First Day Hike! - Penitentiary Hollow Wild Walk

Start your New Year in the great outdoors! Reservations required. Explore beautiful sandstone formations in remote areas only accessible on this guided hike.

Join Park Interpreter David Owens on a wild walk, crawl and scoot through some of the most remote areas of beautiful Penitentiary Hollow.

This is a strenuous walk involving some crawling through tight spaces in rock cracks, crevices and short caves.

Expect to get dirty!

Sturdy shoes, long pants and long-sleeved shirts are recommended.  

Reservations are required. Call (940) 328-1171, x222.

Held at Lake Mineral Wells State Park, 100 Park Road 71, Mineral Wells, TX, 76067. The program is free with paid park entrance fee or a State Park Pass