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The mission of the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) is, “to provide, protect and preserve a Park System that promotes recreational, cultural and outdoor experiences for the Austin community.” The Department has seven goals: • • • • • • • Austin parks and facilities be accessible to all citizens at all levels of use Provide diverse and sufficient recreational and cultural opportunities Austin parks and facilities be designed and maintained to achieve sustainability Foster collaboration, coordination, and partnerships throughout the community Employ an ongoing system of organizational evaluation Maintain fiscal responsibility Continue to improve maintenance standards and efficiency throughout the park system.
10. 10.1. Facilities
The City of Austin has over 17,000 acres of parks and preserves consisting of 13 district parks, 12 metropolitan parks, 74 neighborhood parks, 22 school parks, 19 pocket parks, 29 greenways, 5 golf courses, 3 senior activity centers, 4 tennis centers, 28 special parks and 13 nature preserves. The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is not only responsible for the management of parks, but is also responsible for many other diverse endeavors including recreation centers, museums, cultural centers, a botanical garden, a nature center and an urban forestry program. In November 2006, Austin voters approved an $84 million park’s bond. The funds are to be used to complete renovations of existing facilities and to construct new facilities.
and Types of Parks and Recreation Facilities
The park system (Map 10-1) includes a wide variety parks and open space divided into seven categories.
Neighborhood and Urban Pocket Parks
Pocket parks are smaller than 1.99 acres and are intended to provide green space in areas where public open space is limited (such as in high-density areas) or for areas not served by a park. Neighborhood and Urban Pocket parks have a service area of a quarter-mile radius.
Neighborhood and School Parks
Neighborhood parks range in size from two to 30 acres and provide residential areas with basic recreational opportunities, such as playgrounds, basketball and tennis courts, open play areas, and picnic tables. Ideally, these parks serve an area one mile around the park. School parks are usually slightly smaller than neighborhood parks and are located on elementary school properties not owned by the City. Functionally, they are similar to neighborhood
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parks, though their ownership by the Austin Independent School District (AISD) constrains their use for the general public.
District Parks
Ranging from 31 to 200 acres, district parks provide similar recreational opportunities as do neighborhood parks. They also provide major facilities such as ball fields and courts, multipurpose areas, swimming pools, trails, and recreation centers. The design and programming of this type of park tends to use the land’s features for preservation and interpretation. District parks have a two-mile service area.
Metropolitan Parks
Metropolitan parks, at least 201 acres in size, are generally natural resource-based, located along waterways, and are designed to provide a broad variety of recreational experiences. Metropolitan parks provide citywide service to amenities included in district parks, as well as special interest facilities, such as archery ranges, radio-controlled airplane fields, horseback riding, mountain biking, camping areas, boat launches, and fishing areas. The natural and environmental features of metropolitan parks also draw people who hike, watch birds, or simply wish to enjoy nature.
Special Parks
Special parks serve a specific function, such as museums, golf courses, or boat landings, or protect a special feature, such as a scenic view, an urban square, or a community garden. Because of the variety of parks and facilities included and their often unique nature, special parks are considered to serve the entire city.
Greenways
A greenway is a natural corridor that usually follows a river, creek, ridgeline, valley or other linear open spaces. Greenways serve numerous functions such as the location for hike and bike trails, wildlife habitat, and flood control.
Park Trails
With more than 115 miles of trails, the park trail system is a significant source of recreation. The core of this system is the central, 30-mile hub-and-spoke trail network in and around downtown. The hub is the 10-mile Trail at Lady Bird Lake. A number of spoke trails follow creeks that feed into the lake, including Shoal Creek, Waller Creek, Blunn Creek, West Bouldin Creek, Barton Creek, and Johnson Creek. This central trail system is bounded by two large parks—the Zilker Metropolitan Park on the west and the Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Park on the east. PARD is currently working to expand the park trail system. The Department has received over $18 million from grants and from the City’s Capital Improvement Program to design and construct over 14 miles of new park trails and improve existing ones. Projects covered by these funds include the Northern Walnut Creek Trail, Southern Walnut Creek Trail, the Boardwalk Trail on Lady Bird Lake, and the Circle C Metropolitan Park Trail extension.
Other Parks and Recreation Providers
Although the City of Austin is the largest recreation provider in the area, many other public and private entities offer substantial recreational opportunities for Austinites. These include
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the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Travis, Williamson and Hays counties, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), the YMCA, and AISD through a joint-use partnership.
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10. 10.2. Long Range Plan for Land, Facilities and Programs
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The 2010 Long Range Plan for Land, Facilities and Programs is an update of the 1998 Long Range Plan for Land and Facilities. The 2010 Plan reviews the goals and priorities established by the previous plan as well as provides an assessment of the PARD’s existing land, facilities and programs. The goal of the updated plan is to guide future growth and development of the parks and recreation system through 2015. In response to community input, elements of the plan respond to the need for more parks, trails, and programs, the desire to preserve environmental and ecologically sensitive areas unique to the region, and requests for park standards that embody best management practices, land stewardship, and national standards. The 2010 Long Range Plan for Land, Facilities, and Programs was developed by PARD staff in collaboration with neighborhood representatives, non-profit groups, public entities, and other interested citizens. The planning process used various means to gather public input, including telephone and online surveys and five public meetings held from December 2007 through April 2008. In addition to public input, recommendations were based on demographic research, a needs assessment, and a review of adopted and in-process neighborhood plans. A needs assessment was used to help staff assess what facilities are most needed and desired by the citizens of Austin and to determine which of these needs are the most critical. It included two approaches: a demand-based and resource-based. The demand-based approach included surveys, public input meetings, and a review of relevant plans. These plans included neighborhood plans, transit oriented development plans, and plans from various non-profit organizations such as Austin-Bastrop River Corridor Partnership, Envision Central Texas, and the Trust for Public Land. The primary findings from public input and neighborhood plan review were the following requests: • Create more off-leash areas, skate parks, pools, and neighborhood tennis courts • Protect and enhance natural and environmentally-sensitive features • Increase connectivity from neighborhoods to parks, greenways, and trails • Install more park benches, picnic tables, checkerboard tables, and mutt-mitt and trash receptacles • Promote existing and provide more cultural arts, and recreational and leisure activities and services for all ages. The resource-based analysis evaluated the availability of natural resources and the condition of existing facilities. As part of this process, a “gap analysis” was performed to determine what areas of the city are under-served by existing park facilities. The information from this analysis was compared with such trends as population growth and projected demographic shifts, increased fuel costs, and an increased demand for non-traditional recreational activities.
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To address the growing need for open space in the urban core, PARD shifted the focus of its parkland acquisition program to establish more pocket parks. These parks serve developed areas or areas where parkland is limited. In addition to establishing pocket parks in the urban core, there is also a need to continue land acquisition for neighborhood and regional parks, usually located in developing suburban areas: • West of Oak Hill in southwest Austin • North, northwest and northeast Austin • Areas with significant environmental features • New Transit Oriented Developments • North Burnet/Gateway. In addition to its park needs, Austin has under- or undeveloped recreational opportunities, in the form of existing parks still in need of master planning: • Walter E. Long Metropolitan Sports Park, • Walnut Creek Sports Park, • Bauerle Ranch Metropolitan Park, • Onion Creek Metropolitan Park, • John Trevino Jr. Park at Morrison Ranch, • Davis Hill Neighborhood Park, • Southland Oaks Neighborhood Park, • Grand Meadow Neighborhood Park, and • Lakeline Neighborhood Park. In addition to the increased demand for more parkland, there is a mounting need to repair, restore or replace older park facilities. An emerging priority is improved park facilities in and around Downtown Austin. This new priority is due in part to more people moving into Central Austin and the subsequent increased use of facilities. Priority renovation projects include: • Improvement of the parkland along Lady Bird Lake • Preservation of historic squares, including Brush, Republic and Wooldridge • Enhancement of Sir Svante Palm Park • Continued development of the Waller Creek and Shoal Creek Greenbelt
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• Completion of Phases III & IV of the Auditorium Shores development • Conversion of the Holly Street Power Plant site to a park • Continued development of Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Park • Redevelopment of the Daugherty Arts Center play area • Improvement of Zilker Park, especially Barton Springs Pool.
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Park Trails and Greenways
Trail-related activities such as walking, running and biking continue to be the most popular recreational activities in Austin. PARD has identified several priority park trail and greenway projects. Of these, two are already funded—development of Phases I & II of the Walnut Creek Trail and the Circle C trail extension. Other priority projects include, but are not limited to: • trail connections from Blunn Creek and West Bouldin Creek to Lady Bird Lake, • Little Walnut Creek trail from Springdale Road to the East Communities Branch YMCA at Hwy 183/Ed Bluestein, • Creating a trail through the Oak Hill area in southwest Austin and another along Country Club Creek in southeast Austin • Red Line railroad right-of-way Trail. The plan recommends acquiring land to close the gaps within existing greenways: Slaughter Creek greenway (between Mary Moore Searight Park and IH-35), the Williamson Creek and Walnut Creek greenways, and the Bull Creek greenway. The plan also prioritized preserving riparian zones along the Colorado River and its tributaries in rapidly developing areas of east Austin and Travis County. Priority greenway acquisition is recommended for the Colorado River below Longhorn Dam, Gilleland Creek, Dry Creek, Marble Creek, and South Boggy Creek.
10. 10.3. Austin Trails Master Plan
In April 2008, the Austin City Council passed a resolution mandating the creation of a comprehensive and coordinated trails map to guide in the effort to enhance and connect the City of Austin’s existing bicycle and pedestrian trails networks. The Austin Bicycle Plan contains this map (included here as Map 10-2), which includes existing park trail networks, potential additions, and opportunities to eliminate gaps in the network. The vision for the map is to create an interconnected non-motorized network of on-road bike routes, sidewalks, and off-road park trail corridors that provides transportation, environmental and historic resources preservation, recreation, socialization and health benefits. In addition to the expansive central system envisioned by the Trails Master Plan, the city’s geography, land use patterns, and street layouts offer ample opportunity for the development of supplemental trails that could significantly enhance mobility and safety for both cyclists and pedestrians. Such connections might be as simple as trails between streets that dead end
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close to one another or public access along private roads or parking lots that link existing bicycle facilities.
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Source: Austin 2009 Bicycle Plan Update, Appendix J. Full-size map available at http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/publicworks/downloads/j_trailsmasterplan.pdf
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10. 10.4. Recreational, Environmental, and Cultural Programs Plan
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The Recreational, Environmental and Cultural Programs Plan was developed to addresses current and future recreational needs of citizens and fulfills the requirement of the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) for a Recreational, Environmental and Cultural Programs Plan. The Recreational, Environmental and Cultural Programs Plan is used to align each division’s purpose statement, goals, existing programs and future recommendations with the Recreational, Environmental and Cultural Programs System.
10. 10.5. Inventory of Existing Facilities
Oversight of the park system is made possible through partnerships with school districts, other city and county agencies, and community advocacy groups. Future expansion of the park system will require increased coordination with these groups and development of new partnerships for the establishment of a regional trail system.
No. 1 2 Park Name Adams-Hemphill Alamo Park Type Neighborhood Neighborhood Acres 10.12 1.85 Faculties unlighted softball field, multipurpose fields, picnic table Unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, lighted basketball court, unlighted volleyball court, playground, 4 picnic tables, restroom, parking area, recreation center, reservable facility. multi-purpose field, playground, picnic table
3 4 5 6
Andrews Playground Archstone Armadillo Auditorium Shores at Lady Bird Lake
School Greenbelt Neighborhood Metropolitan
3.94 5.00 2.46 59.92
picnic table, picnic pavilion, outdoor restroom, parking area, 10.1 trail miles, Daugherty Arts Center, Long Center for the Performing Arts& Palmer Community Center
7 8 9 10
Austin High Tennis Center Austin Recreation Center Austin's Colony Bailey
Tennis Center Special Neighborhood Neighborhood
3.22 6.84 9.23 2.40
unlighted softball field, 2 lighted tennis courts, unlighted volleyball court, 5 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, restroom
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Barrington
School
7.68
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Barrow Nature Preserve Bartholomew
Nature Preserve District
7.04 49.73
unlighted softball field, unlighted basketball court, 2 unlighted volleyball courts, playground, 29 picnic tables, restroom, parking area, 3 miles of trail, swimming pool, wading pool. unlighted softball fields, I multipurpose field, playground, parking area, 4 miles of trails 4 lighted baseball fields, 2 lighted softball fields, 2 lighted tennis courts, multipurpose court, 31 picnic tables, playground, picnic pavilion, 5 bar-b-que units, restroom, parking area, 18 disc golf holes, municipal swimming pool (1000 sq. yds), wading pool, trail miles. Indoor restrooms, parking area, 7 miles of trails.
15 16 17
Barton Creek Barton Creek Wilderness Park Barton Hills
Greenbelt Nature Preserve School
836.88 1058.51 3.77
18
Battle Bend
Neighborhood
4.75
19
Beverly S. Scheffield Northwest
District
31.52
20
Big Stacy
Neighborhood
4.46
Multi-purpose field, unlighted basketball court, playground, 6 picnic tables, parking area, 0.25 miles of trail Multi-purpose field, unlighted basketball court, playground, 2 picnic tables, 1 bar-b-que unit. Lighted baseball field, lighted basketball field, 2 lighted tennis courts, 3 unlighted volleyball courts, playground, 47 picnic tables, picnic pavilion 6 bar-b-que units, restroom, parking area, Municipal swimming pool (1375 sq.yds), wading pool, water body, fishing pier, reservable facility. Multi-purpose field, unlighted volleyball court, 5 picnic tables, 5 bar-b-que units, restroom, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (444 sq.yds), 1.5 miles of trails.
21 22
Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve Blowing Sink
Nature Preserve Nature Preserve
49.75 164.62 10-11
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23 24 25
Greenbelt Nature Preserve Greenbelt
13.33 38.81 48.83
0.67 miles of trails 1 mile of trails 4 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, 6 bar-b-que units, indoor restrooms, 0.25 miles of trails. unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, lighted basketball court, 2 lighted tennis courts, 2 unlighted volleyball courts, playground, 14 picnic tables, restroom, neighborhood swimming pool (267 sq.yds), wading pool. Museum Indoor restroom, parking area, wading pool, Swimming area, fishing pier, 1 mile of trails. multi-purpose field, 2 unlighted volleyball courts, 12 picnic tables, 1 bar-b-que unit, restroom, parking area, wading pool, water body, fishing pier, 3 miles of trails. na 3 lighted baseball fields, 2 lighted softball fields, playground, picnic tables, parking area, 10.1 trail miles, Zachary Scott Theater, PARD Main Office unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, playground, 9 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, 3 barb-que units, restroom, 5 miles of trails.
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Brentwood
Neighborhood
8.22
27 28 29
Brownie Brush Square (O. Henry Museum) Brushy Creek
Neighborhood Special Greenbelt
0.36 1.75 56.78
30
Bull Creek Park
District
48.10
31 32
Butler Park Butler Shores at Lady Bird Lake
Metropolitan Metropolitan
21.39 29.33
33
Buttermilk Branch
Greenbelt
11.76
34 35 36
37 38
Canyon Vista Pool Caswell Tennis Center Central Maintenance Complex at Lady Bird Lake Cherry Creek Cherrywood Park
Special Tennis Center Special
0.48 3.10 9.22
Neighborhood Neighborhood
0.92 0.49
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39 Chestnut Neighborhood 0.63
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Circle C Ranch Metro Park
Metro
572.96
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Civitan
Neighborhood
6.92
Mary Frances Baylor – Clarksville
Neighborhood
1.42
Playground, 4 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, 2 bar-b-que units, water playscape. 3.5 unlighted soccer fields, 2 unlighted volleyball courts, playground, 3 picnic tables, restroom, parking area, 18 disc golf holes. 1 lighted softball field, 2 lighted basketball courts, 2 unlighted tennis courts, 1 unlighted volleyball court, I multipurpose court, playground, picnic pavilion, restroom, neighborhood swimming pool (267 sq.yds), wading pool, 0.25 miles of trail, reservable facility. Unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, lighted basketball court, playground, 2 picnic tables, restroom, wading pool.
42 43 44 45
Colony Colorado River Wildlife Sanctuary Colorado/ Walnut Comal
District Nature Preserve Greenbelt Neighborhood
91.78 42.51 36.09 0.97
46
Commons Ford Ranch
Metropolitan
211.75
47
48 49 50 51 52 53
Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center. Convict Hill Quarry Cook Cunningham Daugherty Arts Center Davis Hill Davis/White Northeast
Senior Center
2.44
unlighted volleyball court, multipurpose court, playground, 2 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, bar-b-que unit, restroom, Unlighted volleyball court, 10 picnic tables, bar-b-que unit, restroom, parking area, boat ramp, reservable facility. na
Neighborhood School School Special Neighborhood Neighborhood
2.81 4.24 4.16 2.34 9.20 19.59 multi-purpose field, playground, 3 picnic tables, parking area, Playground, parking area. na
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54 55 Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve Deer Park at Maple Run Preserve Dick Nichols Nature Preserve Nature Preserve 339.22 24.28
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District
135.16
unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, lighted basketball court, 2 lighted tennis courts, 3 unlighted volleyball courts, playground, 17 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, 10 bar-b-que units, restroom, parking areas, Municipal swimming pool (1125 sq.yds), wading pool, 1 mile of trails.
57 58 59
Dittmar Doss Dottie Jordan
District School Neighborhood
33.21 5.97 11.29
60
Dove Springs
District
72.90
61
Downs Mabson Complex Duncan East Boggy Creek Greenbelt East Bouldin Creek Eastwoods
Special
10.14
62 63 64 65
Neighborhood Greenbelt Greenbelt Neighborhood
5.11 75.03 1.74 10.34
unlighted basketball court, 2 lighted tennis courts, playground, 6 picnic tables, 6 bar-b-que units, indoor restrooms, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (467 sq.yds), wading pool, 0.25 miles of trail, recreation center. lighted baseball field, 2 unlighted softball fields, unlighted basketball court, unlighted tennis court, unlighted volleyball court, playground, 10 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, 10 bar-b-que units, indoor restroom, parking area, municipal swimming pool (467 sq. yds), 0.5 miles of trail. 2 lighted baseball fields, 1 picnic table, 1 bar-b-que unit, indoor restroom, parking area. 5 picnic tables, 0.25 miles of trails.
unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, unlighted basketball court, 2 lighted tennis courts, 3 unlighted volleyball courts, playground, 8 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, indoor restroom, 0.5 miles of trail. 10-14
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66 Edward Rendon Sr. Park at Festival Beach Eilers (Deep Eddy) Metropolitan 76.32
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Neighborhood
9.72
unlighted volleyball court, playground, 16 picnic tables, 3 barb-que units, parking area, municipal swimming pool (2266 sq. yds), wading pool, fishing, 0.25 miles of trails, reservable facility.
68 69 70
Elizabeth Ney Museum Ellen Higgins Emma Long
Special Neighborhood Metropolitan
2.56 0.69 1147.02 unlighted volleyball curt, playground, 2 picnic tables Multipurpose field, basketball court, volleyball courts, multipurpose court, picnic tables, bar-b-que units, restrooms, parking area, wading pool, swimming area, boat ramps, fishing pier, hike & bike trails, motorcycle trails, campground sites. Unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, unlighted basketball field, unlighted volleyball field, playground, 3 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, bar-b-que unit. 2 lighted baseball fields, playground, picnic tables, picnic pavilion, restroom, parking area, boat ramp, fishing pier, 10.1 trail miles, Lorraine "Grandma" Comacho Recreation Center, Fiesta Gardens 0.83 miles of trail. unlighted baseball field, unlighted softball field, multi-purpose field, playground, 28 picnic tables, 9 barb-que units, indoor restroom, parking area, municipal swimming pool (1375 sq.yds), wading pool, trail miles.
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Franklin
Neighborhood
5.40
Festival Beach
Metropolitan
73.86
72 73 74
Gaines Creek Gaines Creek Park Garrison
Greenbelt Neighborhood District
118.13 37.91 39.29
75
George Washington Carver Museum
Special
0.30
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76 Gillis Neighborhood 6.83
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Givens
District
41.43
lighted softball field, multi-purpose filed, unlighted basketball court, playground, 4 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, bar-b-que unit, indoor restroom, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (378 sq.yds) 2 lighted softball fields, 1 multipurpose field, 2 unlighted tennis courts, multi-purpose court, playground, 45 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, 5 bar-b-que units, indoor & portable restrooms, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (1010 sq.yds), wading pool, recreation center, reservable facility.
78 79
Goat Cave Karst Nature Preserve Govalle
Nature Preserve Neighborhood
8.54 26.73 unlighted baseball field, 2 lighted softball field, multi-purpose field, unlighted volleyball court, playground, 12 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, 2 bar-b-que units, indoor restroom, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (267 sq.yds), reservable facility. Unlighted volleyball court, playground, picnic table, 1.1 miles of trails. Playground, 1 picnic table, 0.75 miles of trail. 2 lighted baseball fields, 1 unlighted baseball field, 3 unlighted softball fields, multi-purpose courts, playground, 3 picnic tables,
80
Gracywoods
Neighborhood/Greenbelt
21.57
81 82 83
Grand Meadow Great Hills Gullett
Neighborhood Neighborhood School
9.99 69.29 10.17
84 85 86 87 88 89
Gustavo "Gus" L. Garcia Hancock Harris Branch Haskell House Hielscher Tract Hill
District Golf Course Neighborhood Special Greenbelt School
47.72 50.47 10.01 0.24 69.28 4.70
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90 Holly Shores at Lady Bird Lake Houston Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary International Shores at Lady Bird Lake J.J. Seabrook Jimmy Clay John Trevino Jr. Park at Morrison Ranch Johnson Creek Joslin Metropolitan 7.09
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91 92 93
School Nature Preserve Metropolitan
7.42 281.06 6.06
picnic tables, picnic pavilion, restroom, parking area, fishing pier, 10.1 trail miles multi-purpose field, playground, parking area
94 95 96
Greenbelt Golf Course Metropolitan
2.90 203.80 320.10
97 98
Greenbelt Neighborhood
15.60 5.36
99
Kealing
School
14.91
100
Kendra Page
Neighborhood
15.27
1.11 miles of trails. 1 lighted softball field, 1 multipurpose field, 2 lighted tennis courts, 1 picnic table, 1 bar-b-que unit, 0.25 trail miles. lighted softball field, 2 lighted tennis courts, playground, 7 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, restroom, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (267 sq.yds) Unlighted volleyball court, playground, picnic table, 0.25 miles of trails.
101 102 103
Kennemer Pool Lakeline Lakeshore at Lady Bird Lake
Special Neighborhood Metro
1.05 11.36 3.29
picnic tables, picnic pavilion, parking area, fishing pier, 10.1 trail miles, Central Maintenance Complex
104 105 106 107 108 109 110
Lamar Beach at Lady Bird Lake Lamar Senior Activity Ctr. Latta Branch Legend Oaks Lewis Mountain Ranch Lions Municipal Little Stacy
Metro Senior Center Greenbelt Neighborhood Neighborhood Golf Course Neighborhood
66.65 1.99 125.72 7.28 6.07 142.71 6.86
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que unit, indoor restroom, wading pool, 0.25 trail miles.
111 112
Little Walnut Creek Longhorn Shores at Lady Bird Lake Longview
Greenbelt Metro
206.78 10.64 Picnic tables, picnic pavillion, parking area, fishing pier, 10.1 trail miles. unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, playground, 3 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, restroom, parking area, 0.25 trail miles Multi-purpose court, playground, 3 picnic tables, bar-b-que units, wading pool. multi-purpose field, multi-purpose court, playground, 4 picnic tables unlighted softball fields, multipurpose fields, 2 unlighted basketball courts, playground, 4 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 2 barb-que units, indoor restroom, parking area, municipal swimming pool (1375 sq.yds), fishing pier, 0.25 trail miles.
113
Neighborhood
19.50
114
Lott
Neighborhood
1.12
115 116 117
Lower Bull Creek Lucy Read Mabel Davis
Greenbelt School District
100.16 5.94 53.97
118
119 120 121 122
Manuel and Robert Donley Park Marble Creek Mary Dawson Mary Frances Baylor Clarksville Mary Moore Searight
Neighborhood
0.80
Greenbelt Neighborhood Neighborhood Metro
11.29 0.51 1.49 344.20 unlighted softball field, unlighted soccer field, multi-purpose field, unlighted basketball court, 2 unlighted tennis courts, 2 unlighted volleyball courts, playground, 18 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 10 bar-b-que units, restroom, parking area, 18 disc golf holes, water body with fishing pier, 1.5 miles of Hike and Bike trails, 3 miles of Equestrian Trails, reservable facility.
123
Mayfield House
Special
2.94 10-18
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124 125 126 Mayfield Nature Preserve Meadows at Trinity Crossing Metz Nature Preserve Neighborhood Neighborhood 20.54 16.60 6.61
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1 picnic table, portable restroom, parking area playground unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, 3 unlighted basketball courts, unlighted tennis court, multi-purpose court, playground, 5 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 1 bar-b-que unit, indoor restroom, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (444 sq.yds), wading pool, 0.25 trail miles, recreation center.
127 128
Millennium Center Montopolis
Special Neighborhood
5.37 7.60 Lighted softball field, lighted basketball field, multi-purpose court, playground, 2 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 1bar-b-que unit, indoor restroom, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (541 sq.yds), and recreation center.
129 130 131 132
Montopolis Practice Fields Morris Williams Mount Bonnell at Covert Park Mountain View
Special Golf Course Special Neighborhood
4.11 184.81 6.03 8.28
5 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, parking area, 2 trail miles. multi-purpose field, unlighted basketball court, 2 unlighted tennis court, unlighted volleyball court, playground, 8 picnic tables, parking area,
133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
Murchison Pool Nicholas Dawson Norman North Acres North Austin Recreation Center North Cat Mountain North Oaks North Star Northeast
Special Neighborhood School Neighborhood Special Greenbelt Neighborhood Greenbelt District
1.15 2.31 5.35 2.50 7.00 30.72 4.67 17.62 110.80
Playground, parking area. playground, 5 picnic tables, 1 bar-bque unit, parking area
unlighted basketball court, unlighted volleyball court, playground, 14 picnic tables, picnic 10-19
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pavillion, 4 bar-b-que units, indoor restroom, parking area 141 Northwest Balcones Neighborhood 7.17 unlighted soccer field, multipurpose field, unlighted basketball court, unlighted volleyball court, playground, 8 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, indoor restroom, parking area, 0.2 trail miles. lighted baseball field, lighted basketball field, 2 lighted tennis courts, 3 unlighted volleyball courts, playground, 47 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 6 bar-b-que units, indoor restroom, parking area, municipal swimming pool (1375 sq.yds), wading pool, water body with fishing pier, reservable facility. picnic tables, parking area, 10.1 trail miles
142
Northwest Recreation Center
Special
6.67
143 144
145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155
Norwood Tract at Lady Bird Lake Nuckols Crossing of Slaughter Creek Greenbelt Oak Springs Oakhill Oakview Odom Old Bakery Old Moore's Crossing Onion Creek Onion Creek Metro Park Onion Creek Soccer Complex Onion Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Ortega
Metro Greenbelt
9.53 12.30
School Neighborhood Neighborhood School Special Neighborhood Greenbelt Metro Special Nature Preserve School
4.89 12.69 6.98 4.16 0.31 11.94 175.74 385.19 114.61 173.10 4.33
multi-purpose court, playground, parking area
Playground, portable restroom, parking area, wading pool.
156
Oswaldo A.B. Cantu/PanAmerican
Neighborhood
5.23
multi-purpose field, unlighted tennis courts, multi-purpose court, playground, 2 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, indoor restroom 2 unlighted tennis courts, 1 multipurpose court, 1 picnic table, picnic pavillion, restroom, neighborhood 10-20
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Recreation Center
10
swimming pool (267 sq.yds), 0.125 trail miles Neighborhood 2.38 2 unlighted tennis courts, 1 multipurpose court, picnic table, picnic pavillion, indoor restroom, neighborhood swimming pool (267 sq.yds), 0.125 trail miles. lighted softball field, multi-purpose field, 2 unlighted tennis courts, multi-purpose court, playground, 2 picnic tables, bar-b-que unit, indoor restroom, parking area, wading pool recreation center, theatre, reservable facility. lighted baseball field, unlighted softball field, multi-purpose field, lighted basketball court, unlighted volleyball court, playground, 3 picnic tables, 2 bar-b-que units, portable restrooms, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (444 sq. yds), 2.5 trail miles, recreation center, reservable facility. 2 unlighted softball fields, 2 multi purpose fields, 1 unlighted basketball court, 2 unlighted volleyball courts, playground, 17 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 6 barb-que units, indoor restroom, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (267 sq.yds)
Palm Park
Pan Am Park
Neighborhood
4.83
157 158
Palma Plaza Park Parque Zaragoza
Neighborhood Neighborhood
0.23 15.39
159
Patterson
Neighborhood
9.37
160 161
Peace Point at Lady Bird Lake Pease
Metro District
5.47 42.81 unlighted softball field, 4 unlighted volleyball courts, multi-purpose court, playground, 39 picnic tables, indoor restroom, parking area, 9 disc golf holes, wading pool, 3 trail miles, reservable facility. 2 multi-purpose fields, 2 unlighted volleyball courts, playground lighted softball field, multi-purpose field, 2 lighted tennis courts, playground, 5 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, parking area, 5 trail miles 10-21
162 163
Pecan Springs Perry
School Neighborhood
4.15 10.39
164
Pharr Tennis
Tennis Center
8.88
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165 166 167 168 169 170 Center Pickfair Pillow Piney Bend Plaza Saltillo Ponciana Quail Creek Neighborhood School Neighborhood Special Neighborhood Neighborhood 1.24 5.43 4.30 0.87 5.22 16.36
10
playground, 5 picnic tables, picnic pavillion multi-purpose field, playground, 2 picnic tables playground, 2 picnic tables picnic pavillion, indoor restroom, parking area, reservable facility Unlighted soccer field, unlighted volleyball field, playground, 2 picnic tables, bar-b-que unit, 1trail mile. unlighted softball field, unlighted basketball court, 2 lighted tennis courts, 1 multi-purpose court, playground, 4 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, 2 bar-b-que units, indoor restroom, neighborhood swimming pool (444 sq.yds) picnic tables, parking area, boat ramp, fishing pier, 1.3 trail miles Unlighted softball field, 2 picnic tables, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (267 sq.yds), wading pool. 2 multi-purpose fields, unlighted basketball courts, unlighted volleyball courts, multi-purpose court, playground, 2 picnic tables, picnic pavillion.
171
Ramsey
Neighborhood
5.27
172 173
Red Bud Isle Reed
Special Neighborhood
17.49 6.36
174
Reilly
School
9.82
175 176 177
Republic Square Riata Ricky Guerrero
Special Neighborhood Neighborhood
1.75 8.01 1.91
178 179
Ron Rigsby Rosewood
Neighborhood Neighborhood
0.95 14.22
180
Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Park
Metro
399.55
2 multi-purpose fields, playground, 3 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, barb-que unit, indoor restroom, parking area, wading pool 5 picnic tables 2 lighted softball fields, unlighted soccer field, 2 lighted tennis courts, playground, 15 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 5 bar-b-que units, indoor restroom, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (444 sq.yds), recreation center, theatre. 5 lighted baseball fields, 11 lighted softball fields, multi-purpose court, indoor restroom, parking area, 2 10-22
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trail miles. 181 182 183 184 Roy Kizer Sanchez Schieffer Tract Schroeter Golf Course School Special Neighborhood 265.17 1.15 4.36 12.06
10
multi-purpose field, multi-purpose court, playground, 3 picnic tables Unlighted basketball court, playground, 19 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, bar-b-que units, 1 trail mile.
185 186 187 188
Scofield Farms Seider Springs Sendera Mesa Park Shipe
Neighborhood Greenbelt Neighborhood Neighborhood
25.17 4.05 4.62 2.46 2 unlighted basketball courts, 2 lighted tennis courts, 1 multipurpose courts, playground, 2 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, indoor restroom, neighborhood swimming pool (444 sq.yds), wading pool. picnic tables, picnic pavillion, restroom, parking area, fishing pier, 10.1 trail miles 2 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, parking area, 3.5 trail miles. playground
189
Shoal Beach at Lady Bird Lake Shoal Creek Silk Oak Sir Svante Palm Slaughter Creek at Twin Oaks Greenbelt Slaughter Creek Metro Park South Austin
Metro
15.75
190 191 192 193
Greenbelt Neighborhood Neighborhood Greenbelt
79.46 5.04 3.95 11.60
194 195
Metro Neighborhood
319.37 11.79 lighted softball field, 2 multipurpose fields, multi-purpose courts, playground, 6 picnic tables, 6 bar-b-que units, indoor restroom, parking area, recreation center, theatre, reservable facility.
196 197 198 199
South Austin Island South Austin Senior Activity Ctr. South Austin Tennis Center South Boggy Creek
Special Senior Center Tennis Center Greenbelt
0.07 4.53 12.02 3.92 5 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 4 bar-b-que units, indoor restroom, 10-23
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0.25 trail miles. 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 Southland Oaks Sparky Park Springbrook Springdale Springfield St. Edwards St. Elmo St. John's Neighborhood Pocket Special Neighborhood Neighborhood Greenbelt School Neighborhood 18.50 0.46 53.58 16.33 36.09 79.28 5.52 0.86
10
6 picnic tables, water body with fishing pier, 1 trail mile. 0.5 trail mile. Lighted softball field, playground, and indoor restroom. indoor restroom, parking area, neighborhood swimming pool (267 sq.yds)
208 209
210 211 212 213 214
Steck Valley Stephenson Nature Preserve & Outdoor Education Ctr Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve Stoney Ridge Swede Hill Symphony Square T.A. Brown
Greenbelt Nature Preserve
38.36 147.07
Nature Preserve Neighborhood Neighborhood Special School
20.33 3.98 0.87 0.49 2.30
215
Tanglewood
Neighborhood
14.12
216 217 218 219 220 221
Tarrytown The Circle ROW Treaty Oak Square Triangle Commons Umlauf Sculpture Garden Upper Bull Creek Upper Bull Creek Preserve Veterans Park
Neighborhood Greenbelt Special Pocket Special Greenbelt Greenbelt
2.25 1.21 0.37 1.87 7.67 173.80 477.74
parking area, trail miles, theatre Unlighted softball field, unlighted volleyball court, playground, 1 picnic table, parking area. unlighted basketball court, unlighted volleyball court, playground, 9 picnic tables, 7 picnic pavillions, 5 bar-b-que units, indoor restroom, parking area, 0.25 trail miles. unlighted softball field, playground, 3 picnic tables
parking area, trail miles
Indoor restroom, parking area, wading pool, swimming area, fishing pier, 1 trail mile. 10-24
222
Neighborhood
0.67
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223 224 Virginia L. Brown Recreation Center Waller Beach at Lady Bird Lake Special Metro 8.85 28.73
10
225 226 227
Waller Creek Walnut Creek Walnut Creek Park
Greenbelt Greenbelt Metropolitan
4.65 907.68 290.52
playground, picnic tables, picnic pavillion, restroom, parking area, boat ramp, fishing pier, 10.1 trail miles parking area, 3 trail miles 3 lighted softball fields, 1 unlighted soccer field, 1 unlighted basketball court, 1 unlighted volleyball court, playground, 41 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 1 bar-b-que unit, indoor restrooms, parking area, municipal swimming pool (675 sq.yds), wading pool, 6 trail miles, reservable facility
228 229
Walnut Creek Sports Park Walsh Boat Landing
Special Special
212.10 3.92 3 picnic tables, 1 bar-b-que unit, indoor restroom, parking area, boat ramp, fishing
230
Walter E. Long
Metropolitan
3715.25
231
Waterloo
Neighborhood
10.73
232
Wells Creek
Greenbelt
9.24
233
West Austin
Neighborhood
3.32
2 unlighted volleyball courts, 95 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, indoor and, portable restrooms, parking area, lake swimming area, boat ramp, fishing, reservable facility playground, 13 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, restroom, parking area, 0.75 trail miles, reservable facility 1 unlighted softball field, 1 unlighted basketball court, 1 multipurpose court, playground, 6 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 1 bar-b-que unit, indoor restroom, wading pool unlighted softball field, unlighted basketball court, multi-purpose court, playground, 8 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, 1 bar-b-que unit, indoor restroom, wading pool
234
West Bouldin Creek
Greenbelt
18.24 10-25
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235 West Enfield Neighborhood 4.94
10
236 237 238 239 240
Williams Williamson Creek Central Williamson Creek East Williamson Creek West Wooldridge
School Greenbelt Greenbelt Greenbelt School
3.36 81.21 95.23 76.26 9.14
unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, 1 unlighted basketball court, 2 lighted tennis court, 1 multi-purpose court, playground, 3 picnic tables, picnic pavillion, indoor restroom, neighborhood swimming pool playground, bar-b-que units, parking area
241 242
Wooldridge Square Wooten
Special Neighborhood
1.73 6.58
1 multi-purpose field, 2 lighted tennis courts, 2 unlighted volleyball courts, 1 multi-purpose court, playground, 4 picnic tables 7 picnic tables, theatre 1 unlighted softball field, multipurpose field, 1 unlighted basketball court, 1 unlighted volleyball court, playground, 3 picnic tables playground, 1 bar-b-que unit
243 244 245 246
Yates Yett Creek Zilker Nature Preserve Zilker Neighborhood
Neighborhood Neighborhood Nature Preserve Neighborhood
0.93 40.52 77.39 3.96
247
Zilker Park
Metropolitan
304.76
1 lighted softball field, 2 lighted tennis courts, playground, 1 picnic table, 1 bar-b-que unit, 0.25 trail miles 9 unlighted soccer fields, 1 multipurpose field, 4 unlighted volleyball courts, 1 multi-purpose court, playground, 321 picnic tables, picnic pavilion, 24 bar-b-que units, indoor and portable restrooms, parking area, 18 disc golf holes, municipal swimming pool, wading pool, fishing pier, 1.5 trail miles, recreation center, theatre, botanical garden, nature center, administrative facility, maintenance facility, reservable facility. 10-26
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