Guidebook for Waco
Parks & Nature
With 15 miles of twisting trails, Cameron Park features an amazing, multi-use National Recreation Trail system. Hikers and bikers meander along the River Trail, zigzag up 100-foot bluffs to overlook the rivers, or rip down trails like Root Canal.
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Cameron Park
2601 N University Parks DrWith 15 miles of twisting trails, Cameron Park features an amazing, multi-use National Recreation Trail system. Hikers and bikers meander along the River Trail, zigzag up 100-foot bluffs to overlook the rivers, or rip down trails like Root Canal.
Powder Monkey
Powder MonkeyGreat Mountain Bike Trail
The five-acre Waco Mammoth National Monument sits within 100+ acres of wooded parkland along the Bosque River. Surrounded by oak, mesquite and cedar trees, the site offers an escape from the modern world and provides a glimpse into the lives of Columbian mammoths. "The nation's first and only recorded discovery of a nursery herd of Pleistocene mammoths" - National Park Service
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อนุสาวรีย์แห่งชาติมัมมอธวาโก
6220 Steinbeck Bend DrThe five-acre Waco Mammoth National Monument sits within 100+ acres of wooded parkland along the Bosque River. Surrounded by oak, mesquite and cedar trees, the site offers an escape from the modern world and provides a glimpse into the lives of Columbian mammoths. "The nation's first and only recorded discovery of a nursery herd of Pleistocene mammoths" - National Park Service
Highlander
HighlanderDifficult for bicycles, great quiet hiking trail
Arts & Culture
The Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute is dedicated to being the finest museum in the world devoted to telling the story of the soft drink industry and to using this industry as a practical model of the free enterprise system.
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พิพิธภัณฑ์ดอกเตอร์เปปเปอร์และสถาบันธุรกิจฟรี
300 S 5th StThe Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute is dedicated to being the finest museum in the world devoted to telling the story of the soft drink industry and to using this industry as a practical model of the free enterprise system.
Because where else can you visit a craft village full of award winning artisans, tour through historic buildings dating back to 1760, take a hayride, eat at the #1 restaurant in Waco? Plus its tons of fun!
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Homestead Heritage
608 Dry Creek RdBecause where else can you visit a craft village full of award winning artisans, tour through historic buildings dating back to 1760, take a hayride, eat at the #1 restaurant in Waco? Plus its tons of fun!
The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum is located on the banks of the Brazos River, proudly sponsored by the City of Waco and sanctioned by the State of Texas. We preserve the history and inspire appreciation of the Texas Rangers, a legendary symbol of Texas and the American West.
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พิพิธภัณฑ์และหอเกียรติยศเท็กซัสเรนเจอร์
100 Texas Ranger TrailThe Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum is located on the banks of the Brazos River, proudly sponsored by the City of Waco and sanctioned by the State of Texas. We preserve the history and inspire appreciation of the Texas Rangers, a legendary symbol of Texas and the American West.
brings together, in one location, the resources of hands-on discovery rooms and interactive natural science and cultural history galleries, including outdoor exhibits. This rich combination provides a wide spectrum of engaging learning opportunities for learners and visitors of all ages.
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Mayborn Museum Complex
1300 S University Parks Drbrings together, in one location, the resources of hands-on discovery rooms and interactive natural science and cultural history galleries, including outdoor exhibits. This rich combination provides a wide spectrum of engaging learning opportunities for learners and visitors of all ages.
Come visit us at the Homestead Craft Village and watch our live blacksmithing demonstrations. Browse our online galleries of custom work, heirloom tools and other hand-forged products.
Heritage Forge
608 Dry Creek RdCome visit us at the Homestead Craft Village and watch our live blacksmithing demonstrations. Browse our online galleries of custom work, heirloom tools and other hand-forged products.
Students come from all over the world to take our woodworking classes. In them, you can learn everything from the basics of sharpening hand tools and joining wood to make durable functional items to advanced furniture making, wood turning, inlay, wood carving, guitar making, and more. Our experienced instructors can teach you to how to produce heirloom furniture and other projects that will last for generations.
The Ploughshare
608 Dry Creek RdStudents come from all over the world to take our woodworking classes. In them, you can learn everything from the basics of sharpening hand tools and joining wood to make durable functional items to advanced furniture making, wood turning, inlay, wood carving, guitar making, and more. Our experienced instructors can teach you to how to produce heirloom furniture and other projects that will last for generations.
Food Scene
They offer grass-fed beef; fresh buns, bread and rolls baked daily from whole-grain flour; cheeses produced by our very own internationally award-winning Brazos Valley Cheese company; and other fine foods, including our all-natural, delectable ice cream. Their fruit and vegetables are always fresh, and they strive to provide locally grown produce. Before or after enjoying a relaxing meal served by friendly people, visit the craft shops and gift barn!
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Cafe Homestead
608 Dry Creek RdThey offer grass-fed beef; fresh buns, bread and rolls baked daily from whole-grain flour; cheeses produced by our very own internationally award-winning Brazos Valley Cheese company; and other fine foods, including our all-natural, delectable ice cream. Their fruit and vegetables are always fresh, and they strive to provide locally grown produce. Before or after enjoying a relaxing meal served by friendly people, visit the craft shops and gift barn!
A breakfast and lunch restaurant specializing in fresh, homegrown ingredients and good old fashioned cooking. They have something on our menu for everyone, including the kiddos, vegetarians, vegans, and folks with a gluten intolerance. Much of the produce used in their dishes is grown locally at Joanna’s farm garden, and many of their eggs come from her chickens, too! They also love using local vendors for menu staples like our grass-fed hamburger patties and freshly-squeezed lemonade.
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Magnolia Table
2132 S Valley Mills DrA breakfast and lunch restaurant specializing in fresh, homegrown ingredients and good old fashioned cooking. They have something on our menu for everyone, including the kiddos, vegetarians, vegans, and folks with a gluten intolerance. Much of the produce used in their dishes is grown locally at Joanna’s farm garden, and many of their eggs come from her chickens, too! They also love using local vendors for menu staples like our grass-fed hamburger patties and freshly-squeezed lemonade.
Mediterranean Grill and Bakery focused on using fresh ingredients to create amazing dishes.
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Alpha Omega
929 Franklin AveMediterranean Grill and Bakery focused on using fresh ingredients to create amazing dishes.
Serves responsibly sourced and carefully roasted coffees from all over the world.
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Common Grounds Waco
1123 S 8th StServes responsibly sourced and carefully roasted coffees from all over the world.
Waco's premiere Thai food restaurant offers top notch cuisine in an elegant setting ideal for anything from take out to a casual lunch to formal celebratory dinners.
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Bangkok Royal
215 S University Parks DrWaco's premiere Thai food restaurant offers top notch cuisine in an elegant setting ideal for anything from take out to a casual lunch to formal celebratory dinners.
We don't take anything seriously, except our food. While we refer to our food as “Tex-Mex”, our menu is made up of a combination of flavors, with recipes and ingredients from across New Mexico, Mexican border towns, the Rio Grande Valley, deep South Texas, Austin and beyond.
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Chuy's
5501 Legend Lake PkwyWe don't take anything seriously, except our food. While we refer to our food as “Tex-Mex”, our menu is made up of a combination of flavors, with recipes and ingredients from across New Mexico, Mexican border towns, the Rio Grande Valley, deep South Texas, Austin and beyond.
A family owned business started right here in Waco in June 2002 and has been serving their fresh made frozen custard ever since. There is only one Katie’s!
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Katie's Frozen Custard
602 S Valley Mills DrA family owned business started right here in Waco in June 2002 and has been serving their fresh made frozen custard ever since. There is only one Katie’s!
Sub Zero flash freezes each custom-mixed order with liquid nitrogen. Customers choose from a variety of cream bases and mix-ins to create an infinite number of flavor combinations. Flash freezing makes for a smoother, creamier product than traditional ice cream because the water doesn’t form large ice crystals.
Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream
215 S University Parks DrSub Zero flash freezes each custom-mixed order with liquid nitrogen. Customers choose from a variety of cream bases and mix-ins to create an infinite number of flavor combinations. Flash freezing makes for a smoother, creamier product than traditional ice cream because the water doesn’t form large ice crystals.
Shopping
The dream shopping experience with more than 60 boutiques under one roof! This 30,000 square feet shopping experience you do not want to pass up. Located in downtown Waco, TX for the last 20 years and we are proud to have been spicing up people’s lives since 1997!
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Spice Village
213 Mary AveThe dream shopping experience with more than 60 boutiques under one roof! This 30,000 square feet shopping experience you do not want to pass up. Located in downtown Waco, TX for the last 20 years and we are proud to have been spicing up people’s lives since 1997!
The Findery was born out of a vision to re-define home and has grown because of our deep passion for people, combined with the desire to serve others well. The Findery’s story began in 2015 when co-owner, Tiffany Fatheree, was looking for a place to expand her previous shop, Jute. When the Percy Medicine Building came on the market, that expansion quickly evolved into an even larger dream - a dream of a unique shop that would welcome visitors with open arms and a sense of peace - and thus, The Findery was born.
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The Findery
910 S 8th StThe Findery was born out of a vision to re-define home and has grown because of our deep passion for people, combined with the desire to serve others well. The Findery’s story began in 2015 when co-owner, Tiffany Fatheree, was looking for a place to expand her previous shop, Jute. When the Percy Medicine Building came on the market, that expansion quickly evolved into an even larger dream - a dream of a unique shop that would welcome visitors with open arms and a sense of peace - and thus, The Findery was born.
The Market is open every Saturday from 9:00am to 1:00pm, featuring the best local agricultural producers and artisan vendors within 150-miles of Waco.
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Waco Downtown Farmer's Market
500 Washington AveThe Market is open every Saturday from 9:00am to 1:00pm, featuring the best local agricultural producers and artisan vendors within 150-miles of Waco.
Clint and Kelly Harp founded Harp Design Co with the dual focus of creating and giving. Our great hope is that each piece of handmade furniture brings people together in your home, carving out space for family meals, work, art projects, or sharing a cup of coffee, Love, laughter, and connection - these are things we all need, and the vision behind every piece we create.
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Harp Design Co.
808 N 15th StClint and Kelly Harp founded Harp Design Co with the dual focus of creating and giving. Our great hope is that each piece of handmade furniture brings people together in your home, carving out space for family meals, work, art projects, or sharing a cup of coffee, Love, laughter, and connection - these are things we all need, and the vision behind every piece we create.
The Market has the finest locally sourced, natural and organic food and products. It includes an artisan bakery, a custom butcher shop and a natural ice cream kiosk. The General Store is the place to go it if you are setting up a new homestead, adding to your small-scale farm or just simply taking steps toward more sustainable living. You'll find a full line of products, tools, supplies and books to help meet your daily homesteading and household needs.
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Homestead General Store
167 Gholson RdThe Market has the finest locally sourced, natural and organic food and products. It includes an artisan bakery, a custom butcher shop and a natural ice cream kiosk. The General Store is the place to go it if you are setting up a new homestead, adding to your small-scale farm or just simply taking steps toward more sustainable living. You'll find a full line of products, tools, supplies and books to help meet your daily homesteading and household needs.
Dedicated to crafting all-natural, high quality, healthy cheese using traditional methods and no artificial flavors, preservatives or coloring. The milk comes from grass-fed cows that graze freely on three local Brazos River Valley Jersey/Brown Swiss dairies that do not use growth hormones or antibiotics. The high butterfat content of this milk makes rich, yellow, creamy cheeses that are used by the finest chefs and sold at the best retail shops in Texas. Every one of their cheeses is made with raw cow’s milk and all the hard cheeses are aged in their own underground cheese cave.
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Brazos Valley Cheese
206 Halbert LnDedicated to crafting all-natural, high quality, healthy cheese using traditional methods and no artificial flavors, preservatives or coloring. The milk comes from grass-fed cows that graze freely on three local Brazos River Valley Jersey/Brown Swiss dairies that do not use growth hormones or antibiotics. The high butterfat content of this milk makes rich, yellow, creamy cheeses that are used by the finest chefs and sold at the best retail shops in Texas. Every one of their cheeses is made with raw cow’s milk and all the hard cheeses are aged in their own underground cheese cave.
Enjoy the wholesome taste of fresh-ground whole grains from Homestead Gristmill. Our historic timber-frame mill was originally built circa 1760 in the Long Valley of western New Jersey. Water-powered mills such as this one once dotted the American countryside. In use for almost one hundred and sixty years until it closed in 1918, Homestead Heritage found the mill in 2000, neglected and in disrepair, and brought it to Texas, where it has found a new home and renewed life as a working building at Homestead Heritage.
Homestead Grist Mill
800 Dry Creek RdEnjoy the wholesome taste of fresh-ground whole grains from Homestead Gristmill. Our historic timber-frame mill was originally built circa 1760 in the Long Valley of western New Jersey. Water-powered mills such as this one once dotted the American countryside. In use for almost one hundred and sixty years until it closed in 1918, Homestead Heritage found the mill in 2000, neglected and in disrepair, and brought it to Texas, where it has found a new home and renewed life as a working building at Homestead Heritage.
If you want to learn more about spinning, weaving, knitting or crochet or just want to browse or shop for fibers, supplies, looms are other items needed for these crafts, Homestead Fiber Arts is the place to go. We teach classes here throughout much of the year. We also have a wide variety of supplies needed for the fiber arts, including looms, spinning wheels, many types of yarns, shuttles, patterns, books and much, much more.
Homestead Fiber Crafts
720 Dry Creek RdIf you want to learn more about spinning, weaving, knitting or crochet or just want to browse or shop for fibers, supplies, looms are other items needed for these crafts, Homestead Fiber Arts is the place to go. We teach classes here throughout much of the year. We also have a wide variety of supplies needed for the fiber arts, including looms, spinning wheels, many types of yarns, shuttles, patterns, books and much, much more.
Visit us at the Homestead Craft Village and watch our live pottery demonstrations. Learn more about our classes. Browse our online galleries.
Homestead Pottery
608 Dry Creek RdVisit us at the Homestead Craft Village and watch our live pottery demonstrations. Learn more about our classes. Browse our online galleries.
Whether your set of personalized dominoes is for family game night, an anniversary, holiday or corporate gift, Puremco custom dominoes are the world’s finest for a lifetime of fond memories. Straight Double 6 Dominoes, ChickenFoot played with Double 9’s, or Mexican Train played with Double 12’s can now be personally imprinted with your name, monogram or corporate logo. Imprinted with precision and pride in the USA, our exclusive process of personalizing dominoes offers unlimited possibilities.
The American Domino Co. Puremco
1015 E Craven AveWhether your set of personalized dominoes is for family game night, an anniversary, holiday or corporate gift, Puremco custom dominoes are the world’s finest for a lifetime of fond memories. Straight Double 6 Dominoes, ChickenFoot played with Double 9’s, or Mexican Train played with Double 12’s can now be personally imprinted with your name, monogram or corporate logo. Imprinted with precision and pride in the USA, our exclusive process of personalizing dominoes offers unlimited possibilities.
For those interested in traditional woodworking and fine furniture, the woodworking shop at Homestead Craft Village is a treasure. Stop in and watch as award winning instructors teach students from all corners of the country, the lost skills of hand-tool woodworking. You’ll see students who came with little or no experience, leave satisfied and inspired, with their completed heirloom quality projects in hand.
On days when classes are not in session, you’ll be able to watch the very same instructors crafting various custom pieces of furniture that have been commissioned. Feel free to ask questions, and even stay for one of the demonstrations performed for visitors throughout the day.
Heritage Furniture
712 Dry Creek RdFor those interested in traditional woodworking and fine furniture, the woodworking shop at Homestead Craft Village is a treasure. Stop in and watch as award winning instructors teach students from all corners of the country, the lost skills of hand-tool woodworking. You’ll see students who came with little or no experience, leave satisfied and inspired, with their completed heirloom quality projects in hand.
On days when classes are not in session, you’ll be able to watch the very same instructors crafting various custom pieces of furniture that have been commissioned. Feel free to ask questions, and even stay for one of the demonstrations performed for visitors throughout the day.
Entertainment & Activities
A fantastic well maintained small town Zoo. UNPLUG those video games and connect with colorful creatures. How about an oasis of natural wonder. Slide through acrobatic otters floating around you. Look nose to nose with a lion named Kai. Stand a glass-pane away from gliding clownfish and craggy Komodo dragons. Hear bats flutter, get soaked by a practical-joking orangutan. Come on! Unplug, drop the digital, and connect your kids to a real-life adventure at Waco's 52-acre Natural Habitat Cameron Park Zoo along the Brazos River.
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สวนสัตว์แคเมอรอน ปาร์ค
1701 N 4th StA fantastic well maintained small town Zoo. UNPLUG those video games and connect with colorful creatures. How about an oasis of natural wonder. Slide through acrobatic otters floating around you. Look nose to nose with a lion named Kai. Stand a glass-pane away from gliding clownfish and craggy Komodo dragons. Hear bats flutter, get soaked by a practical-joking orangutan. Come on! Unplug, drop the digital, and connect your kids to a real-life adventure at Waco's 52-acre Natural Habitat Cameron Park Zoo along the Brazos River.
Hawaiian Falls Waco covers an expansive 10 acres filled with exciting new rides and aquatic adventures. When it comes to fun in the sun, Hawaiian Falls Waco is a can't-miss.
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Hawaiian Falls Waco
900 Lake Shore DrHawaiian Falls Waco covers an expansive 10 acres filled with exciting new rides and aquatic adventures. When it comes to fun in the sun, Hawaiian Falls Waco is a can't-miss.
... including the Surf Resort, the Cable Park, the Royal Flush (Texas Super Slide) and the Lazy River.
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สวนสายไฟ BSR
5347 Old Mexia Rd... including the Surf Resort, the Cable Park, the Royal Flush (Texas Super Slide) and the Lazy River.
Sightseeing
The historic Suspension Bridge was completed in 1870 and remains a legendary icon of downtown Waco. For years, the bridge served as a Chisholm Trail crossing, and at the time of its completion, it was the longest single-span suspension bridge west of the Mississippi. The bridge was built with cable supplied by the John Roebling Co., who built the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
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Waco Suspension Bridge
101 N University Parks DrThe historic Suspension Bridge was completed in 1870 and remains a legendary icon of downtown Waco. For years, the bridge served as a Chisholm Trail crossing, and at the time of its completion, it was the longest single-span suspension bridge west of the Mississippi. The bridge was built with cable supplied by the John Roebling Co., who built the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.