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Brackenridge Park

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Type
  
public park

Created
  
1899 (1899)

Area
  
343.7 acres (1.391 km)

Phone
  
+1 210-207-7275

Brackenridge Park

Location
  
3700 N. St. Mary's Street San Antonio, Texas 78209

Operated by
  
San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department

Address
  
3910 N St Mary's St, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 5AM–11PMSaturday5AM–11PMSunday5AM–11PMMonday5AM–11PMTuesday5AM–11PMWednesday5AM–11PMThursday5AM–11PMFriday5AM–11PM

Similar
  
San Antonio Japanese, Witte Museum, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio River Walk, San Antonio Missions

Brackenridge Park is a 343-acre public park in San Antonio, Texas, USA, on the city's Broadway Corridor just north of downtown San Antonio. It was created in 1899 from land donated to the city by George Washington Brackenridge.

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Brackenridge Park also refers to the district of the city where the park is located.

Brackenridge park train


Recreation and features

Attractions within the park include the San Antonio Zoo, the Japanese Tea Gardens, the Sunken Garden Theater, and the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge San Antonio Zoo Eagle train ride, which first opened in 1956 and utilizes three Chance Rides C.P. Huntington locomotives. Other nearby attractions include the Witte Museum and the San Antonio Botanical Garden.

Inside the park, there are multiple baseball fields, playgrounds, pavilions, and walking trails.

References

Brackenridge Park Wikipedia