Texas Hill Country Nature Photography Alliance
The Texas Hill Country Nature Photography Alliance is a group of ranchers that offer their property to guests for the purposes of nature photography and tourism. Most of the ranches have several established photography sites with food and water to attract wildlife, and one or more professionally established photo blinds carefully situated for optimal photographic opportunities. Many of the ranches also offer overnight accommodations, allowing guests the chance to enjoy hill country scenery with privacy.
Participating Ranches
Block Creek Natural Area
Welcome! Block Creek Natural Area consists of two adjoining ranches, The Laurels Ranch and Turkey Hollow, and is comprised of almost 400 acres near Fredericksburg, Texas. Book an Adventure at Block Creek Natural Area to photograph, relax and avail yourself of the many other exciting things the Texas Hill Country has to offer!
Los Madrones
Los Madrones is a little slice of hill country heaven, located about 25 miles west of Austin. The 400-acre property features limestone bluffs, Little Bee Creek, open pastures and hilltop vistas that stretch past the Colorado River.The ranch owners converted the property to wildlife conservation in 2000, and have managed it since then to improve habitat for turkey, quail and other species.
Red Creek Nature Ranch
Red Creek Nature Ranch consists of 1,000 acres located north of Junction. The ranch spreads over a three-mile stretch of juniper covered hills and valleys of canyons at altitudes varying from 1,600 to 2,050 feet. The ranch is dominated by more than two miles of the meandering stream bed of Red Creek with its intermittent surface flow of spring waters.
The Petersen Ranch
The Petersen Ranch is a private nature preserve in the heart of the beautiful Central Texas Hill Country. Located in the upper reaches of the Blanco River watershed, between Blanco and Fredericksburg, the Petersen Ranch displays an incredible diversity of plant and animal life not often seen on Texas Hill Country ranches.
Texas Hill Country Nature Photography Alliance
The Texas Hill Country Nature Photography Alliance is a group of ranchers that offer their property to guests for the purposes of nature photography and tourism. Most of the ranches have several established photography sites with food and water to attract wildlife, and one or more professionally established photo blinds carefully situated for optimal photographic opportunities. Many of the ranches also offer overnight accommodations, allowing guests the chance to enjoy hill country scenery with privacy.
