Explore Kerrville-Schreiner Park: A Scenic Getaway
By: Christopher Long
Revised by: Laurie E. Jasinski
Published: 1976
Updated: November 19, 2025
Kerrville-Schreiner Park is on the Guadalupe River and State Highway 173, just south of Kerrville in Kerr County. The 517-acre park was given to the state by the city of Kerrville in 1934. From 1935 to 1937 Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1823, comprised of Black veterans, constructed flood control dams, fences, stone grills, picnic areas, and other structures that were later converted to a maintenance building and park residence. They also cleared brush and developed trails. The park, which operated as Kerrville State Park under the control of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, was renamed Kerrville-Schreiner State Park in 1990 to honor area rancher and philanthropist Charles Armand Schreiner. In 2004 the park was given back to the city of Kerrville by the state, and it became Kerrville-Schreiner Park.
The terrain is typical of the Texas Hill Country, with Ashe juniper, live oaks, and various hardwoods. Cypress trees line the Guadalupe River. Wildlife includes white-tailed deer, foxes, armadillos, and other small mammals, as well as wild turkeys and many varieties of birds. A “Pollinator Garden” in the park serves as an official migration spot for Monarch butterflies and other colorful species. Fishing is a popular activity, and anglers can catch bass, crappie, catfish, and perch. Rainbow trout are stocked annually. Other activities include swimming, canoeing, picnicking, and camping. The park offers more than thirteen miles of hiking and biking trails. Facilities include a boat ramp, lighted fishing pier, picnic areas, grills, playground, areas for basketball and sand volleyball, dining hall, recreation hall, and an amphitheater. Visitors can partake of tent sites, recreational vehicle hookups, cabin rentals, and a ranch house. The Guadalupe River is subject to periodic flooding, and in the early morning hours of July 4, 2025, a flash flood devastated the river frontage in the park. Damaged areas remained closed and were under repair in the aftermath.
Bibliography:
Kerrville-Schreiner Park, City of Kerrville, Texas (https://www.kerrvilletx.gov/318/Kerrville-Schreiner-Park), accessed November 18, 2025. Kerrville-Schreiner Park: Where Kerrville Come to Play, Backroads Reservations (https://www.backroadstexas.net/kerrville-schreiner-park-where-kerrville-comes-to-play/), accessed November 18, 2025. Ray Miller, Texas Parks (Houston: Cordovan, 1984). James Wright Steely, The Civilian Conservation Corps in Texas State Parks (Austin: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 1986).
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Christopher Long Revised by Laurie E. Jasinski, “Kerrville-Schreiner Park,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/kerrville-state-recreation-area.
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