McKinney Falls

jerry mowrey

We spent a long weekend at this beautiful park. Hiking and biking trails everywhere. Huge rocks and boulders to climb. Onion Creek is so clear and lovely to enjoy. Met some of the park hosts and learned much of the wonderful hill country. If camping, most sites don't have sewage so expect a line at the dump station. Loved it, plus you're still essentially in Austin, so you can still enjoy the city if you wanted.

Michael Mills

This is such a neat park to visit. Awesome trails to explore and a visitor center that's informative. We enjoyed the upper and lower waterfalls even though the flow was minimal. Walking on the limestone rock was like walking on the moon almost (if I had to guess...haven't made it there yet). The rock overhangs were cool to walk through. Just a beautiful place right close to downtown Austin. Highly recommend a visit to Mckinney Falls!

Allison Bird

I read the reviews for this place before I came, and I know that I am from Utah, which is renowned for its nature and beauty, but this park was not worth the funds to go inside. All of the main attractions were within a five minute walk of the visitor center. The greatest attractions were not that cool. If you were looking for something really outdoorsy this is not your pick. We did get a good laugh from the old baldy tree being the largest in the park though. And to be fair the staff were amazing and beyond friendly.

Lorena Felix

I visited the park in November/2025. It's a beautiful and big place, it was easy to park in front of the path of the first trail. Honestly, I've seen other more beautiful places, it wasn't so cold, the hiking trail is not so difficult but you should wear appropriate shoes. I didn't really like the lack of signs and signs to find the entrance to the trails, it's very confusing. The park is big, and the lack of signs to find the entrance to the trails you need to guess. When I went there, many people were also confused to find the entrance to the trails, which direction to go. And you should be careful, because there are always people with bicycles also doing the trails.

Leah G.

Beautiful park. Hiked the Onion Creek trail and Picnic Trails. Very well maintained trails. Some signage is better than others but it is well marked compared to other parks I’ve visited. Wish I’d had more time here but loved what I did get to explore. Upper Falls didn’t have much “falls” to it but gorgeous nonetheless. Restrooms by playground area is clean and well kept.