We traveled to Enchanted Rock to do some hiking and exploring. Similar to Ayers Rock in Australia, Enchanted Rock is an enormous pink granite pluton located approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Fredericksburg, Texas, USA. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, which includes Enchanted Rock and surrounding land, spans the border between Gillespie County and Llano County, south of the Llano River. Enchanted Rock covers approximately 640 acres (2.6 km²) and rises approximately 425 feet (130 m) above the surrounding terrain to elevation of 1,825 feet (556.3 m) above sea level. It is the second largest such granite monadnock in the United States after Stone Mountain in Georgia. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, a part of the Texas state park system, includes 1,644 acres (6.7 km²).
While it looks like an easy hike from the base, some parts of the trail are strewn with boulders and are steep, steep, steep! Since I was the pack horse, carrying about twenty pounds of water and supplies, I felt it in my legs when I reached the top... not necessarily for any other reason than the pace the kids made racing to the top!
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