beautiful buildings just for the "10 Day Salute To Sausage". That is not to say that you can get only sausage there... the vendors are varied and there is something yummy for everyone's taste buds!

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