Historical Georgetown is keeping its character

Southwestern University in Georgetown is the oldest university in Texas.  Currently about 1200 students attend SU. This is a Methodist, liberal arts niversity.

The historical town square centerpiece is the old courthouse; a magnificient building that just completed a full restoration in 2008. Many nice shops and restaurants surround the courthouse square.

Boating, fishing and hiking Lake Georgetown

Lake Georgetown is a wonderful recreational lake. People enjoy water skiing, wave-runners, and bass fishing. The lake is relatively small, but never crowded. It got very low in 2005 and early 2006, but it has recovered. You do not have to have a boat to enjoy the lake. You can swim at the beach at Russell Park and you can park and hike for free at Cedar Breaks Park. Cedar Breaks is hiking only (no bikes) for 11 miles to Tejas Park. About 2.5 miles in from Cedar Breaks is Crockett Gardens, a beautiful freshwater spring.

Blue Hole swimming holw is located on the South San Gabriel River near downtown Georgetow. It is a well patrolled area with cliffs on one side and picnicking and fishing on the other with kids playing in the water between the shores.

Bicycling

What wonderful biking experiences are available in Georgetown. The San Gabriel Park just east of Austin Avenue at the San Gabriel River has a trail from the park to the dam at Lake Georgetown. The first several miles are paved, then a stretch along the streets, then back to paved trail. From the dam, you can bike on off-road trails from Overlook to Jim Hogg, to Russell Park, and onto Tejas Park. This is for mountain bikes only as it is very rough. Anytime you bike, be sure to wear a helmet.

Swimming

You have several options for swimming. My favorite is Blue Hole on the San Gabriel River. You can swim 1 mile laps here. Also, during the summer, there are 5 city pools. Students at Southwestern have a wonderful, clean lap pool often open on weekends until 1 am. There are nice pools for members at Berry Creek Country Club and Cimarron Hills. Sun city has a pool for residents. A new recreation center complete with indoor and outdoor pools will open soon. During the summer months, there is a swimming beach at Russell Park on Lake Georgetown.

Great golf courses

Georgetown has 5.33 golf courses: Georgetown Country Club, Berry Creek, Sun city with Legacy Hill and White Wing, Cimarron Hills, and the 6 hole Kurth Landrum Course. In neighboring Round Rock is the Teravista Club and the Forest Creek golf club. Pflugerville has the Blackhawk Golf and to the north, Historic Salado has 3 nine hole courses at the Mill Creek Golf Resort. Austin, Texas is renowned for its golf courses.

Entertainment

Movie theatre, City Lights, is a multi-screen theatre.

Palace Theatre, Southwestern University, and Georgetown High School provide plays.

Restaurants

Wildfire is everyone's first choice, located 1/2 block off the Georgetown Square on Austin Avenue next door to the Palace Theatre. Evening meals can be a little expensive, but they have generous portions and allow plate splitting.

Laurie's Cafe diagonally across the square and 1/2 block further on Main Street is a good stop for lunch. Most meals are made from scratch on premises. Always serving homemade peach cobbler.

 

Georgetown has many more restaurants, many specializing in barbecue, Mexican food, or oriental offerings. Of course, the chain restaurants are here, such as Chili's, Lubys, Dairy Queen, Shipley's Donuts, Wendy's, McDonalds, Jack-in-the-Box, and a longtime resident, What-A-Burger. New comers are moving into Wolfe Ranch: McAlister's, Chick-fil-a, Souper Salads, Starbucks, and others. Somebody put the breaks on these chains.

Berry Creek Country Club is a private urban country club centered among a housing area with many beautiful homes.

Cimarron Country Club is another private country club offering golf of Georgetown residents.. 

 

Sun City has restaurants.
BBs has reopened on Williams Dr and is doing a thriving busines.

Georgetown, Texas is on the grow.

Georgetown is a fast growing city, but the city leaders are planning for this growth. The city web site and visitor's bureau keep us informed. Local shops keep their quaintness.

Lake Georgetown has boating, fishing, and 27 miles of hiking trails. St David's merged with the local hospital, San Gabriel Pediatrics is expanding and the new public library opened in its new location and has had many new exhibits.  The new city recreatiion center has been a hit. 

The downtown is revitalizing with businesses and new condos. Southwestern University provides fine arts performances as does the Palace Theatre. The local newspaper, The Sun, covers local activities in Georgetown, Sun City, and Williamson County. The downtown square has festivals, a farmers' market, and local artists. The San Gabriel Chorale brings us classical music. Dr Ellsworth Peterson bring symphony musice each year to Georgetown with the annual Festival, complete with fireworks at San Gabriel Park.

People are still on the move in Georgetown and are often using King's Helpers Moving for the move.