Texas-Size Pecan

The huge nut on the Courthouse lawn is a popular place for taking photos. Made of concrete but looking quite realistic, it honors a major local industry. Crops can reach up to 3 million pounds of pecans, making this county one of the nation's leading producers. Guadalupe County growers helped to pioneer the now-popular nut, which Spanish explorers encountered in this area hundreds of years ago. Some of the earliest pecan orchards were planted in nearby river bottoms, and local specimens were used in upgrading cultivated varieties. The Guadalupe Valley Pecan Growers Association, founded here, is one of the oldest such groups in the state.

Starcke Park
830-401-2480
A showplace park with a scenic River Drive that meanders beneath towering cypress, elm and pecan trees along the beautiful Guadalupe, giving a view of a historic curving dam and its captivating waterfall.

Starcke Park boasts an 18-hole golf course, driving range and putting greens, a Wave Pool ($3 for kids and $4 for teens and adults) and a Kids' Kingdom playscape. Shaded picnic areas along the riverfront include both open-air and covered tables, and some have attached barbeque pits. Other facilities include volleyball, basketball and tennis courts, a walking-jogging path, and pavilions, as well as a fine baseball softball complex.
 

ZDT Amusement Center

Take a short drive to Seguin and spend the day at ZDT's Amusement Center where you and your kids will enjoy:

• racing your friends on our indoor go-kart track!
• an endless adventure on the highest indoor jungle playground in the state!
• making tons of new friends at ballocity, where foam balls rain down like a meteor shower!
• burning off energy and getting great exercise on our rock climbing wall!
• honing acrobatic skills as you fly through the air on the trampoline thing!
• hanging on for the ride of your life in our roller coaster simulator!
• dropping and bouncing on our new outdoor tower!
• sliding with your friends on our big 3-lane slide!
• trying your skills at one of the huge selection of video games!
• and most of all, knowing ZDT’s is a safe, clean and comfortable environment!

And all of this for only $17.99! Don't forget your socks!
Free Wi-Fi now available.
You can now watch the game on tv while the kids play!

ZDT's Amusement Center
1218 N. Camp St.
Seguin, TX 78155
830-386-0151
 

 

Col. Juan Seguin Statue

In 1838, during the early days of the Republic of Texas, a group of Rangers established this town under live oaks beside springs on the Guadalupe River.

They soon named it in honor of Juan Seguin, a Tejano patriot who had fought against the brutal Mexican dictator, Santa Anna.

The next year, Col. Juan N. Seguin visited this town newly named for him, and he paraded through the streets, in uniform and on horseback, with his sword raised, to accept this honor. A statue here now portrays him on that visit. more...