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Comfort To Bandera Scenic Loop Photos

For photographers and sightseers, the Texas Hill Country offers some amazing drives. The early morning, just after sunrise, is a good time to take a scenic drive of the Texas Hill Country around Comfort and Bandera.  One nice photo – driving and sightseeing route is the Comfort Texas to Bandera scenic loop. From San Antonio you can Take IH-10 West to Boerne, then travel west on SH-46 towards Pipe Creek. Then take SH-16 on to Bandera. From Bandera, continue your scenic Hill Country drive north on SH-173. At Camp Verde, take FM-480 towards Center Point, then follow SH-27 on into Comfort, TX, where you will again intersect with IH-10. Here is a map of the Bandera to Comfort scenic loop. (Click on any of the images below to enlarge.)

Below are some photos of Comfort Texas, Bandera and the scenic Hill Country loop described above. (Note that there are many other possible routes that could be considered “a scenic Hill Country loop,”, this is just one possible route.

Above: Water flowing over the dam on the Guadalupe River at the city park in Comfort Texas

Below, Watusi cattle (native to Africa,) resting in the grass on a ranch between Comfort and Bandera.

There are many exotic game ranches in this part of the Texas Hill country. You’ll find everything from bison (below,) to oryx and other exotic species. Early morning can be a wonderful time to take photos on the scenic Hill Country Loop between Comfort and Bandera.

The small town of Bandera, below, offers tourists many shopping opportunities, as well as places where you can belly up to the bar for a cold brew, such as the 11th Street Cowboy Bar.

Either Comfort or Bandera is a great place to start or finish a scenic Texas Hill Country loop driving tour. For an excellent guide to scenic drives in the Texas Hill Country, I recommend the Lone Star Travel Guide To The Texas Hill Country by Richard Zelade.

Below, the old water tower in Bandera Texas.

A word of caution: Always be on the lookout for deer crossing the roadway in the Texas Hill Country. Be extra careful at night, evening and early morning when deer are most active.