Review:

If you come to the trail near the entrance to the Old Tunnel State Park around sunset, you will have an opportunity to see thousands of bats flying out into the cool night air. Scary and spectacular at the same time, this event attracts many tourists visiting Fredericksburg. It is located on the Old San Antonio Road, between Fredericksburg and Comfort. The cave where the bats live is an abandoned railroad tunnel that belonged to the Fredericksburg and Northern Railway until 1942.

The tunnel, which is home to more than three million Mexican free-tailed bats and over 3000 Cave myotis bats, was designated a state park in 2012. The cave is left to the bats, and the entrance is forbidden, but the half-mile trail that leads to the cave is a great place not only to watch bats but to take a pleasant hike, watch the birds and read fascinating information along the trail about the bats and the area .

Address: Old Tunnel State Park, 10619 Old San Antonio Rd, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624, Phone: 866-978-2287

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