The Pinta Trail extended from San Antonio to the site of Santa Cruz de San Sabá Mission near Menard, a distance of approximately 180 miles. The Trail served as a transportation route through the Hill Country from the time of the Plains Indians to the present and was used by Indians, Spanish explorers, Mexicans, German immigrants, Forty-niners and United States soldiers . Oral tradition has provided a major source for trail identification as well as field notes of Republic of Texas land-grant surveys and county maps which noted the trail location. Historic narratives from scientists, explorers and Texas Rangers also provided accounts of trail use.

At present, highway systems parallel the Pinta Trail: from San Antonio, U.S. Highway 87 and Interstate Highway 10 follow the trail to Boerne, Ranch Road 1376 continues along the trail through Sisterdale, U.S. Highway 290 parallels the route from Cain City to Fredericksburg, U.S. Highway 87 proceeds along the trail through Cherry Spring and Mason, and State Highway 29 follows the Pinta Trail from Mason to Menard. The Pinta Trail is thus a cultural landmark that was transformed from a primitive trail to an engineered highway.

Compare the approximate location of the AEP/LCRA line through Menard, Mason and Gillespie counties that LCRA TSC purposes to parallel in McCamey D to Kendall Project on this map with the description of the route of the Pinta Trail in the preceding paragraph and the damage and destruction the proposed power lines pose to the historical Pinta Trail become obvious.