Best Place To View Wildflowers in Cedar Park

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One of the best things about living in Central Texas are the Spring Wildflowers. It’s definitely my favorite time of the year! Wildflowers can be seen on every roadside and in every field. You certainly can’t miss them. Driving by and admiring the flowers is wonderful, but no family photo album is complete without the kids and pets sitting amongst Texas Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush.

If you would like to learn the names of all the wildflowers, you can pick up a wildflower guide at most HEB stores or you can see nice list of Wildflowers of Texas here. Or view the TXDOT Texas Highways Wildflower Guide online.

Every year, Brushy Creek Lake Park has been our go-to place to take wildflower family photos. And you can bet we aren’t alone! It’s normally the Best Place To View Wildflowers in Cedar Park. Some years the wildflowers at Brushy Creek are pretty sparse or different varieties at different times are more abundant than others.

A couple years ago the lake flooded and the entire field was covered with water. Weather certainly does play a part in each season. Wildflowers are interesting like that. They have a funny way about showing up one year and then being shy the next year. Some years Brushy Creek Lake Park is Blue Bonnet heavy and other years it seems to be more sparse and other wildflowers are abundant. Either way it’s beautiful. It’ll be interesting to see what happens this year after that February ice storm.  You can’t just visit once either. The blooms change from week to week from late March to early June. Luckily that’s not the only place to go.

One very important thing to keep in mind when frolicking in the wildflowers is that snakes enjoy the shade and plethora of bugs in the heavy underbrush. Stay on walked pathways or at the edge of fields. Be careful letting the kids go running into the flowers with their sandals and Sunday best. Maybe send dad and his boots in for a walk about to find your perfect photo spot. And as a Central Texan, you probably already know about good ole’ fire ants. You don’t want to find those the hard way!

OK, now that we got the scary snake and ants out of the way, let’s go back to happy thoughts of beautiful flowers and Texas sunshine.

More Cedar Park Wildflowers

Traveling the Cedar Park Bike Trail along Brushy Creek, you are guaranteed to find many places to stop and admire the flowers and take pictures.

There are also plenty of random places around town to snap a few pictures. Behind Costco and At Home, there is a nice big field of wildflowers where you can have the Cedar Park Town Center Clock Tower in the background. There are also some nice patches around the two pond areas and along the walking paths. You can park at Spring Hill Suites or at the Cedar Park Recreation Center. While you are there, you can visit the Cedar Park Sculpture Garden.

Traveling up 2769 towards Bullick Hollow all the way to the Oasis you can see many more patches. Keep in mind there is a lot of traffic in that area, so it’s best not to go with little ones and pets. You can also take the scenic drive around to Lime Creek Road from 2769 which eventually meets up with Anderson Mill again. The corner of Anderson Mill and 2769 one year the variety of flowers was amazing and the next year, not so much.

Nearby at the corner of Anderson Mill and Cypress Creek Road, in the field for Cedar Park High School, the Blue Bonnets were abundant one year. They seem to bloom later there.

The HEB Center at New Hope and 183 Toll has a huge field with a wide variety of wildflowers that seems to get better every year. Along Bagdad Road, there is also a field in front of Rockbridge Church that has some nice flowers.

If you are looking for a nice Texas looking backdrop, you can try a picture just to the side of the Breakaway Park neighborhood sign. With a rock wall and Texas Native plants in the background and wildflowers around you, it’s a nice shot.

Pretty much any roadside or median that has not been mowed will have a show of flowers. Just take a drive down 360 from 183 to MoPac and you will see tons on wildflowers. Stop along the way for a scenic hike to the overlook rock at the 360 Pennybacker Bridge.

Wildflower Watch

Join other wildflower enthusiasts online to post your best wildflower pictures and view others in this Texas Wildflowers Facebook Group. Or stay up to date with the Texas Wildflower Report. The groups posted some good tips about taking pictures of wildflowers on private property. Private Property & Wildlife Photography.

Day Trips to View Wildflowers

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Avenue
Austin, Texas

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the place to get your wildflower fix and learn more about the history of wildflowers, as well as the preservation and research centered around Texas native plants. For the wildflower fanatic, you can also show your enthusiasm year round with a personalized Wildflower License Plate.

Balcones Canyonlands Wildlife Refuge
24518 FM 1431
Marble Falls, TX 78654

If you want to take a drive, wildflower season is the perfect time to take our Day Trip to the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. Not only is it a gorgeous scenic drive, but there are excellent wildflower photo opportunities along the way. You might even get a longhorn in the picture.

Old Settler’s Park
3300 East Palm Valley Boulevard
Round Rock, Texas

The large fields surrounding Old Settler’s Park are the perfect place to take pictures and have picnic.

Bluebonnet Festival
April 9-11, 2021

You don’t want to miss the annual Bluebonnet Festival in Burnet, TX. If you love all things Texas Wildflowers, this is the festival for you. Enjoy arts and crafts, live music, food, carnival and more.

Hands down, the Best Place To View Wildflowers in Cedar Park is Brushy Creek Lake Park. But as you can see, there is no shortage of wildflower viewing and photo opportunities in Central Texas. Get out and enjoy!

A few Texas tips. Contrary to urban legend is is not Illegal to Pick Bluebonnets. But it is best to let them be, so they can seed the next year’s batch. Also, please do not trample the flowers. Let other people enjoy them all season and the flowers will also be able to mature and seed for the next season. Use caution and respect, when stopping by the roadside. Texans aren’t big fans of people trespassing on their private property, even if you are just trying to get a good picture. Stay safe and have fun!

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