How long is the San Marcos tubing? Depending on the water levels in the San Marcos River, Lions Club Tube Rental float lasts about 45 minutes to an hour. Texas State Tubes and Don's Fish Camp are more like a three hour float.
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The San Marcos River is located just 30-45 minutes from Austin making it a top tubing destination for Austinites. Since floating the river can turn into an all-day activity, sometimes it's nice to be close to home. Of course, Barton Creek is in Austin but it's not a place we recommend for tubing.
The San Marcos River rises from the San Marcos Springs, the location of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, in San Marcos, Texas. The springs are home to several threatened or endangered species, including the Texas blind salamander, fountain darter, and Texas wild rice.
Lions Club Tube Rental and River Shuttle Service. Lions Club Tube Rental is located next to the Rec Hall at San Marcos City Park. The float lasts about an hour and ends at Rio Vista Park. Play around for a while or shoot the falls and then take the shuttle back to the beginning.
One of the best ways to have a great float is to bring less. Anything you bring you risk losing, so keep that in mind. Besides a swimsuit, you may want a hat and sunglasses. Other than that, have a shirt to put on if you're getting too much sun.
Paddle the San Marcos River at NightWhat's more awesome than going kayaking? Doing so at night, of course! With the colorful LED lights of you and your friends' clear kayaks guiding your way, you'll experience floating on the San Marcos River in a whole new way.
The San Marcos is not a “natural” river, unless one is generous enough to consider the meddling attentions that humans have paid it over the years to be a natural process. Although much of the river is choked with plant life, there is no telling how many of the species that inhabit it are indigenous.
In the next year an army engineer's report mentioned the Trinity as the deepest and least obstructed river in Texas, said that seven steamboats were in operation in its lower channel, and estimated that navigation was practicable.