- Nature
Playscape - Summer Fitness
at the park - Stakeholder
Advisory
Committee - Brackenridge
Book - Cultural
Landscape
Report
Brackenridge Park Conservancy is working to build an interactive, nature-based, and inclusive playscape for all of San Antonio to enjoy. Our goals include using sustainable and durable equipment, incorporating thematic features, and providing universally accessible play areas to foster environmental stewardship and a sense of community.
Designs have been based on community feedback collected through community meetings, nearly 200 digital survey responses, and countless one-on-one conversations at community events.
If you want to donate to help build the Nature Playscape, please contact Development Director Lynn Osborne Bobbitt at lynn@brackenridgepark.org.
Brackenridge Park is an outdoor wellness hub with free or discounted, family-friendly activities.
FREE Yoga - Mondays at 7 am Thanks to ACTIVATE from San Antonio Sports. Joske Pavilion
FREE Bootcamp - Wednesdays at 6:30 pm Thanks to ACTIVATE from San Antonio Sports. Joske Pavilion
Parkour Summer Adventure for Kids An unforgettable summer of movement, exploration, and fun with Parkour Generations San Antonio! This outdoor adventure blends skill-building, games, and nature exploration, led by certified instructors in a safe and supportive environment. Sessions throughout the summer
Stakeholder Advisory Committee
Brackenridge Park Conservancy (BPC) is co-chairing with the City of San Antonio, a community planning effort to reconcile plans for the park. Brackenridge is the backyard for all San Antonians. We want to ensure that it is honored for generations to come.
Revealing the Park's History
In July 1863, the Union Army defeated Confederate forces at Vicksburg, effectively taking control of the Mississippi River and stranding 50,000 soldiers on the river's west side. Left to supply shoes, harnesses, saddles, and more for these soldiers, Confederate army quartermasters turned their attention to a tannery in San Antonio, on land that today is in Brackenridge Park. Details of this story and so many others about Brackenridge Park are revealed in San Antonio author Lewis F. Fisher's latest book, “Brackenridge: San Antonio’s Acclaimed Urban Park”. Click here for more of Richard Marini's article about the tannery in the Express News. To purchase the book, click here.
Cultural
Landscape Report
The Brackenridge Park landscape contains an astonishing 12,000 years of documented prehistoric and human interaction with the upper course of the San Antonio River. In that span, its 120-year existence as a municipal park is relatively short. Brackenridge Park is thus more than a municipal park...
Every San Antonian has a memory of Brackenridge Park — family gatherings under the shade trees, driving through the low water crossing, riding the paddle boats on the river. Enjoying Brackenridge Park has been a part of our shared history for more than a century.
Situated just below the headwaters of the San Antonio River, the site of Brackenridge Park has been an oasis for humans for 12,000 years, from indigenous people who found water, food, and shelter here to Park visitors today who come to relax along the river, to wade in the low water crossing with their children, and to explore the Park's historic sites and some of San Antonio's most beloved attractions.
Brackenridge Park is free and open daily from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Join us for yoga every Monday at 7 a.m. thanks to ACTIVATE from San Antonio Sports. San...
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Join us for fun and free bootcamp classes at beautiful Brackenridge Park! Brackenridge Park Conservancy is...
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Join us for free Pilates in the Park every Saturday at 8:00 a.m. starting June...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us to help clean and restore the park. All materials will be provided. Be sure to...
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Join us for yoga every Monday at 7 a.m. thanks to ACTIVATE from San Antonio Sports. San...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Summer Parkour Adventure at Brackenridge Park! Give your child an unforgettable summer of movement, exploration, and...
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Join us for free Pilates in the Park every Saturday at 8:00 a.m. starting June...
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Join us for yoga every Monday at 7 a.m. thanks to ACTIVATE from San Antonio Sports. San...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Summer Parkour Adventure at Brackenridge Park! Give your child an unforgettable summer of movement, exploration, and...
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Join us for fun and free bootcamp classes at beautiful Brackenridge Park! Brackenridge Park Conservancy is...
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Join us for free Pilates in the Park every Saturday at 8:00 a.m. starting June...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Summer Parkour Adventure at Brackenridge Park! Give your child an unforgettable summer of movement, exploration, and...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Summer Parkour Adventure at Brackenridge Park! Give your child an unforgettable summer of movement, exploration, and...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Summer Parkour Adventure at Brackenridge Park! Give your child an unforgettable summer of movement, exploration, and...
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Get ready for a Biergarten along the San Antonio River! The Brackenridge Park Conservancy is hosting...
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The 10th Annual Monarch Butterfly & Pollinator Festival will be held on Saturday, October 18th from...
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Join Brackenridge Park Conservancy for our annual Family Fishing Day. More than 600 channel catfish...
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Get ready for a sweet showdown! MECA’s Edu-Cake Off is bringing together local bakeries, businesses, and...
