Art Hot Spot: Wimberley

Wimberley has been a retreat for artists, musicians and writers for many years and hosts the most popular Market Day in the area. Wimberley Market Days bring visitors from all over the country. Shoppers come the first Saturday of the month from March through December. There are over 450 booths of art and wares.

If you’re an art lover, you’ll want to be sure to take in the art galleries that have made Wimberley an artists’ haven and the best arts community in the Hill Country. Be sure and take in the daily glassblowing demonstrations at the Wimberley Glass Works. Watch talented artists manipulate molten glass into works of art, then visit their on-site gallery to take home a piece of your own.

While you’re exploring our favorite noteworthy artistic daytrip, be sure to explore what else Wimberley has to offer. If you want to experience a “Norman Rockwell” moment, you must see the Chamber of Commerce July 4th Parade that goes down the main streets. It is followed by an old-fashioned Jubilee with food, live music and patriotic performances by the Wimberley Chorus and the Wimberley Hill Country Band.

For those who like outdoor fun, Wimberley has two magnificent natural swimming holes. The Blue Hole in Wimberley is rated the second best swimming hole in Texas, and Cypress Falls in Woodcreek welcome swimmers with cool, clear waters. Cypress Creek Nature Trail offers shaded hiking in a natural setting along Cypress Creek, and a hike to the top of Old Baldy will provide a unique panorama of Wimberley Valley and the surrounding hills.

Veterans Memorial Plaza, located on a scenic hilltop at EmilyAnn Theater, consists of a United States Flag, a Texas Flag and the flags of each of the armed forces as well as one representing prisoners of war and those missing in action. The dramatic design of the memorial surrounds the flags with bricks honoring veterans of the military services, both living and dead. The memorial, begun in 2007, is intended to raise awareness of those veterans who have served our country and the sacrifices they endured to insure the freedoms that we enjoy as Americans.

Leave your city worries behind and take a Hill Country drive for a relaxing weekend in Wimberley. Wimberley is located approximately 45 minutes south of Austin. The drive to Wimberley from Austin is scenic and lovely. The Texas Hill Country is unique and special, and the Wimberley Valley is nestled right in the heart of it all. Visitors come to our beautiful valley to enjoy the cool, shaded quietness of our cypress-lined streams, the splendor of our Hill Country vistas or just the relaxed, laid back atmosphere of our slower pace. After arriving, however, they find that there is so much more to Wimberley beyond the charming friendliness they encounter.