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Harrison Ranch Park
Harrison Ranch Park will enable future generations to remain rooted to the Hill Country lands and rural ways of life.  

The Project

The City of Dripping Springs acquired Harrison Ranch Park in 2008 from ranching family, Steve and Nina Harrison. The transaction for the acreage, which also contained a number of structures including a large ranch house, a barn, an arena, and other outbuildings, totaled $1.6 million. With Hays County partnering in $775,000 from a county bond issue and the City of Dripping Springs contributing the difference, the deal was consummated. The City was able to utilize the value of the newly acquired land as a match toward the 50 percent funding under the Texas Parks and Wildlife grant that the City received in January 2009.

Grant

The $500,000 TPWD grant funding will allow for more than six acres of the Harrison Ranch Park property surrounding Little Barton Creek to be set aside for dedication as a wildlife preservation and conservation area.

Other park developments will include an open air pavilion suited for equestrian events and other entertainment, a play ground, primitive tent campsites, a crushed granite pedestrian trail for walkers, hikers and runners, a path which will support bicycles and wheelchairs, open play area, equestrian trails, an 18-hole course for disk (Frisbee) golf, two regulation horseshoe and washer courts and designated picnic areas.

The project provides a wide diversity of recreational facilities for all facets of our community while preserving a legacy of the City’s history as a farming and ranching community.

Please visit this web site often to learn about construction progress. The TPWD requires that the project be finished by 2012.
Harrison Ranch Park Committee

June Baumoel
Wayne Burklund
Mike Carroll
Brenda Dewitt
Lynn Dickinson
Donna Moore
Pam Owens
Terry Polk
Todd Purcell
 Bryan Schwiening
Joseph Syring
Mike Whittenburg

Fund Raising & Donated Services
The City is currently in the process of
raising $4,000,000.00 to construct
and renovate the new amenities at Harrison Ranch Park.

The first major fund raiser for
Harrison Ranch Park, was the Wild West Festival ,
held Saturday, October 24.
 
If you would like to contribute to the development of Harrison Ranch Park
please call City Hall at 512-858-4725.
The City requests both cash donors and
in-kind service and material donors.

Major Services and Material Generously Donated by:
KBDJ, LP & Industrial Asphalt, Inc.
Lone Star Paving
S & T Ranch Services, Inc.
Southwest Custom Constructors
Rental Opportunities
The Park can be rented for a variety of uses:
• community meetings
• parties
• family gatherings
• horse riding and more!
For more information about using the park, call Dripping Springs City Hall at 512-858-4725.
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