Partners – Hill Country Eclipse
Partners
The Hill Country Eclipse Team is the backbone of regional preparation for the upcoming eclipses. With visitor numbers anticipated in the hundreds of thousands for the Total Solar Eclipse, HCA has been convening communities and organizations regularly for the past two and a half years to ready for all possible needs and circumstances.
Municipalities and Counties Involved
It takes a village – or in our case, the whole Hill Country region – to prepare for events of this scope and magnitude. Preparations for the upcoming eclipses are underway and many of our partners have created their own websites to showcase related activities and events in their communities.
| Bandera County | Edwards County | Kinney County | San Saba County |
| Bandera, Lakehills, Pipecreek, Vanderpool | Rocksprings | Fort Clark Springs | Bend, San Saba |
| Bell County | Gillespie County | Lampasas County | Travis County |
| Killeen, Nolanville | Fredericksburg, Stonewall | Copperas Cove, Kempner, Lampasas, Lometa | Austin, Bee Cave, Lago Vista |
| Bexar County | Hays County | Llano County | Uvalde County |
| Fair Oaks Ranch, San Antonio | Driftwood, Dripping Springs, San Marcos, Wimberley | Buchanan Dam, Horseshoe Bay, Llano |
Concan, Sabinal, Utopia, Uvalde |
| Blanco County | Kendall County | Mason County | Val Verde County |
| Blanco, Johnson City | Boerne, Comfort, Waring | Mason | Comstock, Del Rio |
| Burnet County | Kerr County | Medina County | Williamson County |
| Bertram, Burnet, Marble Falls | Centerpoint, Kerrville | Castroville, D’Hanis, Hondo | Georgetown, Round Rock |
| Comal County | Kimble County | Real County | |
| Bulverde, New Braunfels, Spring Branch | Junction | Camp Wood, Leakey, Rio Frio |
Eclipse Roundtable Series
Since 2020, HCA has convened quarterly round table meetings of task forces across the Hill Country to update one another on plans, coordinate activities, and resources where practical, and hear from professionals around the country who have experience with eclipse preparations.
The round table meetings are held from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. CST on the third Tuesday of the first month of each quarter. Regional task forces provide updates on activity within their respective communities, followed by a presentation from a subject matter expert, and culminating in a Q&A open forum.
Future Meeting Dates
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 – register here
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 – register here
Tuesday, January 16, 2024 – register here
View recordings from these roundtable meetings and learn more through the videos below:
2023 - April Round Table Meeting
2023 - February Round Table Meeting
2022 Round Table Meetings
November 2022 Round Table Meeting – recording linked here
July 2022 Round Table Meeting – recording linked here
April 2022 Round Table Meeting – recording linked here
January 2022 Round Table Meeting – recording linked here
2021 Round Table Meetings
September 2021 Round Table Meeting – A Personal Perspective on Eclipse Viewing
June 2021 Round Table Meeting – Lessons Learned from Carbondale, Illinois 2017
March 2021 Roundtable Meeting – Taskforce Check In
2020 Round Table Meeting
October 2020 Roundtable Meeting – Solar Eclipses Over South Texas – Dr. Angela Speck, UT San Antonio
Join the Team!
To learn more and join future Round Table meetings email Dawn@hillcountryalliance.org.
Come for the sun, stay for the stars – and help support the Texas Hill Country!
The Hill Country Alliance is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise public awareness and build community support around the need to preserve the natural resources and heritage of the Central Texas Hill Country. Learn more about our work by subscribing to our newsletter.