\n“Within the refuge, old growth stands of mature Ashe juniper, low-growing shin oaks, grasslands and spring-fed creeks provide important habitat for many species unique to the Texas Hill Country. \u00a0At least one-third of Texas’s threatened and endangered species live or move through this part of the Hill Country, the Edwards Plateau.”
\n<\/strong>Here is the Refuge website<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Phone 512-339-9432 \u00a0Map<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Trails
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Warbler Vista Trail Map<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 Doeskin Ranch Trail Map<\/a>
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The only mention of accessibility on the refuge website is an accessible photo blind on Post Oak Creek Trail and an accessible sunset deck at Warbler Vista reached via the Ridgeline Trail. \u00a0 Both these trails are described as having “moderate” grades (5% to 8%) and “native” surfaces. \u00a0 \u00a0There are numerous trails described as “gentle”.\n
? <\/strong>Pond and Prairie Trail at Doeskin Ranch is 0.38 mile and “gentle” with a cross slope of only 1.5. \u00a0The surface is “native\/paved”. \u00a0Better call to learn where it is safe for you to go.<\/p>\nBalcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge “Within the refuge, old growth stands of mature Ashe juniper, low-growing shin oaks, grasslands and spring-fed creeks provide important habitat for many species unique to the Texas Hill Country. \u00a0At least one-third of Texas’s threatened and endangered species live or move through this part of the Hill Country, the Edwards … Continue reading Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texas-federal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5194"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8200,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5194\/revisions\/8200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}