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Waco weekend: Baylor and the Brazos

Walk Austin Avenue and eat downtown Friday. Spend Saturday at Baylor and McLane Stadium, then use Sunday for the Brazos Riverwalk and Cameron Park.

By Cal Mercer — a Second Star Guide itinerary

Coffee and walking shoes are enough for a Sunday route from the Brazos Riverwalk to Cameron Park.

Best length

2 nights

Friday evening on Austin Avenue, Saturday at Baylor, and Sunday along the Brazos and Cameron Park.

Stay

Cambria Hotel

An East Riverside hotel near the Brazos River, McLane Stadium, and the Suspension Bridge.

Main activity

Baylor campus and McLane Stadium

Saturday follows Baylor's visit or event hours from the academic core to the Brazos and McLane Stadium.

Weekend route

Downtown, Baylor, and Cameron Park

Friday stays on Austin Avenue and Franklin Avenue. Saturday crosses Baylor's academic core to the Brazos and McLane Stadium. Sunday joins the downtown Riverwalk to Cameron Park.

Coffee, walking shoes, and a daypack beside the Brazos River in Waco
Sunday follows the Brazos Riverwalk before the final drive into Cameron Park.

Friday

Walk Austin Avenue and eat downtown.

Check in downtown, see Austin Avenue's historic storefronts, and continue toward the Brazos before dinner on Franklin Avenue.

7:00 PM

First dinner

Order a clay pot on Franklin Avenue.

Clay Pot serves Vietnamese clay-pot dishes, pho, spring rolls, and rice plates on Franklin Avenue in downtown Waco, near the Dr Pepper Museum and the Brazos riverfront.

First-night pick

Clay Pot Restaurant

Clay Pot serves Vietnamese clay-pot dishes, pho, spring rolls, and rice plates on Franklin Avenue in downtown Waco, near the Dr Pepper Museum and the Brazos riverfront.

Open restaurant

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Saturday

Cross Baylor's campus to the Brazos.

Begin in Baylor's red-brick academic core, continue to the river, and see McLane Stadium before a barbecue dinner on the university side of Waco.

4:30 PM

Afternoon

Cool off beside the river or at the hotel.

After the campus walk, use the riverfront or hotel for a break before returning to the Baylor side for dinner.

Sunday

Walk the Brazos, then climb into Cameron Park.

Begin on the downtown riverfront and historic Suspension Bridge, then drive into Cameron Park for cedar woods, limestone bluffs, and a river overlook.

9:00 AM

Sunday morning

Coffee downtown, then the Brazos Riverwalk.

Walk from the downtown riverfront toward the historic Suspension Bridge while the morning is cool, then return for the drive into Cameron Park.