Texas Hill Country road trip: Austin, Fredericksburg and San Antonio

A short loop west of Austin through the Hill Country's small towns to Fredericksburg, then down to New Braunfels and San Antonio.

Stops
5
Nights
5
Driving
189 mi
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A field of bluebonnets in front of oak trees and rolling green hills.

The route by road

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The stops, in order

  1. Austin, Texas

    1 night

    Start here.

  2. 50 min · 48 mi from Austin

    Johnson City, Texas

    A stop on the way

    Lyndon B. Johnson's boyhood home.

  3. 30 min · 30 mi from Johnson City

    Fredericksburg, Texas

    2 nights

    German heritage town and Enchanted Rock nearby.

  4. 1 h 24 min · 77 mi from Fredericksburg

    New Braunfels, Texas

    1 night

    Tubing on the Comal and Guadalupe rivers.

  5. 33 min · 33 mi from New Braunfels

    San Antonio, Texas

    1 night

    The River Walk and the Alamo.

Day by day

5 days with the nights above. Drive times are for a car without traffic; a day over six hours is flagged.

  1. Day 1: In Austin

    No driving

  2. Day 2: Austin to Fredericksburg

    Via Johnson City

    Night in Fredericksburg

    1 h 20 min · 79 mi

  3. Day 3: In Fredericksburg

    No driving

  4. Day 4: Fredericksburg to New Braunfels

    Night in New Braunfels

    1 h 24 min · 77 mi

  5. Day 5: New Braunfels to San Antonio

    Night in San Antonio

    33 min · 33 mi
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Photo: Bluebonnets near Marble Falls in the Texas Hill Country. “A luxurient field of bluebonnets, the state flower, near Marble Falls in the Texas Hill Country LCCN2014633107” by Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. “Amboy (California, USA), Hist. Route 66 -- 2012 -- 1” by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0. “Natchez-Trace-Parkway-Highsmith” by Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain. “Red Rock State Park, AZ” by Wendy from Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0.