Editing Llano, Texas (section)

==Recreation==
[[File:Llanoriver.jpg|thumb|right|View from the shore of the Llano River]]
[[File:Rock Stacking Championship-5714 (16262755354).jpg|thumb|[[Rock balancing|Rock Stacking]] Championship, 2014, at the [[Llano River]]. Bridge in photo was built in 1936, and was named a Texas Historic Bridge in 2006.]]
[[File:Llanite.jpg|thumb|[[Llanite]], with unusual blue quartz [[phenocrysts]]]]

===Hunting===
Llano is widely known as the Deer Capital of Texas, though its effort to be officially designated as such was rejected in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelso |first=John |date=2016-09-23 |title=Kelso: Doe! Llano loses bid for official state deer designation |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/23/kelso-doe-llano-loses-bid-for-official-state-deer-designation/9995091007/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>

The density of [[white-tailed deer]] in the Llano Basin is the highest in the nation. Hunters from all over come to Llano for deer, [[quail]], [[dove]], [[feral pig]], and [[wild turkey|turkey]] hunting, using guns or bows.

===Birding===
The [[bald eagle]] makes its home in Llano County during its annual winter [[Bird migration|migration]] with most birds found around the [[Lake Buchanan (Texas)|Lake Buchanan]] area.

===Geology and archaeology===
[[Llanite]], a rare type of brown rhyolite porphyry with sky-blue quartz crystals and rusty-pink microcline [[feldspar]], is found nowhere else in the world except in Llano County. Llanite can be found along a highway cut {{convert|9|mi|abbr=on}} north of Llano on Texas 16. The largest piece of polished llanite in the world can be seen at the Badu House.

The centuries-long habitation of various [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes in the area has produced numerous [[archaeological]] sites which attract amateur archaeologists year-round.