What Do Great Cities Have In Common? San Antonio

March 2012 - What do great/large cities have in common?       

How does my local town (San Antonio) compare to other cities?

LargeFortune 500 Companies
* Toyota
* UT Health Science Center
* USAA
* Rackspace
* Valero Energy
* Tesoro Engergy
* NuStar Energy
* HEB (special)

Professional Sports Team
* NBA Spurs

Minor Professional Sports Team
* Hocky
* Baseball - Misson
* WNBA

Large Military Installations
* Fort Sams/Central Command
* Brooks
* Lackland (survival training)
* Kelly

Higher Education

* University of Texas at San Antonio

* UT Health Science Center
* St. Mary
* IWU
* Texas A&M University at San Antonio

Sporting Facilities

* Golf courses, too many to list

* Bike Trails (Missions, McAlister Park)

* Many Dog Parks
* Hiking Trails (Eisenhower Park)

* Schliterbahn (Water Park)

Sporting Facility
* AT&T Center;
* Alamo Dome
* Race Track

Performing Arts Facility

* xxxx 

Unique Shopping
* North Star Mall; * La Cantera

Scheme Parks
* Sea World of Texas;
* Six Flags of Texas;

Arts
* Witty (needs help)

Others
* Riverwalk





January 2011 - San Antonio Parks Review

These three parks have fairly lengthy hiking trails.

(NW/1604-NW Military) Eisenhower Park (free, dog, no bike).

After 9-11, the only way to enter the park is through the NW Military Dr/1604.  In the summer days, it may not be a good idea to bring your pets to walk on paved/asphalt surface. It may be easier to take the natural trails to the hill top and returning to parking lot/starting point via paved and down hill trails.

(NW/1604-I-10) Friedrich Wilderness Park (free, no dog, no bike)

(South/I-10, 281) Mission Parkway (free,dog, bike) - click here for map

This is linear 7 miles trail. Unlike the Eisenhower Park, you must turn to starting point using the same path.