There's a great 48 acre park in the middle of New Braunfels, TX with a hiking trail. It's not paved or asphalt, it's very much a trail. It's at least 1.2 miles long, but there's a loop at one end that adds more length. I just hiked the whole thing, and that "loop" was the hardest part of the hike. Hardest to find & keep on the "trail" as well.

We just went on a hike there a few days ago. You'd never know you're in the middle of a mid-sized city. At one spot you can see a power pole/lines, and toward the very end of the trail you can see houses as you approach a city street. But for most of it, it is extremely pristine, "the land that time forgot". A big sloping hill with trees on your left, and sloping away towards a dry creek bed on your right. That kind of thing. And lots of rocks -- this is the Texas Hill Country after all. Those rocks weren't brought in. Rocks the size of your hand all the way up to boulders. The land is anything but flat -- again, typical for the Hill Country.

Very interesting, very good hike, would go again. 5 stars.

Note there's no snow at this or any other time of the year. Everything is dead for the winter though. I bet those trees green up in the spring, so the look of the park will be somewhat different.

My son pointed out that it would be a great place to film a movie. You could do a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie, and only occasionally have to pause filming while a plane flies overhead, a siren is heard, or something similar. Most of the time it's quiet and remote. There are no "facilities" including bathrooms, man-made structures, or even signs. But even people are scarce! We saw maybe 5 groups (single individual or couple) the whole 90 minutes we were there. About 98% of the time, we were alone as far as the eye could see. Maybe because we went during the day on a weekday? It was a beautiful day though, about 60F and sunny. There should have been more people.