Karst Canyon Preserve Ribbon Cutting

The Hill Country just got a little bigger. 🌿 Hays County officially opens Karst Canyon Preserve this Friday, March 27 — a 175-acre preserve just outside Wimberley, right next to Jacob's Well Natural Area. This land came within a vote of becoming 1,000+ residential lots. Instead, it's permanently protected. Here's what's there: 🪨 Karst terrain — sinkholes, caves & limestone springs 🦇 The Wimberley Bat Cave 🐦 Habitat for the endangered golden-cheeked warbler 💧 Critical recharge zone for the Trinity Aquifer — the underground water source that feeds Jacob's Well itself Jacob's Well has been closed to swimming since 2022 due to low water flow. This preserve protects the watershed that feeds it. Ribbon-cutting: Friday, March 27 at 10 AM 📍 Park at Jacob's Well Natural Area (1699 Mt. Sharp Rd, Wimberley) 🥾 Hike 0.8 miles round-trip to the ceremony — or ride with park staff by golf cart After the ceremony, Phase 1 opens to the public: 2 miles of trail connecting directly to the North 40 Trail at Jacob's Well. Someone bought the land before the bulldozers arrived. Voters funded the bonds. Nonprofits secured the easements. That's how you keep a county like Hays worth living in.