There are several challenge courses in Texas which offer a variety of challenges including zip lines, high and low rope courses, rappelling and climbing walls. These courses typically focus on team building, exciting challenges to build confidence, or recreational enjoyment. Here is a list of Texas Challenge and Ropes Courses. If you are interested in Zip Line and Canopy Tours, here is a link for the Best Zip Line Courses in Texas.
If you’re interested in team building activities and games, check out our Team Building Page.
Texas Ropes & Challenge Courses
Central Texas Ropes & Challenge Courses |
||
|
Seguin Outdoor Learning Center Wimberley The challenge course provides a powerful learning experience for your group or team. Their trained and experienced facilitators will guide you through sequenced activities designed to build trust, teamwork, leadership skills, communication skills, and camaraderie. Groups of all types have enjoyed the challenge course program, including businesses, athletic teams, sororities and fraternities, scout groups, school classes, and more. We build a custom program for each group based on the group’s needs and goals to make the experience as rewarding as possible. |
Some of the team building activities and games here include:
|
 |
|
Georgetown, TX Georgetown Challenge Course is open year round to accommodate your team building needs, special event, or corporate training schedule. We can also provide special skill workshops including rock climbing or rappelling. Programs can be tailored to meet your groups needs and goals with a variety of challenges and exercises. |
Here you’ll find:
|
 |
|
Lake Buchanan Read our article about a visit to Lone Star Peak Perofrmance Lone Star Peak Performance is a brand new experience offered at M5 Ranch on the beautiful Lake Buchanan just northwest of Austin, Texas. We provide your TEAM an inspirational venue for a team meeting, planning session or retreat that can be coupled with experiential learning through our expert team-building program. Participants enjoy a memorable and invigorating Hill Country environment with some very delicious culinary experiences and Texas-style rustic accommodations. Your meeting can be complemented with world-class executive leader development provided by the Thayer Leader Development Group at West Point.
|
Team Building Opportunities for Groups Only include:
|
 |
|
Austin, TX Waterloo Adventures is a perfect destination for your next group outing and a perfect choice for a unique experience and challenge your group will not soon forget. Adventure Island offers fun challenges combined with all day activities and/or relaxation. The massive floating Challenge Course with 20 different elements and Water Park offer something for everyone. Located on the beautiful shores of Lake Travis this unique destination will test your skills and endurance and provide some interesting thrills that will create fun and lasting memories for your family, friends, or colleagues. |
You can enjoy a 600 ft State-of-the-Art Challenge Course with:
|
 |
|
Natural Bridge Caverns Canopy Challenge New Braunfels/San Antonio Natural Bridge Caverns Canopy Challenge Adventure Course will test your grits and thrill your wits and test your agility. You can try 47 different obstacles like Burma Buckets and Criss-Cross Tight Ropes which kids test their agility on the Canopy Kids Course designed specifically for toddlers and young kids. After you master the Canopy Challenge Adventure Course, head below the surface for a tour of the beautiful Natural Bride Caverns. |
Natural Bridge Caverns has:
|
 |
|
Pflugerville, TX Co-located with Hawaiian Falls Water Park, Hawaiian Falls Adventure Park opened on 23 acres in 2014. The Adventure Park has a number of activities that are great for team building or to test your agility, courage, and strength. The ropes course has 3 levels with 15 activities each and starts at 2′ above ground and ends at 26′ high. In addition to the ropes course there is a climbing wall, rope bridges, and a free fall. You can buy a ticket that’s good for both the Adventure Park and the Water Park. Read our article about a visit to Typhoon Texas Water Park and Adventure Park. And here is a link to the Typhoon Texas Zip Line Listing. |
Typhoon has:
|
 |
North Texas Challenge Courses |
||
|
Lakeview Lodge & Conference Center North West Texas – Chico, TX Sitting in the middle of a beautiful peninsula that juts out into Lake Bridgeport, guests of Lakeview Lodge and Conference center can take advantage of several different customized team building programs and challenge course packages.
When you stay at Lakeview Lodge you can also enjoy boating, sailing, horseback riding, mountain biking, shooting, climbing, hiking, and lots more. The Lodge and challenge course are located in the Sid Richardson Scout Ranch on Lake Bridgeport. This beautiful property has 16 miles of shoreline and over 10,000 acres to enjoy. |
Here You’ll Find:
|
  |
|
Dallas, TX The first and only aerial adventure park in Texas is a self guided ropes course that covers 7 acres and consists of six courses and four levels of difficulty suited to challenge every type of ability and fitness level. Trinity Forest Adventure Park is a combination of a canopy tour, challenge course, and zip line adventure – all of which are from 10′ to 75′ above ground. Cargo nets, bridges, climbing features, balance beams, zip lines, and other features take you from platform to platform on each of the different courses. Ages 6 (must be at least 48″ tall) to 96 can participate and will find a course suitable to their skill, agility, and bravery level! Read about our fun afternoon at Trinity Forest Adventure Park. |
Some of the over 70 elements include:
|
|
South East Texas Challenge Courses |
||
|
Camp Lantern Creek Montgomery, TX Located about 55 miles north of Houston and sitting on over 100 acres of beautiful countryside in the Texas piney woods, Camp Lantern Creek is a Texas summer camp and retreat center focusing on creative leadership skills and outdoor activities. At the heart of the retreat center is the Camp Lantern Creek Challenge Course. Their staff is certified to facilitate a team building retreat that will take your group to an elevated level of communication and fun. They will work with you to design a program specific your group’s unique needs when you book with them. The retreat center and challenge course is flexible and can meet the needs of almost any event. Challenge yourself to reach new heights! |
The course includes: 12 low rope elements: |
 |
South Texas & Gulf Coast Challenge Courses |
||
|
Moody Gardens Theme Park Galveston The Sky Trail Ropes Course is the tallest steel rope course on the Gulf Coast, and the Sky Tykes Rope Course gives smaller kids their own course to explore. Work your way through the 48 obstacles of the ropes course at your own pace: walking on suspended wooden steps, stepping carefully through hanging rope loops, and negotiating other challenges. All this while protected by a full-body harness and safety lanyard. Challenge your agility, balance and strength as you encounter the five-tier Ropes Course. |
This Challenge Course includes:
|
 |
Author: Mike Sharp
I have a passion for travel and outdoor activities, and now I'm enjoying retired life. I will continue my traveling, golfing, boating, and enjoying life all across the great state of Texas.