Destinations
Floresville offers great destinations!
Whether you’re looking for a challenging game of golf, a quiet afternoon of birding or a refreshing dip in a pool, Floresville has what you and your family are looking for!
| American Legion Park The American Legion Park is located across the street from City Hall and the Wilson County Courthouse. This parks offers two well-lit tennis courts as well as full size basketball courts. The park’s proximity to the downtown and inner city area make this a popular attraction for many of the neighborhood families. |
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| Canary Islanders Cemetery Established prior to 1732 by islanders who first organized civil settlement in Texas at San Fernando de Bexar, now San Antonio. Several Texas families trace lineage from those colonists. Off US 181 two blocks north of the Highway 97/FM 536 intersection. Intersection of Plum Street and Tenth Street. |
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| City River Park The Floresville River Park offers beautiful scenery set on the San Antonio River for your recreational pleasure. It is also equipped with a Pavilion as well as a full service kitchen, and for a nominal fee can be rented for parties, family reunions or get-togethers. Picnic tables, chairs, a volleyball court, baseball fields, soccer fields, and playgrounds are also available for your recreational needs. |
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| Floresville Masonic Youth Park Floresville Masonic Youth Park was added to the City’s park area in 2001 by a generous donation from the Floresville Masons. This park features a full size soccer field complete with bleachers and restrooms. |
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| River Bend Golf Club
Maverick Golf Club combines some of most unique property in the San Antonio area with the creativity of the golf course designer to provide an exciting golfing experience for players of all levels.The beautiful oak trees and meandering streams that give the golf course its character are joined with elevation changes, multi-tiered greens and challenging areas of forced carry—including water features—and areas of forced lay-up in a links-style course.Added to the magnificent topography and course design is the blowing wind (and in Texas, the wind really blows) and The Maverick Golf Club can be a formidable challenge for even scratch golfers.Not only is it one of the only true links courses in south Texas, but the aqua-range is the ONLY range of its type in the southern part of the state as well.The family-friendly community of Avalon, in the town of Floresville combines welcoming homes, a vista of green space and the down-home atmosphere so desired by those who want to set down roots in this area, about a half hour southeast of San Antonio. In the heart of Avalon is the 18-hole Maverick Golf Club, a public facility with the soul of a lush private course. Maverick Golf Club is not only the golf center of Avalon, it is a social center as well, providing both a wonderful dining experience at the Green Pepper Restaurant, and an event area at the Pavilion. The Pavilion combines a rambling 3,000 square foot social center with the Pavilion Green, a velvet smooth grass area adjacent to the Pavilion for strolling guests at a wedding reception or for an evening picnic concert. |
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| Historic Downtown Floresville Downtown Floresville reflects the culture and history of our wonderful town, with a historic county courthouse, a shady city square, thriving businesses and lovely homes!Floresville is a growing city in an area that has been economically viable for more than 300 years!The Spaniards founded Rancho de Las Cabras to serve as a principal provider of meat and dairy products for Mission Francisco de La Espada in San Antonio. Floresville and the surrounding area have traditionally been a farming and ranching community.In the last twenty years, the area has transitioned from an agricultural based economy to a more service oriented economy. Less people are involved with agriculture or ranching. This is still important to the city and the area as a whole. However, the future is in attracting manufacturing or service providers to do business in Floresville. The City of Floresville passed a 4B Sales Tax for economic development in 1996 and created the Floresville Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) in 1997. The FEDC coordinates all economic development activity in the city.Floresville is within the San Antonio Metropolitan area with easy access to all major highways and the San Antonio International Airport. The city has all the resources necessary for businesses to thrive. The positive business climate and growing population in the area makes Floresville an attractive place for all business endeavors. |
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| Jackson Nature Park This fifty-acre park adjacent to Cibolo Creek is located on County Road 401, between FM 1922 and Stockdale, and features hiking trails, picnic tables, nature study, and bird watching.Parking and restrooms available. Open Wednesday through Sunday, 9 AM to dusk. Admission is $1, collected on an honor system inside the park. Visit http://www.sara-tx.org/site/parks/jackson.phpfor more information.Jackson Nature Park is owned by Wilson County and is managed by SARA, the San Antonio River Authority.SARA was created by the 45th Texas Legislature on May 5, 1937, then reorganized in 1961 to plan, manage and implement water-related programs and projects within the San Antonio River Basin. The State of Texas empowered SARA to preserve, protect and manage the resources and the ecology of the San Antonio River and its tributaries.The SARA district covers the San Antonio River Basin in Bexar, Goliad, Karnes and Wilson counties. Yet, SARA’s concern for the quality and quantity of water extends our focus beyond these boundaries, since factors outside the district contribute to the health and well-being of the River and district communities.Location: Wilson County Road 401, at Cibolo Creek, between Floresville and Stockdale. Hours: Daily 9 AM to Dusk. Activities: Hiking, nature study, bird watching, picnicking. Size: 50 acres. Admission: $1.00 per person Facilities: Unpaved parking, natural surface trail system, tables, benches, park toilet. |
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| Pecan Park Surrounded by the tall pecan trees that give its name, Pecan Park is a shady escape for family fun, a quiet walk or an afternoon picnic!Pecan Park is part of Floresville commitment to outstanding parks and recreation opportunities for residents. Pecan Park offers a unique benefit in recreation, from picnic areas to a playground for children, to a track for walking, running or jogging, Pecan Park offers an environment that will be sure to satisfy all.Learn more about Floresville Parks and Recreation Department! |
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| Rancho de las Cabras Texas is famous for cattle and cattle ranching, but much of the American cattle industry of the 1800s was actually built on the legacy of historic mission ranches in the Texas coastal bend near Floresville! You can learn about the equipment, vocabulary and folklore of the mission vaqueros while exploring remnants of Rancho de las Cabras.Located 30 miles south of San Antonio, tours of Las Cabras meet at Floresville River Park on SH 97 in Floresville, to caravan to the site. An unimproved dirt road leads to the area that could cause difficulties for some low-clearance vehicles. Because the site is undeveloped, it contains brushy areas and fire ants; it is recommended that boots and appropriate clothing be worn.Tour information: 10:00 am, first Saturday of the month, weather permitting. Call 210.932.1001 for more information.More information: From “Rancho De Las Cabras A Spanish Colonial Mission Ranch Offers Partnership Opportunities” Courtesy of the National Park Service Read the complete article! About 30 miles southeast of San Antonio, in what is now Wilson County on the outskirts of the city of Floresville, this Spanish colonial ranch site has endured a history of changing use and ownership since it was first designated as grazing lands for Mission Espada by royal authorities. Each mission on the San Antonio River had a ranch located within a radius of 25–30 miles which supplied cattle, sheep, and goats for their inhabitants.Mission Espada was one of three missions moved from what is now eastern Texas and reestablished on the San Antonio River in March 1731. Permission was granted to use tracts of land for grazing beyond that on which the mission itself was located. All of the Texas missions were allowed use of such tracts in order to provide for their increasing herds of livestock. At first, animals were few in number and could be kept on the lands beyond the farmlands (labores). However, as the herds increased, the competition for limited fields nearby led to incursions of livestock on farmlands of the town, the Villa de San Fernando.By the 1750s and 1760s, efforts to acquire full legal title to the distant ranchlands designated earlier for the use of each mission began in earnest. In 1772, all the Querétaran missions in Texas were turned over to the administration of the missionary College of Zacatecas. As part of the transfer, a complete and detailed inventory of each mission was compiled. The inventory for Espada described the ranch as follows: The mission has on this river at a distance of eight leagues [about 21 miles] a ranch for the protection of the herdsmen from the hostile Beginning in the 1770s, the residents of San Fernando increased pressure on the missions, which they believed took up too much of the river valley, leaving insufficient pastureland for their livestock. Therefore, local residents strongly opposed the missions’ efforts to gain legal title to the lands that had been allocated for their use in 1731. These efforts led to a judgment which permitted The remainder of Espada ranchlands, including the las Cabras buildings, continued in use by the mission at least through 1787 and probably until the secularization of the mission’s property in 1794. |
