Texas
Pedernales Falls
31 mi from Austin · ~55 min drive
No height recorded
Pedernales Falls is a named waterfall in Texas — about 31 miles from Austin, TX. Full visit details below.
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city
- Austin, TX · 31 mi · ~55 min drive
- Coordinates
- 30.3396°, -98.2547°
- County
- Blanco
From Wikipedia: Pedernales Falls State Park is a 5,211.7 acres (2,109 ha) state park situated along the banks of the Pedernales River in Blanco County, Texas, United States. The park is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Johnson City, and about 25 miles west of Austin. The park opened in 1971 and is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Pedernales Falls State Park, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Pedernales Falls
The exact location is at 30.3396°, -98.2547° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Austin, TX — 31 miles away (~55 min drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Pedernales Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.