Museum

Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country

Canyon Lake · Comal County · Dedicated 2000 · THC Atlas #4200000762

Texas history, up close and curated.

About this site

Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country is a museum in Canyon Lake, Comal County, dedicated in 2000. It is one of 5 museums documented in Comal County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 256 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.8379, -98.2209 near Canyon Lake. The nearest cataloged historic site is German Pioneers in Texas (historical marker), about 2.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Nowotny Cemetery, Mountain Valley Cemetery, and Sattler.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000762. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country near Canyon Lake preserves more than 350 dinosaur footprints and multiple trackways, left roughly 110 million years ago, beneath a protective pavilion. The multi-acre site also features a Cretaceous fossil collection, Native American artifacts, vintage farm equipment, hiking trails, and a children's dino-dig pit, with docent-guided tours of the trackways.

Sources: theheritagemuseum.com austinchronicle.com

📍 29.8379, -98.2209 · Canyon Lake, Comal County

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Nearby in Comal County

Historical Marker

German Pioneers in Texas

Sattler vicinity · 1968

Mountain Valley Cemetery

Original site of Mountain Valley School

Startzville Community

Canyon Lake · 2012