Parks & Recreation

Covering 11,830 acres and 58 miles of shoreline, Stillhouse Hollow Lake (located on the Lampasas River) offers many attractive areas for outdoor recreation, water sports, hunting, fishing and boating. Stillhouse Hollow Lake is rated as one of the top lakes in Texas for water quality. Chalk Ridge Falls Park is also located on the river, and is home to the Chalk River Falls Nature Trail and a scenic waterfall.

Belton Lake, located on the Leon River, is a fishermens’ and boaters’ haven, covering 12,300 acres with 136 miles of shoreline. Miller Springs Nature Center is located along the Leon River below the Belton Lake Dam. The nature center, operated as a “classroom without walls,” is on 266 acres of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ property in the historic “Tennessee Valley.” Downtown Belton is home to a number of parks. Heritage Park is situated on 62 acres off of 13th street, while Confederate and Yettie Polk parks host Belton’s Festival on Nolan Creek every 4th of July.