Beautiful and quiet area along the river. The soothing sounds of trickling water& chirping birds made my visit to this underdeveloped park area along the river very memorable. Seeing the area with 1996 Kayaking Olympian Ben & my buddy Brad made this excursion very special. The gravel beach along the river & the passing kayakers were a fun change to the calm & beauty of the river.

This is a small but pretty place if you like serene. The water flowing in the river, the trees hanging over it and the small damage is very cool. Not any places to sit and its a very short hike. Whatever parking is available the city put.large concrete blocks so no one can park...duh??? Its worth the time to visit.

Always Great Place to Visit when Traveling. Freindly staff, Really Good Food. Look at all the Antiques while you Visit all over the place. The Shopping goes from Military Shirts, mugs, to Clothes and gifts for all ages.Once Again...REALLY GREAT PLACE TO VISIT AND EAT. You will Return.

Its nice if want time by the River but no seating or anything youd find in park present. Very small area of space along bank thats accessible.

I live here and have only been there once before. Just beautiful, dog friendly, kids. This is a small parking with one space for the handicap.

Very beautiful clean water. Free. Unpopulated! Water flow is good and easy enough to paddle upriver. Giant turtles!

Dog and family travel on the cheap. Nice weather in Dec. and nice for light walking. Nice easy trail to walk with family and my 4 legged friends. There are some small open grass areas with pickic tables. You can lay out on a blanket on the winter rye grass. I recharged after my drive. Friendly faces and other doggies for my dog to meet and great.

Aside from difficult access to the river, it is great. This place is beautiful and the water is usually very clear. It is highly frequented during the hot months and especially when Texas State is on session.

Its a wonderful clean park, family time

Way too many people, and without masks!Used to be nice and quiet.....

Love this place. Too bad people cant clean up after themselves though

Cant even get to the park due to road closures. Major disappointment. Drove 2 hrs for nothing.

Kenadies graduation day. Jumping in the river is a very fun tradition.

I drove by on my way to a free veterans meal!

Beautiful bodies of water.

Love it I went for Fathers had a blast

Looked pretty kool. Too bad I was going to Hooters for their monthly car meet.

Nice park with beautiful waterfalls

Very cool waterfall, tucked away!

Crazy stuff to do.

Stokes Park has 4 Islands to explore with beautiful, clear, spring water flowing around them!

It is a very peaceful place! I love it there it’s so soothing and it just gives you a very good relaxed vibe! Has a good running trail also!

Fun to jump from where the main picture is i cut my foot though because I jumped from the very top and landed in the shallow spot

The park is well maintained and is great for family picnics and activities. Excellent swimming hole at the San Marcos River and small walking trails. Would recommend visiting early to secure parking and picnic location. There is a playground as well.

Beautiful park and waterfall

Nice place for a picnic or day trip.

Very nice place to watch the Texas water safari

Nicest park Ive discovered in San Marcos .Not overly crowded, great walking trail alongside the river

Stopped here for lunch on our kayaking trip and it is very nice.

We stayed here last weekend. We had a large cabin. And I must say we had a great time. Theres hiking trails. And a lake. I recommend a cabin over a tent site. In our case it rained one night and having a dry place was priceless. Of course the tent site are great in the nice weather. Our only problem is that our fire place didnt work.

Used to be all woods n you could cross to the other side and hike back there. They built an apartment buiding there now totatly destroyed the atosphere and blocked the other side .Sad.. the apartments have destoyed wild life habbitat back there..

The atmosphere is very nice people that are friendly waitresses treat you with respect and Im very polite

Great place to get away from the crowds at the San Marcos River.

Great park. Me and my son enjoy going there for our little hikes.

I love this place. Ive been coming here since I was a child. This later became a place for smokers and people skipping school. Its where I came to skip school. Later it evilved to a place where there were no crowds or cops. I havent been to this place in years, but still hold a fomd memory.

Loved this place its a great getaway for the day. And lots of fun. Very clean.

Its under construction at the moment. Im sure itll be real nice once finished!

Nice beautiful park with many hidden gems, my only problems is that half of it completely closed, and from reading past reviews its been that way for a while.

It was dirty but we had fun go if your young and having fun

When u just Wana forget the world and just have fun.STOKES PARK IS IT...SEE U THERE

Very engaging. I really felt welcomed

It was amazing and fun my family had the best time swimming.

Good ambience peaceful

Beautiful park, nice visit.

A nice spot on the San Marcos river. I used to hang out at the waterfall here back in college, super relaxing. Lots of people like to fish here, and it has shallow entry for children too. Fun fact, the mill mentioned in the picture below is now my house.

Because the guy that showed me this is the most amazing man in this whole world and cant no on do it like we do! My baby s. S. Loves m. M

1/7/2020 poor to no parking . Most picture shown are from other areas in San Marcos. Dangerous crosswalk. No bar, no kids park, no jumping off dam .

Nice place to swim nd relax

It was a great time i really recommended going!

Very fun place to go! Please clean up after yourself! #keepsanmarcosbeautiful

Stoked to go back

No place to park and only access is side of road. No sidewalks leading to park.

Its very nice, but some not friendly people.

One of my favorite places to be.

We enjoyed the San Marcos river here and some pleasant base jumping!

I didnt get a chance to walk tge trails but I know just from what I saw that theybare going to be great

Beautiful view of a nice waterfall

The bartender jaya was awesome

Nice quite placer to walk or to run

Beautiful place with an amazing waterfall

They need to paint over all the graffiti above the falls people need to do their poisons at home people need to keep their dogs on leashes but when you can carve yourself out a tiny spot its a nice place to be

Awesome park, swimming or just hanging out

Very cool park with a waterfall and swimming area

Pretty place

If you are thinking of jumping make sure you know where to land.

Great tourist attractions

Great fishing

Nice... Good family place to gather

I love to visit and just enjoy my down time here.

Amazing place

Just terrible. No parking for a park. Trash cans full. To many weeds to get to the river. Just sad

Great park with great access to the river

Weve always loved this spot, but when we visited today we found that it is closed until further notice - probably for riverbank restoration due to the damage from the new adjacent apartment complex and subsequent flooding. The tiny parking area is closed, too. Looking forward to a safer water entry with improved parking, more picnic area, restrooms, and less mud/sediment in our river from people climbing/sliding down the banks.

The park is beautiful. The river is dangerous. Be sure not to take unnecessary risks. If you are an adequate swimmer, this is a great spot to chill, lot of places to enjoy the water in small groups or as couples.

Beautiful relaxing walk near the river!

Its a nice place to sit for a few and then keep walking. Not a good place to hang out with ur friends.

Good deals

Great place.

Love the cold water

Nice to get close to nature.

Very calm and chill

Super cool spot

Nice park

Love to jump here

Great Food and waiter was awesome

So cute

Beautiful place...the swing above the river broke though. Was a nice little asset

I saw someone jump off the top! It was awesome. Super sweet park to jog or walk through. Not too busy.

Had a very large party maybe 50 people they were very nice and service was great considering the amount of people

The trail has been closed for years the park, whats left of it is messy

So fun

Always love the friendly staff and yummy custard.

Secluded and calm.

Had a fun day with my loves!

Fulfill your wildest dreams

Quiet nice place

Ok

Nice super relaxing and beautiful terrific day at the river!

Its mostly gone. Someone (you figute it out) allowed a huge apartment complex to be built on the land.There is no parking in what little is left of the park.

Very peaceful just needs to clean up the Arts on the walls