Phil Hardberger Park

Phil Hardberger Park, in north central San Antonio, is a place to escape the city. With over eight miles of trails to hike or bike, one can see Live Oak mottes, the dense Ashe Juniper forest, Mesquite trees, and savanna grassland. It contains native grasses historically recorded as “high as a horse’s belly” and can sometimes tower to six feet tall. A restored wetland catches and filters stormwater from neighboring development while providing much-needed habitat. The Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge, the first of its kind, is made for people AND wildlife to cross over safely.

This is a place to experience the wilderness.

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Plenty of Ways to Explore and Play

Phil Hardberger Park has two dog parks, two playgrounds, a Children’s Nature Play Area, open fields, basketball courts, and plenty of places to gather, with extra-long picnic tables and built-in barbeque pits. The Skywalk, accessed from the Water Loop trail, ascends 20 feet into the Live Oak tree canopy and ends at the top of the Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge.

Park Amenities

Opportunities to Fall in Love with Nature

Discover new ways to connect with nature. Through partnerships, creative and collaborative programs are offered every month. Explore nature through poetry, painting, story times, or citizen science data collecting. There are early development nature programs for children as young as 18 months old called Starting Out Wild; the children then age up into Growing Up Wild. Many programs are geared toward all ages, which makes it easy to get the whole family outside together.

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Public Health Benefits

• Being in nature has been shown to reduce stress. Phil Hardberger Park has eight miles of trails for people to exercise with their dogs, on bicycles, on foot, or with families and friends. View Map

• Phil Hardberger Park hosts Fitness In the Park programs plus provides a space for many fitness groups to exercise.

• Phil Hardberger Park connects to over 40 miles of the Salado Creek Greenway Trail, providing opportunities for day-long adventures

• The park’s 330 acres of native trees and grasses

• Improves air quality

• Sequestering stormwater runoff from nearby development

• Reduces the Urban Heat Island Effect

• Provides plenty of shade for people to enjoy the outdoors during the hottest times of the year

• The Conservancy provides opportunities to reduce Nature Deficit Disorder with programs throughout the year that help children and adults foster a love for nature. From Art in the Park, Nature Hikes, Family Activities, and programs designed for specific age groups, there is something for everyone to explore nature safely

Conservational Learning Landscape

Phil Hardberger Park is a learning landscape for conservation practices and sustainable development. Sustainable development aims to meet human needs while supporting the natural systems – such as wildlife diversity, flood mitigation, and cooling effects from shade – that our economy and society depend on. 

The park’s vegetation provides food and shelter for wildlife throughout the year. The Robert. L. B. Tobin Land Bridge has reclaimed habitat over the highway with its native landscaping. The restored Savanna and wetland provide important habitats lost due to urban development. 

Keeping the habitat protected within the city takes constant conservation work. Weed Warrior Volunteers meet almost every Wednesday to remove invasive species.  Learn More

Style Guidelines

Conservancy Logos

Two logo iterations: the Oak Leaf and Acorn with text, the Oakleaf and Acorn solo

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Images from the Park

Follow these links to find folders full of images approved for publication. We ask that you credit the Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy unless otherwise specified in the filename.

• Phil Hardberger Park Images

• Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge

• Land Bridge Wildlife Images