Local Information Brackettville is located 40 miles west of Uvalde and 31 miles east of Del Rio on highway 90. The attractions include the historical buildings, scenic drives, Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery, Alamo Village, Fort Clark Springs. Spofford is ten miles south, Ciudad Acuna is nearest border town, across the Rio Grande from Del Rio. Great hunting is available in the area for white-tailed deer, wild turkey, javelina, and upland game birds.
Some ranchers even have exotic animals.
A separate cave houses lots of bats. Brackettville was established as supply village for adjacent Fort Clark in 1852. The fort was once of the most historic military posts in the southwest. Over the years, many infantry regiments and most of the Army's cavalry units saw duty at Fort Clark. Deactivated in 1944, property is now a resort development known as Fort Clark Springs.