Department of Medicine

The Hill Country provides..

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..biking..Highway 337 between Lost Maples and Garner State Parks..wildlife..
..wildflowers...
Highway 87 south of Fredericksburg

..and horseback riding.

The Hill Country is almost exclusively limestone from its former days as an ocean floor and collecting remains of shellfish.

Abundant marine fossils..

..caves..Cascade Cavern
Looking into the dark at the underground waterfall of Cascade Cavern
..occasional dinosaur tracks occur.
Near Blanco River State Park
Although the Texas raccoon and sometimes oppossum can make side by side oval tracks, any Texan will tell you that the lack of toes indicate these are from a brontosaurus.


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