Gillespie County Country Schools Driving Trail
These directions can be used with any map of Gillespie County or the special
Country Schools Map available at the
Fredericksburg Visitor's Center, 302 E. Austin Street
Create your own route by following the general directions.

Downtown Only (two schools)
1 hour:
Vereinskirche (#1) at Market Square and White Oak School (#17) (Pioneer Museum) at 309 W Main St.

Route A (four schools)
2 1/2 - 3 1/2 hours:
take 290 W from Market Square, until the “Y”, keep right and follow US 87 N. Turn right and follow Cherry Mountain Loop. Cherry Mountain School (#16) is on the right. Continue on Cherry Mountain Loop to US 87N, turn right and almost immediately turn left onto Old Mason Rd; turn right onto Pecan Creek Rd. Stay to the right at the “Y” and Pecan Creek School (#15) is on right. Return to US 87 N, turn left, go to RR 2323. Turn right and follow to Cherry Spring School (#14) on left. Continue on RR 2323, take a right and follow Keese-Sagebiel Rd, Keese Rd and Welgehausen Rd. Take a right and follow FM 965. At bridge take a left onto Lower Crabapple Rd. Crabapple School (#13) is on right. Return to FM 965, take a left and return to Fredericksburg.

Route B (four schools) - Open during April 5, 2008
2 - 3 hours***:
from Market Square take US 290 E, one block, turn left onto Hwy 16 N to RR1323. Take a right and follow to Willow City School (#12) on left. Continue on RR 1323 to RR 1631. Take a right and follow to North Grape Creek Rd. Take a left and follow to Rheingold School Rd. Take a right, Rheingold School (#10) is on right. Return to North Grape Creek Rd, follow until Nebgen School (#9) on left. Notice that the N Grape Creek Rd zigzags. Continue on North Grape Creek Rd. Take a right onto RR 2721 to Cave Creek Rd. Take a right. Follow the road to Cave Creek School Rd, Cave Creek (#11) School is on left. Continue on Cave Creek Road to RR 1631. Take a left and return to Fredericksburg.
*** Suitable for bicycles

Route C (four schools)
1 1/2- 2 hours***:
from Market Square take 290 E to US 87 South (turn right at the Nimitz Museum); follow and turn left onto Meusebach Creek Rd. Follow and turn left onto Kuhlmann Rd. Meusebach Creek School (#3) is on left. Return to Meusebach Creek Rd, take a left, follow it to Old San Antonio Rd. Take a right and follow road to Grapetown. Turn left. Grapetown School (#4) is on left. Return on Old San Antonio Rd and take a right onto Grapetown Rd, follow it to RR 1376, take right. Follow and turn left onto Luckenbach Rd. Luckenbach School (#5) is on left. Continue on Luckenbach Rd until US 290, take a right. On the right is Lower South Grape Creek School (#6). Return to Fredericksburg on US 290 W.
*** Suitable for bicycles

Route D (three schools) - Junction School is open April 5, 2008
1 1/2- 2 hours:
Take US 290 E to Lower South Grape Creek School (#6) on right. Continue on 290 E, take a left onto Ranch Road 1, follow and take a left onto Park Road 49, cross the Pedernales River. Junction School (#8) is on your left. Return on Ranch Road 1, take a right, take first left onto Lower Albert Rd, cross US 290, follow to RR 1623. Take a left, Williams Creek (Albert) School (#7) is on your left. Return on RR 1623 to US 290, take a left to Fredericksburg.