Lindsay Ranch Guesthouses

PLACES TO EAT

Cat's Meow - Open 10:00-5:00 Lunch 11:00-5:00. Take out available (325) 347-5255.

Cooper's Pit BBQ - Mon. - Sun. (325) 347-6897

Deadwood Barbecue (Across from Dollar General)- Weekends 11:00 A.M - till ...

Mason Dairy Queen has a low-carb menu.

Mi Pueblo - newly-opened, across from Zavala's, serving Mexican Food. (Friends report that they serve a great breakfast).

Northside Cafe - Great burgers plus  a kids menu that kids actually like. 11:00 - 2:00 Mon. - Wed. 11:00 - 9:00 Thurs. - Sat. 2 Blocks N. of Square on Broad St. (325) 347-5002

Old Peanut Mill & Ft. McKavett Social Club open for dinner. Wed. - Fri. 4:00-midnight. Sat. 4:00-1:00. Full bar and dance floor.  They have a large patio that is really nice in the afternoon.

GOOD TO GO  ... Coffee - Casseroles - Catering Recently opened by Marla Schooley and Bonnie Beam. They have special stuff to eat and drink ... on the north side of the square.

Santo's Taqueria - Thurs. - Sun. Lunch 11:00-2:00, Dinner 5:00-9:00. Lunch only on Sun.

The Square Plate - Lunch served Mon. - Sat. 10:30 - 3:00. "To Go" orders welcome 347-1911. My guests tell me that the food is WONDERFUL! 

Willow Creek Cafe - Early breakfast until 10:00. Open 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. You can also buy a pie or a loaf of bread to take with you. They now have more parking behind the Cafe.

Zavala's Cafe - Tex-Mex, American and more. Full breakfast from 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. Daily lunch specials. Private meeting room.

THINGS TO DO

Fish, swim, canoe and kayak in the nearby Llano, James and San Saba Rivers. Photos by Popiel.

 The Great Castell Kayak Race...ending with a Field Dance, BBQ, Vendors, Art, Friends, Sunshine and Music. For more information:

 http://www.castelltexas.com/photogallery.html

Take the family to Junction (45 minutes from Mason) to to the South Llano River State Park. "The perfect spot to frolick, fish, or float."

For some young ladies who came from New York, this was the highlight of their trip.  

PLACES TO GO

Fort Mason Park - Nature trail, RV hookups, picnic tables, large pecan trees & WiFi.

Play Golf - Comanche Creek Golf Assn. 9-hole course. Call 347-5799.

Visit our two museums. One on the square, one in the old school building. 

Fort Mason

Odeon Theater - First run movies Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. 

 Shop with the merchants on and off the square.

 Look at our courthouse. It was built in 1909.

Walking Tour of the Square ... Mason's Square is  called a 2-block square because it is really a rectangle...go figure! This Harrisonburg type Square originated in western Virginia and only nine courthouse Squares in Texas are this type.

Chamber of Commerce masontexas@hctc.net

325-347-5758 has information and brochures about these historic buildings. 

ROCK CRAWLING information:

http://katemcyrocks.com

Visit the Eckert James River Bat Cave. It is the summer home to 4-6 million Mexican freetail bats. Open mid May - mid October. Contact the Mason Chamber of Commerce for more details. 

ENCHANTED ROCK

The Rock is a huge, pink granite exfoliation dome, that rises 425 feet above ground, 1825 feet above sea level, and covers 640 acres. It is one of the largest batholiths (underground rock formation uncovered by erosion) in the United States. 

Tonkawa Indians believed ghost fires flickered at the top, and they heard weird creaking and groaning, which geologists now say resulted from the rock's heating by day and contracting in the cool night.

The rock is only 1 hour from Mason. If you like to climb...check it out.

Thank you everyone for allowing me to use your pictures. I appreciate it!

MORE PLACES TO STAY IN MASON

Hill Country Inn 325-347-6317

Fort McKavitt Inn: 325-347-5750