Great park to run, bike or picnic. Parking is always available.Observed 1 guy in a Gray Honda with 2 dogs, 1 huge BARKING Doberman that gets away from him coz he's not gripping right.... All this and there are going to be small kids around.. Park officials need to watch him.

I went to visit my daughter in San Antonio. We had an Eclipse picnic on the Phil Hardberger Bridge. It was cloudy but we did have some breaks in the clouds so we did get to see some of the Eclipse. It was a day I will always remember. I also love walking in that park. It’s so beautiful.

We got very lucky. I thought this place would be unavailable the day of the eclipse, as everyone would be here! But we left a nearby town early enough and decided to check it out. To our amazement, we got a great parking spot, and soon after it was packed full! Unfortunately, it's quite a walk to the land bridge, which is one of the things I was most looking forward to. The trails are nice, and I enjoyed the bird blinds and informational signs along the way. The staff who had set up tables outside the nature center were really nice and welcoming. Everything was pretty clean!By the time we returned to the playground/parking area, there was a massive group by the education table watching the eclipse. They were very very short of viewing glasses, so we gave two of ours expensive ones away.This is a nice little playground, nature center, walking trails, and bridge.Our only bad experience came at the end. We got to our car early to leave before the crowds, and some stupid female cop decided to BLOCK the ONLY way out to give a ticket to a parked car. If she had just waited 10 minutes, problably half of those vehicles would be gone. We had to just sit while she ignored our attempt to leave. What if there was a fire, or an emergency, and with a thousand visitors to the park, it could have happened!Overall, a nice park in San Antonio.

My husband and I were so happy to find this large park in San Antonio. There are several miles of trails and they are ADA compliant. Many people were walking with their dogs. The dogs were on leashes. The park has a new land bridge where wildlife (and people) can cross over Wurzbach Parkway. Pretty cool. We arrived at 11:30 am and had a picnic lunch on the east side (Blance Rd), walked the trails, including the land bridge. Next, we drove around to the west side (NW Military Dr), hiked some of the trails and saw a butterfly garden. The west side has a better playground and had wildlife blinds. The only wildlife we was some squirrels. Both sides had large dog parks. The west and east trails were all wide and made of concrete or fine gravel. Most of the trails were tree covered and were marked great. There were many signs with distances and trail names on the concrete paths. There were a few people on bikes. They stayed clear of hikers except for some children. There were many benches to stop and rest. Both parking lots were about 90% full mid-week between Christmas and New Year’s. If the parking lots are full, the Salado Creek Greenway has a parking lot on the north side of Phil Hardberger Park. The temperature was unseasonably 80 degrees. There were restrooms and water fountains at the trailheads on the east and west sides of the park. We were at the park about 3 hours. It is free.

Used to be a great park till it became commercialized. The maintenance crew think they are park police. They give females creepy looks, no background checks. Still great amenities, dog park, play ground trails, nature. Females go in groups and watch out for speeding bikes.