Challenging hike to a beautiful waterfall made for the perfect start to our day! Trail was clean and well maintained. We loved it at Marion Sansom Park!! Great find during our FW stay.

We visited Marion Sansom Park for a hike to see the waterfall while in the area. The waterfall trail starts from the kiosk at the parking area and descends steeply. There are a bunch of intersecting trails, some official mountain bike trails and other social trails, so can be a little confusing but just keep making your way down. The trail ends at a wide dirt road. Going right leads up to the dam, there is a small cascade here, but it is not the waterfall. Instead, go left and look for a path that leads out to a bluff on the river with a nice view of the waterfall. It's about 10 feet high. For a closer view, where the trail ends at the dirt road, there is a small tributary to cross, which may be difficult in high water. Once across, the obvious paths lead right to the base of the waterfall and you can climb up to the top. Be very careful if you go to the top of the waterfall. In addition to the waterfall, we also saw a ton of beautiful wildflowers near the trailhead. Overall, a nice park and worth a short but steep hike to see the waterfall.

Please keep your dogs on a leash that you keep in your hand. I understand your dog is the sweetest thing and has never hurt you, but you have no idea what your dog will do when coming across another. My beautiful Great Dane puppy was bitten in the chest and the ear by a Bull Dog ( not a Pit) who was on a leash wandering near his human, who was not paying attention to him. My dog was on a leash that I was holding tightly and short, as I saw the dog as we approached and could tell she did not have control of him. We were just walking by on the trail, while they were off the trail by the water. Great Danes are not fighters and he immediately went into submission which made the attack worse. Though he is the size of a small pony and close to a hundred pounds, he was basically defenseless and I had to use my 2-1/2 pound hiking booted foot to kick the other dog off him until his owner could get control of him. I certainly did not want to hurt her dog, but I’m not going to let my dog get mauled. I have been hiking here several times a week for 5 years. I love it and my dogs love it. I am extremely thankful I did not bring my Pit Bull or Black Mouth Cur this day; probably one of the dogs would have ended up dead or severely injured. Please, please, please take care to properly control your dogs.

Broken glass along the first couple hundred feet of the trail. City provided garbage cans overflowing so trash is just strewn everywhere. There is a homeless camp. The odor of marijuana wafting through the air all along the trail I was on. Shady characters on the trails and a truck load of thugs cruising the parking lot (marijuana emanating from the cab). Place is absolutely beautiful, but not worth the detractions.

Beautiful all about the inspiration it gives me at the point of the mountain I'm from white Settlement Texas Live in Sansom Park tx God bless all