Robert L.B. Tobin Park
Address 
150 Ira Lee
San Antonio,TX,78218
United States
-98° -98' 16.7916" N 29° 29' 5.7708" W
Description:

Within Robert L.B. Tobin Park, a 2.1 mile segment of the Salado Creek Greenway has been constructed (between Loop 410 and Eisenhauer Road). The park includes hike and bike trails, including associated amenities, low-water crossings, bridge structures, pedestrian access features and associated project signage. 

The trailhead located off Loop 410 also features a statue of Robert L.B. Tobin, in addition to faux bois picnic tables and signage elements designed by artisan Carlos Cortés. The Tobin Endowment generously contributed 89 acres of land to the project and the trailhead enhancements. 

George Cortez benchThe trailhead features the work of Mr. Cortés, a third-generation artisan who works in faux bois (false wood) or trabajo rústico that reproduces natural elements such as wood, thatch, vines and branches in concrete to form garden furniture. Mr. Cortés carries on the tradition of his great uncle Dionisio Rodriguez, who brought the skill to Texas from Mexico in the 1920s. In addition, The Tobin Endowment commissioned a statue of Robert L.B. Tobin by Santa Fe artist Norman L. Boyles. The Tobin Endowment was established after the death of Robert L. B. Tobin, a local philanthropist known for his charitable giving to the arts. The land donated by the Endowment was part of the Margaret Batts and Edgar Gardner Tobin farm where the family raised cattle. Robert Tobin grew up on the property, riding in the woods and swimming in Salado Creek.

 

Amenities: 
ADA Accessible
Parking
Picnic Tables
Trails- Hiking
Wildlife Viewing Area
Things To Do: 
Hiking/ walking
Picnicking