Enjoy the wealth of Waco activities that are accessible within minutes of the inn. With easy access to Baylor University and the amenities of Waco, Country Charm offers the best of both worlds: privacy in the seclusion of your own ranch house, yet a short drive from everything you need. While you're here, stop in West and experience our renowned Czech cuisine. Your taste buds will thank you!

Armstrong Browning Library - www.browninglibrary.com
  254-710-3566 - Corner of 8th & Speight Ave
Located on the Baylor University campus, this library has the most extensive collection of materials relating to Victorian poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The library is housed in a Renaissance-style building with more than 50 magnificent stained glass windows.


Art Center - www.artcenterwaco.org
  254-752-4371 - 1300 College Drive
This center is located on the McLennan Community College campus. It offers interpretive programs including lectures, classes and gallery activities. It has beautiful views of the Brazos and Bosque River Valleys.


Baylor Theatre
  254-710-1861 (Main)
  254-710-1865 (Box Office) - 1401 S. University Parks Drive
Baylor Theatre presents six to eight quality show throughout the year. Productions range from stage classics and musicals to cutting edge contemporary works.


Baylor University - www.baylor.org
  254-710-1011
Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas Baylor is the oldest continuous operation in the state. Baylor is also the worlds largest Baptist university and the only private university in the Big XII Conference.


Bosque River Stage - www.bosqueriverstage.com
  254-299-8259
The Bosque River Stage at McLennan Community College is Waco's newest and most scenic entertainment venue. Throughout the year, this outdoor amphitheater hosts exciting concerts, festivals and other memorable special events.


Cameron Park
  254-750-5980 - Located on the west bank of the Brazos River
One of the largest municipal parks in Texas, this park is a sanctuary for many forms of wildlife and plants. Located here is Miss Nellie's Pretty Place, a wildflower preserve with an amphitheater overlooking the wildflowers. The park has picnic tables, shelters and fishing in the adjacent Brazos river.


Cameron Park Zoo
  254-750-8400 - 1701 N. Fourth Street
Nestled in a natural forest setting, this zoo features naturalistic animal displays throughout its 52 acres and includes elephants, rhinos, giraffes, gibbon apes, lemurs, rare Sumatran tigers, and a world-class herpetarium.


Dr. Pepper Museum - www.drpeppermuseum.com
  254-757-1025 - 300 S 5th Street
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, this nonprofit organization tells the
story of Dr. Pepper and the entire soft drink industry with three floors of exhibits. The museum is housed in the 1906 "Home of Dr. Pepper" building that served as the soft drink's headquarters until 1924.


The Earle-Harrison House and Gardens on 5th Street
  www.gardensonfifthstreet.com
  254-753-2032 - 1901 N. 5th Street
This stately Greek Revival-style home was one of the first of its kind in Central Texas. It was slated for demolition the home but was moved and fully restored in 1970. Today the home is surrounded by five acres of beautiful gardens.


Heart O' Texas Coliseum - www.hotfair.com
  254-776-1660 - 4601 Bosque Boulevard
Home to a variety of events, this coliseum host the circus, concerts, auto and boat shows, livestock events, rodeos and the annual Heart O' Texas Fair and Rodeo.


Indian Spring Park
  254-750-5980 - University Parks Drive & Franklin Ave
This park is believed to have been the site of a Huaco Indian village. There is a walking trail located near the suspension bridge. The band shell by the water hosts free concerts.


Lake Waco
  254-756-5359
Lake Waco is known as the largest urban lake in the area. There are miles of shoreline and public parks. There are 7,000 acres of water where people can enjoy boating or fishing.


Mayborn Museum Complex - www.baylor.edu/mayborn
  254-710-1110 - 1300 S. University Parks Drive
The Mayborn Museum Complex consists of the new 143,000 square foot Harry and Anna Jeanes Discovery Center and the 13 acre Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village. Historic Village - discover life in the 19th century by touring the restored buildings of an 1890's Texas river community.
Ollie Mae Moan Discovery Center - children discover how much fun learning can be at the only hands-on museum in Central Texas. They can blow bubbles, pet animals, learn about Waco Indians, try on clothes from around the world, play in an environmental playhouse, discover optical illusions and much more.
Strecker Museum - Self-guided tour through Central Texas' natural and cultural history. This museum features a special exhibit on excavations at the Waco Mammoth site.

The whole family will enjoy exploration stations that provide interactive activities that relate to natural history, archeology, paleontology and geology. Discovery room covers topics from bubbles to butterflies, from transportation to TV news and weather, and pioneers to people of the world.


McLennan Community College - www.mclennan.edu
  254-299-8000 - 1400 College Drive
This longtime leader in instruction and technology education offers flexible scheduling which includes, day, evening, online, and on-television. Students may earn an associate degree, or certificate, continuing education courses.


Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum - www.texasranger.org
  254-750-8631 - IH-35 & Brazos River Exit 335B
The history of the celebrated Texas Rangers comes to life here through an exceptional collection of guns, Indian artifacts and antiques.


Texas Sports Hall of Fame - www.tshof.org
  254-756-1633 - 1108 S University Parks Drive
This museum features four Halls of Fame and Tribute Rooms dedicated to many of the greatest athletes and coaches in the state of Texas.


Texas State Technical College - www.waco.tstc.edu
  254-799-3611 or 1-800-792-8784 - 1-35 North. Exit 342A
This institution is part of the only state-supported technical college system in Texas. For more than eight years TSTC has produced more graduates earning associate degrees in engineering-related technologies than any other public two-year college in Texas.


Waco Civic Theatre - www.wacocivictheatre.org
  242-776-1591 - 1517 Lake Air Drive
The theatre is celebrating it's 55^th year of bringing quality theater to the citizens of Central Texas. The theatre was built by James Hull Miller in 1957 and it has been cited as one of the three best designed theaters of its type in the United States.


Waco Hippodrome - www.wacohippodrome.com
  254-752-9797 - 724 Austin Ave
Built in 1914 this historic theatre brings top quality performing arts to all of Central Texas September through May. Listed on the National Historic Register, the theater is graced with gold leaf trim and an elegant domed ceiling.