Murphys MX

Murphys MX is the Austin area's daily-driver track. Thirty minutes east of the city near Red Rock, it carries four tracks rolled into one operating identity: a 1.5-mile main motocross track, a kids and beginners loop, a hare scramble trail through the surrounding woods, and a night track with some of the best lighting in Texas. The night track with serious lighting is the operational differentiator. Most Texas regional tracks run daytime-only schedules, which puts a hard cutoff on summer riding when daytime heat is brutal. Murphys' lighting means evening sessions are viable, the practical answer to surviving July and August central Texas riding without sweating through your gear before lunch. William and Christie Murphy have been running the property since 2012. That ownership continuity is the operational foundation, consistent track prep, predictable operating windows, and the kind of personal connection to the rider base that corporate-managed tracks can't deliver. Operating window: weekends 9am to 4pm, plus night-track sessions on the schedule. Primitive and tent camping on-site removes the weekend-overnight cost stack for longer stays. Real elevation changes across the property mean the lap profile isn't flat-Texas dirt, the terrain delivers genuine variety lap to lap. For local Austin metro riders in Travis, Bastrop, and Caldwell counties, Murphys is the everyday session destination. Riders in Bastrop, Smithville, Elgin, Lockhart, and the broader east-of-Austin region treat the property as the home track. San Marcos and southern Austin riders run east on US-71 or SH-21. North Austin metro riders make the trip out for the night-track sessions specifically. Easy hour from Austin or San Marcos. murphysmx.com for the calendar.