Trail Rules

Caution, Courtesy & Common Sense

For your safety and enjoyment, please use caution, courtesy, and common sense while on the Old Number 9 and other trails. The following trail rules have been established to keep you and others safe while on city trails:

• Always be aware of your speed and trail conditions.
• Be considerate of all trail users.
• Be especially courteous to users with special needs.
• Do not destroy or deface any natural or artificial improvements to the trail.
• Do not dump or litter on the trail. If you see litter, please pick it up.
• Do not frighten, annoy, injure, or kill any wild or native animals or birds.
• Keep horses off the improved trail service. Stay on the grass.
• Keep pets on short leashes and under control, and keep pet waste off the trail.
• Keep to the right and pass on the left.
• Respect private property by staying on the trail.
• Share the trail courteously; communicate by giving audible signals when passing other users.
• Use extra caution where a trail or path crosses a street.
• Yield to pedestrians if you are an in-line skater or bicyclist.

Commercial activities and unauthorized motor vehicles (except wheelchairs) are not permitted on site.

Contact Information

To report unsafe trail conditions, please call 830-248-1635. In an emergency, dial 911.