Hinman Island Park

Hinman Island Park is a good spot to access the Comal River. The restrooms and kid’s playground are the centerpiece of the park. We like to park at the restrooms to scuba the Comal River. This trip the restrooms were locked and closed. The sign said closed for maintenance or repairs but no one was doing either during the hours we were there. Clean and safe. Walk down the stairs and enter the cool river water with your tube or scuba gear.

I came here with my 1 year old and 5 year old. I love that there was an area that was shallow enough for the kids to play comfortably, as well as a deeper area for my husband and I to swim freely. They have life jackets available and a bathroom which was really nice. We went down the tube chute a few times too which was really fun to do with the littles since we didn’t want to float the whole river. This was a great place to access the river! So pretty too !

Clean, but the cost totally defeated everything about the park. Park clearly was not busy. Park Ranger aggressive when explained fees and trying to charge us for the extra $25 since we didnt know you have to pay just to sit next to your already paid table. First and last visit for sure. For 1 day paid $70 for 1 picnic table, to sit around the picnic table off the concrete slab and parking per car. To even get in the river with a float without floating down river is additional $2 plus another $2 for air to inflate Each 10x10 area with or without a table is $25. Even if your sitting around your already paid picnic table its additional $25, because considered another possible reserved space. Plus $20 for parking.

Absolutely loved this place! Lots of fun water temp was very nice. Safe place for families with security walking around. Having access to life jackets was a bonus!

Very nice park for swimming, snorkeling, and sunbathing. Saw quite a few fish when snorkeling, but the water was a little cloudy. Some good sidewalks along the river for walking. A few people were fishing.

The parking fee is unreasonably high for a PUBLIC park at $33 after taxes and convenience fees and the nearest cheap/free parking is a mile walk from the park. This was super disappointing to find after driving 40 minutes to this spot and not to mention inaccessible for disabled people or people who cannot afford a premium $30 parking spot. Walking nearly a mile in 95°+ weather is also not feasible for many people who come to cool down by the river. They also charge $25 per picnic for groups and have rangers walking around collecting fees. Very disappointing to see that yet another city has chosen to be greedy and price gouge our PUBLIC parks instead of keeping them accessible for ALL.

Surprised that you could still swim in October with the temperatures being in the mid 80's and low 90s