Define Texas Hill Country

[Merovee]

The Balcones Fault forms the southern and eastern border of the Hill Country.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by love roses

I think it's like HappyTexan says, it's subjective maybe. I could probably look at 5-10 different maps and they might all say something different. The map I'm using as reference out of the TTG puts Salado in the Prairies and Lakes region. For Eastern boundaries, according to this, it has Georgetown and Taylor. Then it goes down to Austin, San Marcos, New Braunfels, around to Hondo, Devine, Uvalde, and Brackettville to the South/SW, then up to Ozona, Iraan, and Big Lake. The Northern points as Eldorado, Menard, Braady, San Saba, Lampasas. There are surely more towns than that eeking right up to the edge parts of this map but I think it's only listing towns of larger populations. I think the map THL posted is pretty representative of it though. I think it shows a little further South than the one I'm looking at.

The Texas Highways map, IMHO, has the Hill Country going too far west.

http://www.texashighways.com/events?region=6

Ozona, Iraan and Big Lake are not really what I consider the HC at all, but you're right...it is very subjective. I'd put the beginning of the HC just east of Junction.

[imaterry78259]

North San Antonio and West Austin are in the Hill Country

[jenamanie]

I definitely think it is subjective. I always grew up thinking Llano was at the heart of the Hill Country. I would say it runs as far South as parts of the San Antonio area such as Bandera. However, I think my grandparents would scoff if I suggested that Georgetown was part of the Hill Country.

[ImOnFiya]

Exactly, I think many native Texans would the Hill Country begins where there are hills! LOL!!

Georgetown, Round Rock, Taylor, and the rest of flat, rolling blackland prairie Williamson County is not Hill Country. A pr book cannot trump the actual residents in the area.

[love roses]

Well, Woop-de-doo! J/K.....It may not be hill country, but it's still Central Texas.