Mother Neff State Park in Belton

Very nice small park. Mother Neff State Park is the first State Park in Texas.The staff at the entrance were very knowledgeable, polite, helpful, and professional. The welcome building is nicely furnished with free maps and guides along with other items that are available for purchase.Trails are very well maintained and clear. A great place to bring children for a day trip. There are a few spots that are very rocky and maybe challenging for the young ones.Wildlife is there but if there are many people I doubt you will see any. Although I did see a Texas Coral Snake along the Bluff trail.There is camping with RV parking.Overall, a nice place for a day trip.

This is an exceptionally clean park. Friendly staff goes above and beyond to keep things clean. Trails are short and very well marked. Nice big campsites. Great time!

One of the best state park park office which is more like a NP visitor center. There was a seasonal craft area for kids and nice gift shop area. Junior Ranger backpacks are also available. Trails are also well maintained and marked.

Mother Neff is the greatest place around Moody or McGregor to dive into nature and do some light family hiking or chill bicycling, or perhaps just want to plop down in mother nature for a picnic. The park is meticulously maintained, but is on the smaller side, so be aware of that if your priority is racking up heavy mileage. Your chances of seeing wildlife are excellent here, and youre likely to receive excellent care and service from park personnel. They are really good here!

The original Texas State Park. We come at least once a year for some hiking and camping fun. Very clean and well maintained park. Perhaps the cleanest of all the parks.

Really enjoyed the hiking trails. Will definitely be back.

Clean grounds and bathrooms/showers, staff very nice and helpful. Saw several deer and racoons.

Terrific state park, especially with kids. Beautiful, well kept trails. Easy hikes. Lots of wildlife. The camping spots are very well maintained.

We were able to go on the trails that were open. Enjoyed the tower, the table and the Towanka cave. Once they re-open the parts damaged by flood, it will really be a must see state park.

Everything appeared new. Headquarters, restrooms and paved Rv sites. (Due to the adjacent Leon river flooding a few years ago). Although no a/c in restrooms which is typical. My Rv was too tall to explore the old section of the park, but there are several trails and small cliff caves to explore.

What a fun piece of Texas history. Small but well maintained and appointed State Park with plenty of walking trails, camper amenities and points of interest. A good happy compromise between "civilized" and "primitive" - youll definitely feel one with nature, but not so much that youll feel youve abandoned the outside world. The trails are easy and most of them are well shaded. Limited restrooms but the ones they do have are clean and nice. Easy to find. Definitely worth the stop and (cheap!price.

This park was great. Nice clean spots, full hook ups, the views from the RV were awesome. easy hikes with easy access from the roads, clean bathroom facilities. Don’t forget to checkout the visitor center!

This is one of our favorite parks to camp in, its spacious, quiet, extremely well taken care of. The trails are easy for my youngest, and theres plenty to explore!Be cautious of all the wildlife. While we were there, we came upon 4 baby armadillos in the middle of the road. It took a few minutes before we could drive on because they decided to take refuge under my stopped car.

Full hookups, concrete pads and easy trails. What more can we asked for. We will be back.

Probably some of the best RV sites I’ve been to. The RV sites are very spacious, clean, shady and full hookups. Could use a few more trails but a great beautiful park.

Excellent weekend park with artifical thunder (explanation below). A deep but not very wide park with a variety of interesting trails. Probably the cleanest and most well kept state park I have been to in Texas. The pad sites are beautiful and well built. The park bathrooms and showers are also immaculate compared to the norm. Plenty of deer, roadrunners and other wildlife to spot. The trails have bluffs, a rock tower and a cave to wander around and explore. Would definitely come back.An interesting aspect of our stay was the periodic rumbling and booming we heard on and off during our visit. It sounds like thunder but is in reality probably Fort Hood artillery. Didnt bother us much but we heard it about 100 times (see last picture for posted park explanation).

It’s worthwhile to go at least once. I wouldn’t go more often if our family didn’t live so close. It’s simply too small for anything worthy of extensive hikes. It makes a perfect park for those tame-hearted. It’s really pretty from March though July.

Did a day trip, nice park. Mostly easy trails but narrow. There were some sections that were a little sketchy with sneakers. Nice view from the tower. Will definitely be back when i want to do something different than the Waco trails.Went on March 19th 2022 and the cave trail was closed due to flood damage so we didnt get to see the cave. No notice posted of when will reopen.

Small park but plenty to see. Parts of the park are closed due to flood damage. But the main sights like the tower and cave are still accessible. Lots of wildlife. Just watch out for snakes.

I stopped here on the way from Austin to Dallas to take a quick hike and I’m definitely coming back. The trails are mostly well-groomed and there are lots of little interest points (eg the cave and the rock towerand lovely little benches to rest and listen to the birds. For most of the trail, I give the park a B+ on trail marking, but they get a C+ for the Bluff Trail. I tried to find it from the Wash Pond trail, but the only signs I saw said “camping loop,” which isn’t on the map anywhere. If you’re looking for the Bluff Trail, just know that you get there on the camping loop. Fortunately, I had cell service so I was able to call the office and they helped me find the right trail. It was a minor blip, though. All in all, it was a very pleasant diversion from the otherwise boring drive to Dallas. Also, really nice bathrooms and very nice staff.

Our first visit & we loved it! We stayed in the campground-all full hookups. Looks brand new too, maybe recently redone? Park hosts/staff keep all the sites looking great; the best we have seen and we have stayed at 28 different Texas State Parks. Parking is level and the picnic, fire ring and tent area is raked and leaf/debris free (they literally rake and blow-off the sites after ever camper leaves). All the sites have trees and the restrooms area centrally located for all the campers.Access to the trail system is right off the camping area. There is a mostly open, flat and grass/dirt section and a rocky, shade-covered, hilly section. Of course you have the “cave” and tower to see along the way, and a couple cool ponds when the season is right (wet). Bird blind too.We will be back!

Mother Neff is a small park but so clean and nice. The campsites are absolutely perfect and level. There arent but about 20 campsites so the park tends to be quiet. The bathroom was recently replaced and is very nice. The trails are short, easy and diverse.

I love this park! So much fun stuff to explore, wildlife always present, cute and fun stickers/memorabilia, easy to use map, and the workers have always been nice!You can camp and utilize their playgrounds in between trails, and their bathrooms retain a 4/5 (or higher!stars for cleanliness every time Ive come through.

Small, new, well maintained, clean restrooms, full hook-ups, concrete pads, quiet, friendly. A great place to park an RV and relax and get in some walking on their few miles of trails.

Walked all the trails and enjoyed them with the kids. Very clean park and clean trail areas. Everything marked clearly on the trail maps. Probably some of the cleanest bathrooms Ive seen at any place !

The park is super beautiful. The trails are nice and well maintained. I highly suggest the cave trail after a nice rain!

This is a very small park, but it is very cute. there are some beautiful trail where you can enjoy the day with your family and enjoy her history.

Mother Neff State Park is located about an hour drive from Austin TexasRecommend making a reservation online at the the Texas State Parks website.Beautiful camping grounds well maintained park and trails. Small hiking areas with well marked trails that lead to the Cave, the CCC Table, the Cave, the Wash Trail, Bluff Trail and the Prairie Trail. Easy to moderate hiking. Great place for the family.

If you live within 30-40 min driving distance then it is worth visiting. It has small trails to walk for kids. Simple state park.Most importantly very well kept restrooms which is difficult to find.

This is a very cute very small park. Took my five year old hiking. Perfect for little legs! Most of what we hiked was in the shade so it wasn’t even that hot in the heat of summer! Wish the river portion was open, but hopefully one day soon. Super nice and new park store!

Wife and I hiked the trails here and they were beautiful with some awesome history. Trails vary in difficulty but overall great hiking. The visitor center was very well kept and informative with the history of the park

Love this State park. First of all, the restrooms and showers are very clean, its cleaned 2x a day, this is very important to us, (All Texas State Parks take very well care of the cleanse of there facilitiesMother Neff state park is basically in the middle of nowhere, quite, surrounded by the beauty of nature, we didnt have always cell phone connection/internet. The camping sides are beautiful and spacious and you have full hook-ups. If you love nature and quiet, this will be the place for you.

Great park! The sites and facilities are new and well maintained. Easy access for your camper including a few pull through sites.The best thing about this place is that it is quiet. The trails are short and hikable for all ages. You often find yourself alone whether hiking in the woods, sitting at the bird watching houses or even the cave. Very calming and relaxing place compared to more busy state parks. Great for bird watchers or photographers.

This is a small park with short trails and a nice pond and stream. Good for a day picnic/hiking as there are plenty of shade in most of the trails.

Great place to hike, seen many wildlife while out and about. Had a scarlet milk snake give me almost a heart attack but very beautiful. Will have to try camping here next.

Mother Neff State Park has a special place in my heart. My siblings and I try to go here at least once a year as it is the midpoint between Austin and Dallas. It is a nice quiet park with great amenities and trails. There are also two playgrounds for the littles. It is a kid-friendly park, and the trails are small and easy hikes. There are well-kept campsites available and the restrooms are some of the cleanest I’ve seen! The wash pond is my favorite area of the park. Mother Neff, I believe, is the oldest state park in Texas. Go visit!!

Lots of great trails of various distances will help you enjoy nature. All trails are well marked and maps are available at check in or from the TPWD website. Cost of entry is reasonable but park gets full so you might need to make reservations and prepay online. Day use fee for adults is only $2. There are playgrounds located near the camping areas in case the kids get bored with hiking. Take some water with you on your hike as water is not available on the trail.

We went online prior and registered our vehicle. I had an enjoyable time with my Mom. The trails (on the mapare marked easy and moderate, no more than 1 mile. If you’re looking for longer trails walk them all. We were partially looking for the tower trail and had a hard time understanding the signage, someone staying in an RV, pointed us in the right direction, might as well call him a Park Guide. It was a beautiful day that Saturday (3/20/21). Be careful and watch your step, we experienced many rocks and some climbing. I definitely could of used a walking stick, I would recommend it for some trails. I enjoyed myself and would return again.

Took a fun little hike at Mother Neff State Park, the first Texas state park. A lot of the park trails are closed due to flood damage but what was open was lovely. We look the trails leading down to a rock overhang in a dry creek area then up the hill to the CCC built water tower. The tower is fully accessible and has a nice view from the top. The trail is a little narrow at times and there are many elevation changes. Its a nice hill country walk.

Wonderful park with great trails and lots of CCC features! Great " museum" at entry, with small Park"store".Everything is Very clean and well kept, even the restrooms/showers!RV sites are large and level.No water access so no boating, swimming, or fishing.Bring everything you need for your stay since theres not much shopping or groceries nearby.Views from our site are in the photos.Hookups are well placed and modern. Grab a site if and when you can get one!!This Park does offer day use, and has two interesting playgrounds.

The trails are well signed, the restroom was very clean, and nice staff, but it is very small park, specially for hiking.

Was able to make reservations $4 per vehicle for day use. We enjoyed the trails not bad at all really. If you hike a lot youd finish all the trails pretty quickly so come to just enjoy the views and peace. The trails are marked and very well kept. Majority of the trails are shaded by a lot of trees except the trail from when you first enter. Family and dog friendly.

Ive been to many state parks, in Texas and elsewhere. Mother Neff is now my favorite: great trails, wildlife, and prime RV spots with full hookups and 50-amp service. Nice!

I really loved this park in October. I hiked the trails but didnt camp. There was such a variety of beautiful and interesting trees and really cool rock formations. Very forested and lush. The wash pond was dry but lovely. I look forward to coming back in the spring!

We visited in August/September in these pics, but we have been a few times. We love the events they have there like their Dutch Oven Breakfast. Wonderful place! Also the hairy looking blob is a cluster of Grand-daddy long legs on the cancer ceiling! So cool to see! (We did not disturb them. Only admired them)

What a great little Gem. Only $2 per adults. Kids 13 and under are free. Dont be dissapointed as the wash basin is dried up. This is a great place to hike and great for family adventures. There are some steep places so you must be able to climb. Kids will be excited to find a tower , a cave and a little bird blind. If you love nature than you will love Mother Neff

Beautiful park. Headquarters are very nice with a mini museum about the history of the park. Camp sites are manicured and clean. Hiking trails are nice and short. Good for the non athletes. They have a tower where you can see the sunset and sunrise.

I would give five stars for the campsites and facilities. The overall park is small and uniteresting. I walked all available trails, a good portion were closed due to flooding, in less than two hours. I did enjoy the natural playground.

Great park that covers multiple ecosystems. Not super big, but all the trails connect so you can easily spend a day hiking the whole park. The river area was closed when I was through though and they didnt give any indication of when it would open. Talking to one of the locals I learned that had been the case for a while so that did not seem like a good sign.

Mother Neff is the closest state park to us so we come here often. We love the new armadillo playground. The restrooms are so nice and clean! We love hiking the cave trail to the water tower then back to the wash pond.