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Pecan Bottom Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 359 Google reviews · Running trail in Waco, Texas · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Tree cover
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Pecan Bottom Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Park with a playground, a splash pad, disc golf, and picnic facilities, plus restrooms.
What runners say about Pecan Bottom Park
“There is a swing set with plenty of options for all, a few slides, climbing and jumping sections, and of course, clean restrooms.”
“Beautiful place to walk along side the Medina river!”
“There was shaded parking and the splash pad was still running even in October.”
Great for family to spend time together, my great grandson enjoyed the the little water parks with water spraying up and raining down. They just run around kind of like we did with the water sprinklers only on a bigger scale and there are many little kids that dart here and there laughing.
Pecan Bottom Park is one of our favorite parks in the Waco area. There are several other parks all throughout Cameron Park that we also enjoy, but this one is by far the favorite. It's typically not too difficult to find parking nearby, it's right next to the Riverwalk and the Cameron Park Zoo just across the street.
This is a great park with a lot of space to have the kiddos run about. The playground equipment is in good shape and offers plenty of options for them to enjoy. From monkey bars to climbing rock, our 2 girls spent a good hour making friends and having fun.
Not to bad of a park. Not much to the playground, splash pad is ok and the walk way down the river is nice. Just don't like people don't know how the teach their kids how to act. Throwing mud into my kids eyes when my kids weren't even playing with their kids. And they just sit there and watch them do it.
Trail conditions & character
“Beautiful place to walk along side the Medina river!”
“Disc golf course, a playground, a splash pad, covered gathering spaces, a public restroom, and very close to hiking trails and the Cameron Park Zoo.”
“There was shaded parking and the splash pad was still running even in October.”
Plan your run at Pecan Bottom Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeRunners describe real tree cover here — it makes a summer afternoon workable
- At the trailheadrestrooms — reported by runners
- Websitewaco-texas.com
- Phone(254) 750-5980
Hours
| Monday | 6 AM–12 AM |
| Tuesday | 6 AM–12 AM |
| Wednesday | 6 AM–12 AM |
| Thursday | 6 AM–12 AM |
| Friday | 6 AM–12 AM |
| Saturday | 6 AM–12 AM |
| Sunday | 6 AM–12 AM |
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