Map of Area Parks
courtesy Graphic Solutions

Golf

The city of Victoria has great golfing! For a city of 60,000, we have three of the finest courses in South Texas. Riverside Golf Course, run by the Parks Trust, is a public facility offering a heavily wooded park-style golf course that is playable for all levels of golfers at affordable prices. Riverside has 27 holes of golf and is host every year to two of the oldest amateur events in the County-the Wildgame Tournament in March and the Labor Day Invitational. Colony Creek Country Club, built in the mid-80's, is a semi-private facility. Colony Creek is a winding course routed through the Colony Creek subdivision and offers water and/or out of bounds on all 18 holes. The jewel of golf in Victoria, however, is the Victoria Country Club - one of the finest courses in South Texas and home to many Championship events each year. Designed in its current layout by Joe Finger, Victoria Country Club has hosted three Southern Texas PGA Championship events, the '94 Texas State Junior Boys, the '96 and '97 PGA Maxfli Junior Championship, the 2008 Texas State University Womens Intercolleagic and a TightLies Tour event annually. The Club also hosts the Tax Time Invitational in April and the Memorial Day Match Play Invitational, two of the oldest amateur events in Texas. Victoria Country Club is a private country club but allows reciprocal charges to certain other clubs with prior arrangements with the Golf Professional or General Manager.

The Texas Zoo

The Texas Zoo encompasses 6 acres within Riverside Park in Victoria, Texas, and affords the visitor the opportunity to see over 150 animals native to the state. Spacious, outdoor moat-enclosed areas exhibit a variety of wild specimens from different animal families in natural environmental settings. The Texas Animal Kingdom building provides, a majestic array of Texas birds, reptiles, and small mammals.

Texas proudly displays ten different habitats ranging from humid marshes to dry desert mountains, and there are more than 700 species of animals found within these various regions. Therefore, you will see a variety of animals here, ranging from the alligators of the Texas marshes to the sleepy-eyed pelicans of the windy coast

Texas supports 138 species of mammals. Twenty-three species ranging from black bears to small rodents are exhibited here. Two rare species of cats: margays and jaguarundis are also exhibited at the zoo.
Texas boasts the largest number of species of birds in the United States - an incredible 540! The zoo's collection of 23 species principally covers shorebirds and birds of prey are noted for our efforts at rehabilitation of many birds found injured each year We have rehabilitated several golden eagles and a bald eagle, as well as numerous small species. We are Particularly proud of our magnificent roseate spoonbins and brown pelicans.

Reptiles and amphibians constitute a total of 225 species in Texas. The Texas Zoo displays representatives of 35 reptiles. Most of our reptiles are located in the Animal Kingdom building.

The Texas Zoo officially became the National Zoo of Texas in June 1984 by Texas House and Senate Resolution.

Riverside Park & Rose Garden

Riverside Park features 562 acres of woodland bordered by 4 1/2 miles of the Guadalupe River. There are 200 picnic areas with tables and pits and areas for group outings. There is a public boat ramp, exercise trail, duck pond, baseball, softball, and playground facilities. The Rose Garden features 1,050 rose bushes representing 105 varieties, ornamental water fountain, gazebo, and walkways. The Rose Garden is located on McCright Drive. For more information about the park contact parks & Recreation Department at 361/485-3200.

Historical District

Antiquing in Victoria

Blue Moon Antique Mall
1520 E. Rio Grande (across from HEB on Hwy. 59N)
361/575-3233

Laurent Street Antique Mall
1602-D North Laurent Street
361/578-0813

Coleto Creek Reservoir & Park
13 miles W. of Victoria off of Highway 59 S.
(361) 575-6366

Facilities:
The 3,100 acre Reservoir and 190 acre park consists of 58 multi-use campsites, 3 camping cabins, 2 miles of hiking trails, a large picnic area, 2 covered group pavilions, a 200' lighted fishing pier, playgrounds, sand volleyball courts, and marked swimming areas. Reservations are recommended year round but especially from Easter to Labor Day.

Coleto Creek is a designated site on the La Bahia Loop of the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail. Flooded shoreline vegetation, plus an abundance of aquatic vegetation annually draws in a large number of ducks and other birds during the fall and winter.

Web site: www.coletocreekpark.com

Lake Texana State Park

Lake Texana is 35 miles east of Victoria in Edna, Texas on Highway 59 to FM 111, 10 miles south 361/782-5718. Lake Texana extends 18 miles up the Navidad River Valley with 125 miles of shoreline. Facilities include 10 boat ramps, picnic sites, camping areas, and fishing piers. Waters are stocked with Florida bass, striped bass, large and small mouth bass, crappie, channel catfish, and bream. Entrance fee $2.00 per day.

Saxet Lakes Park

Saxet Lakes is a 95 acre park, 2 miles south of the city limits on highway 59, on Timberline Drive at Fordyce and Fox Roads. There is fishing, swimming, picnic tables and pits, a boat ramp and restrooms. Open 7:00 a.m. daily, close at 8:00 p.m. in the winter, 9:00 p.m. in the summer.

ENTERTAINMENT

Movie Theatres

Cinemark 12
7806 N. Navarro behind Victoria Mall
Feature Times 582-4125

Feature times for Cinemark 12 can be found online at: cinemark.com

Bowling Centers

Century Lanes
3401 John Stockbauer
361/576-1166