McKinney Falls State Park Photos

Inland sea oats (Photo by plectrudis)

trees growing out of a flooded natural tank in the rock (Photo by plectrudis)

The falls, swollen with rain (Photo by plectrudis)

the old homestead (Photo by jimmy peace)

lower falls (Photo by jimmy peace)

homestead ruins (Photo by jimmy peace)

very crowded (Photo by jimmy peace)

A fossil in a stone on the Homestead Trail. (Photo by heatharcadia)

A Geocache along the Homestead Trail. Though the container has been replaced, this is a very old Geocache, one of the first ones placed. (Photo by heatharcadia)

The remains of the McKinney Homestead. (Photo by heatharcadia)

Lower Falls (Photo by heatharcadia)

The trails are well-marked and easy to follow. Some trails also have distance markers. (Photo by Blaze)

The Upper Falls is a nice, scenic spot. (Photo by Blaze)

The natural surface trails take you through some nice areas. (Photo by Blaze)

The lower falls pour into a nice natural pool. (Photo by Blaze)

A scenic view of Onion Creek. (Photo by Blaze)

This rock shelter overlooks Onion Creek. (Photo by Blaze)

This is the entrance sign to the park. (Photo by Blaze)

upper falls (Photo by jimmy peace)

natural carving (Photo by jimmy peace)

pic of the homestead (Photo by jimmy peace)

reflection in the water (Photo by jimmy peace)

There are several of these iron rods staked into the rock on both sides of the creek. This is just upstream from the McKinney grist mill, but I'm not sure what, if anything, it had to do with that. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

The start of the Homestead Trail leading to Onion Creek is a large, continuous slab of limestone. (Photo by Austin Explorer)