Texas Hill Country and LBJ Tour From Austin


Travel along the beautiful, scenic backroads of the Texas Hill Country, with a brief stop in Johnson City at the National Park Services’ Visitor Center and Boyhood Home of President LBJ. Only a short distance away is the town of Stonewall, the peach capital of Texas and home to the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site. Enjoy a tour of the LBJ Ranch, located along the picturesque Pedernales River. During your tour, you will discover how the German migration of the 1840s and 1850s influenced the development of this picturesque area. You will hear about the role of the Texas cowboy and the great cattle drives from South Texas to mid-western markets, and youll learn about the legacies of both LBJ—America’s 36th President—and Lady Bird, his beloved wife. We will stop for a break in Johnson City at the National Park Services’ Visitor Center and Boyhood Home of President LBJ. After our brief stop in Johnson City, we will head west to tour the beautiful LBJ Ranch and Texas White House on the Pedernales River. After the LBJ Ranch, we will head further west and visit the old German town of Fredericksburg, where you will have 1 to 2 hours of time on your own. If you prefer, you can shop and eat lunch at an authentic German biergarten. You can visit the Nimitz Museum National Museum of the Pacific War. This Fredericksburg part of the tour is flexible, so you can do whatever pleases you! From Fredericksburg we will drive past vineyards on our way to legendary Luckenbach, Texas—where everybody’s somebody. We will stop and take in the storied musical history of the colorful town of Luckenbach, made world-famous by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gary P Nunn, Hondo Crouch, and many more artists and colorful characters. From Luckenbach we will take a scenic route through the Texas Hill Country, back on Highway 290, and then head back to Austin. Tour duration may vary based on traffic, weather, day of week, length of stops at LBJ National Park Visitor Center in Johnson City and/or LBJ Ranch To

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