Visiting Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden in Lampasas, Texas.
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When you drive on US-281 or US-183 through Lampasas Texas, don’t forget to stop at Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden. This outdoor art installations will make you awe as Lampasas is just a small town with population less than 7,000.
Where is Lampasas?
Lampasas is a small town on the northeastern edge of the Texas Hill Country. Used to be home to seven mineral springs, Lampasas was a popular tourists destination back in the late 19th century.
The town is only 6.2 square miles, but it doesn’t mean they have nothing to make you stop in town. Besides Hancock Park, the site of the famous Hancock Pool, the only remaining sulphur spring swimming hole in the state, Lampasas also has a few other city parks, home of a few wineries, a museum, and one of the oldest courthouses in Texas that is still in use. Colorado Bend State Park with its famous Gorman Falls is just a short drive west of town. And of course, the Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden.
Distance from nearest bigger cities:
Austin: 69 miles, 1 h 10 min.
Waco: 89 miles, 1 h 25 min.
Fredericksburg: 90 miles, 1 h 30 min.
San Antonio: 121 miles, 2 h.
Fort Worth: 146 miles, 2 h 15 min.
Dallas: 182 miles, 2 h 40 min.
Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden
While waiting for my son spending time with his dentist, one thing I liked to do was searching through Texas Monthly Magazine to find places of interests around Texas that worth a visit. One time I found Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden in Lampasas. As we were going to Longhorn Cavern in Burnet and we would drive through Lampasas on one Labor Day, it made a perfect stop.
My mistake was I didn’t write down the address. I believed our GPS would take us there. Wrong! No Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden showed up in our GPS, not even Hanna Springs Park or Hanna Springs Garden. Luckily the car was thirsty and my husband got to ask a guy at the pump station about the garden. Double lucky, the guy knew about it and showed us the direction.
Well, no wonder it’s not showed up in our GPS. Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden is in Campbell Park. It’s not the name of the park. Hah! It is located about half a mile from the main road.
The sculptures in the park divided into two groups: permanent collections and rotating collections. The rotating collections are for sale and moved out after a year if they have not been purchased. LAFTA (Lampasas Associations for the Arts) hosts the Art in the Park Event every year, where they let artists to put their art pieces in a park for a year to sale. Of course, after LAFTA curated the pieces.
The Sculpture Collections
It was hot, the temperature was 93˚F, and the sun shone brightly when we got to the park. But we’re not the only family roaming the park, moving from one sculpture to another sculpture.
Each of the sculptures has a small board that has info about the sculpture, such as the title, the artist, and materials used. Last I heard, the city has paved a nice pathway throughout the park. It makes the park a nice place for a stroll as well.
Below are the permanent collections and rotating collections of the sculptures. Since we visited Lampasas in 2017, I believe the rotating collections are different from what you will see today. I remember seeing the weird looking frog with wings (the last picture) in Boerne’s library, when we went to Boerne for a weekend.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
ROTATING COLLECTIONS
Local artist Nancy Gray originated the idea of the sculpture garden and was involved in its early development. LAFTA promotes and operates the garden while the city owns the park. And all artists are from Texas.
ADDRESS
Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden location is in Campbell Park.
501 East North Avenue, Lampasas, Texas.
Campbell Park is adjacent to Hanna Springs Swimming Pool and shares the pool’s ample parking lot.
Remember! Don’t forget to stop at Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden on your way to the Texas Hill Country!
We are so excited you enjoyed the Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden! We have new sculptures coming in September and are celebrating 15 years of Art with our Boots & Blazers Ball October 16th, 2021. Thank you for visiting Lampasas & hope you can come again soon.
That’s exciting! I hope I can visit the event!
Looks like the Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden can be a great option to spend some quality time with children. I loved those stone sculptures, especially the Lampasas Lily. Great place to take some quirky pictures.
I believe children will love this sculpture garden.
What a quirky and sweet place! I loved the bird totem, and I am sure my son would have loved sitting on that tractor. Lampasa sounds like a fun place to visit.
Yes! The whole family will like their visit here.
What a quirky sculpture garden! I love that there is artwork displayed in a variety of styles and influences. Definitely sounds like the perfect day trip when you’re in the area. Looks like you had a lovely time!
You are right! You must stop when you drive through the area. It won’t take much of your time.
Very interesting sculptures in a town which is so small. I guess this would be the reason people would visit. I love the Lily, Furniture and Pegasus the most among all on show. Lampasus would be nice to visit when we visit US. We had visited this park in Oslo which had a sculpture garden and it was again very interesting.
Yes! The Sculpture Garden is one of the reasons to make people stop in Lampasas. It is unique, and it’s not every time you can see it in a small town.
Lampasas seems like so much fun. Would love to visit with my little girl. Apart from the sculptures the materials used to make them are also interesting. The rotating sculptures are intriguing.
Interesting, I’ve never heard of Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden or even in Lampasas! It’s soo cool that the town is only the town is only 6.2 square miles, that is so tiny. I always enjoy reading up on places I did not even know existed. The rotating collections caught my interest, I’ve never seen an installation like that.
Wow, didn’t know about this place called the Lampasas in Texas and thanks for introducing this incredible park to us. The art are colorful and also whimsical, would love to explore it some day.
I have to go back to Texas. I underestimated this state; I spent too little time on it. There are still so many exciting places to see. The Sculpture Collections in Lampasas looks excellent. They are very impressive. Fantastic installation. I would love to take photos there.
Don’t worry! Even Texan don’t realize there are so many exciting places to see in their own state. 😉
It’s interesting to note the material they use in the sculptures at the Hannah Springs Sculpture garden, great variety from limestones to fibre glass! Also like the idea of rotating sculptures, so cool. Your brief description of Lampasas has piqued my interest to know more about this less explored destination.
I really like visiting less explored destination and introduce it to others. I’m glad you got to learn about Lampasas from my article.
Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden really looks interesting at Lampasas. Also this small town looks great as it has only 7000 population and it must be very peaceful here. I loved colorful Bird Totem by Terrell Powell – 2011 and even Pegasus is interesting. It is good that they promote home artists.
I think it’s unbelievable to see a sculpture garden here.
I have never been to Texas before and that is on my list. I also love to visit sculpture parks/gardens and see how each of the sculptures are. Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden will definitely be added to my list of places to visit when I am in Texas. I would love to take some of those fun pictures and get to see these huge sculptures by myself.
This looks like a so much fun place to visit. Sculptures are so beautiful.
I do love visiting outdoor sculpture gardens so would want to check out the Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden. Now I know to search for Campbell Park on my map. I love the interesting variety in topics and materials for the sculptures. Great that there is a spot for rotating exhibits too. Good way to make each visit a little different.
I wonder what they have for the rotating exhibits today.
Ive only once drew though Texas but didnt had a chance to stop by and explore. Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden seems like a wonderful place to visit . It looks like its so much fun for the whole family. I am glad you guys found this place after that little GPS confusion 🙂
It’s time to visit Texas. Not just drive through. 😉
Lampasa sounds like a fun place to visit. My little girl would be fascinated with the sculptures. The Pegasus one looks great. The rotating sculptures are interesting. Loved the The Leftovers by 7th Grade Art Student. So creative.
Little ones will have fun imitating some of the statues like our son did.
Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden is a great find! I like so many of them. Starburst and Meadow Dancers immediately grabbed my attention, I have always wanted a piece of movable art in the yard. Really like the guitar, Pegasus and totem pole too. Would love to wander and have a picnic here
It will make a fun picnic!
As soon as I go to Texas, I wouldn’t hesitate to visit Lampasas. Your pictures are really stunning, Umiko! Is one day enough to explore this place?
You don’t need a day to visit Lampasas, but I recommend you to visit state parks around the area, like Colorado Bend and Longhorn Cavern. Then you will need more than a day.
This looks like such a cool place to visit! The sculptures look really fun. This is the kind of place my family would stop for!
And it’s free. Yeah, our family always look for places like this on our road trips, too.