Phil Hardberger Park, Signs #2 & #3 - San Antonio, TX
N 29° 33.721 W 098° 31.258
14R E 546403 N 3270350
The Trailhead pavilion has two large wall maps showing the northern reach and southern reach of the North Salado Creek Greenway trail ways that lead out of the park from this central location.
Waymark Code: WMNRQF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2015
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Phil Hardberger Park was named in honor of a former Mayor of San Antonio, Texas who is still actively working for the betterment of the San Antonio metropolitan area. Mr. Hardberger has helped develop the Linear Creekway Parks Development Program that is building a city-wide system of interconnected parks. Work on developing various parks and on building the hiking and biking paths along several major creek systems that would eventually create an interconnected system of trails has continued to get city funding and is well on its way toward completion. The various creek pathways not only beautify the city, but offer public art, better drainage, additional recreational facilities and fitness areas for the San Antonio residents.
The Phi Hardberger park is one of the major park nodes within the Salado Creek park system. The main part of this park is advancing the use of solar energy to power all of its electrical needs. It captures rainwater in large storage tanks to be used for watering the vegetation within the park and for conservation purposes. Other attributes within the park proper include an eco-friendly parking area, packed gravel pathways, a large dog park, and a children's play area as well as the miles of hike and bike paths contained within the park boundary.
Extending from the Hardberger Park property, that covers acerage from Blanco Road to NW Military Hwy., are connective trails for hiking and biking that extend northward from Blanco Rd to Huebner Rd. that is two miles away. The southern reach follows Salado Creek for 2.4 miles, going under Wurzbach Parkway and finally connecting with the Walker Ranch Heritage Park at West Avenue.
When entering the Blanco Rd. main entrance, the trailhead is at the right end (northward ) of the parking lot. Outside the pavilion at the edge of the parking lot a map of the park proper is the first map you will see with a You Are Here index (sign #1). However, walking past that map you approach the central pavilion building that is the park's trailhead to access the North Salado Creek Greenway that connects Hardberger park to the larger greenway park system. The breezeway through the pavilion transitions into the trail from which you can hike or bike to the connected parks along the greenway. Under the solar paneled roof of the pavilion, are two maps showing the north and south extensions from the Hardberger Park. These two maps are side-by-side but both have their own "You Are Here" indicator on the respective map. This waymark is grouping the two maps as one waymark since the information is at the same location. You Are Here sign #2 shows the trail extension from this park to Huebner Road. You Are Here sign #3 shows the trail extension from here to the West Ave. and the Walker Ranch Heritage Park.
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