Balanced Rock Location
I used to go to Enchanted Rock(ER) in Boy Scouts in the early 70's. We would drive through Fredrickburg from Austin, & stop at a rest area about 10 minutes from ER. At the rest area(on the right), there were arrows going up the side of a rock that led up to Balanced Rock. It was about an 8 feet in diameter sphere.
In the 80's, someone knocked it off it pedestal. I know because my wife & I stopped there, went over the fence & even found some of the old painted arrows (ER used to also have these arrows leading all over...cave, queens chair, etc). We got to balanced rock & I them knew I was not crazy either. It was there knocked off its pedestal.
I also have one of the Balanced Rock post cards that shows a girl sitting on top of Balanced Rock. That pic was also in the Texas travel guide in the 1970's.
ER was much more fun when the Mosses owned it & it was private. They had a neat mom & pop campground that allowed campers & even had a small store that you could buy Snickers bars etc. You could also pitch a tent anywhere you wanted then...even on top of the rock! Since the state took it over(donated) in ~ 1984, it has been nothing but a restriction by state environmentalists complaing about "erosion." They limit the number of people in the area & make it a mess getting in when it is crowded. Instead of being able to camp by ER, you now have to camp by Little Rock. That makes the daily treks to ER when you are camping, a major pain!
If you go, don't forget to climb Turkey Peak also! When you are on top, the land looks just like "Land of the Lost!" You are just waiting for a dinosaur to just walk over the horizon.
Go there & have fun! It is still a great place even the the government has spoiled it!
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