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DeutschSan Saba is a small town of about 3,000 residents (2020) in the German Hill Country of Texas. It is the birthplace of actor Tommy Lee Jones of Lonesome Dove and No Country For Old Men fame.
Get in
[edit | edit source]San Saba is about 100 miles northwest of Austin. To get there by car, drive north on US Highway 183 for about 85 miles to the town of Lometa, then turn west on US Highway 190 for the last 15 miles into San Saba.
Get around
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- San Saba County Museum (Mill Pond Park), ☏ +1 325 372-5238. Two 100-year old log cabins filled with articles from early ranch and farm life.
Do
[edit | edit source]- Mill Pond Park, 110 Thomas Stewart Dr. A relaxing city park with spillway and aqueducts taking form.
- San Saba River Nature Park, 1007 E Wallace St. Natural area encompassing the San Saba River with trails.
Buy
[edit | edit source]- Millican Pecan Company, 199 C R 100. San Saba is the acclaimed 'Pecan Capital of the World' on account of this guy with his pecan cultivars. Alfred Lloyd Tennyson and Post have been past consumers. Tel: +1 888-488-6851. M-F 9AM-5PM
Eat
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[edit | edit source]Sleep
[edit | edit source]- Burnham's Lodging, 507 East Wallace St, ☏ +1 325 372-6067.
- Dofflemyer Hotel, 108 S High St, ☏ +1 325-372-5614. Chic place in what used to be the San Saba Bank, circa 1913.
- Evening Star Cottages, 702 W Wallace St, ☏ +1 325 372-3184.
- Hill Country Inn, 1805 E Wallace St, ☏ +1 325 372-4113.
Go next
[edit | edit source]| Routes through San Saba |
| El Paso ← Brady ← | W  E | → Killeen → Temple |
Wichita Falls ← Graham ← Jct W  E ← | N  S | → Llano → Kerrville |