Need Another Reason to Buy Austin Real Estate?

If you need another reason to buy Austin Real Estate (other than the local economy, job market and home values)... You don't have to look any further than the beauty of the city and all the great outdoor adventures that can be found. Beautiful Austin Texas Real Estate is nestled in the Texas Hill Country... a little piece of Texas people not familiar with the state may not even know about. Most people from out of state that have visited Texas have more than likely been to Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, none of which can compare to this little oasis located near the middle of the state. On any given day you will find people out enjoying the miles of hike & bike trails that run all around Town Lake (Lady Bird Lake) and Austin Downtown Real Estate.

The Lower Colorado River is dammed in a few areas around the city which forms Town Lake (Lady Bird Lake), Lake Austin and Lake Travis. Town Lake which runs right through the middle of downtown is filled with people daily kayaking, canoeing, and stand up paddle boarding . Along the south shores of Town Lake is Zilker Park and Auditorium Shores. Both parks are beautiful wide open spaces and have hosted many great music events over the years including the Austin City Limits music festival, Rolling Stones, the late great Stevie Ray Vaughn and many more. There's no motorized boats allowed on this lake so all activities are restricted to what I listed above as well as a great riverboat dining experience that boards near the Hyatt Hotel. Which is right next to another big Austin attraction at the Congress Bridge. The Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge over Town Lake (Lady Bird Lake) houses the world's largest urban bat population. When the bridge was refurbished in the 1980s, the new design created crevices underneath the structure that happened to be ideal for bats to roost in. During the summer, the colony has up to 1.5 million Mexican Free-tailed Bats. The bats can be seen emerging by the thousands from under the bridge every evening throughout the summer, before they migrate to Mexico for the winter.

Just up river past the Tom Miller Dam is Lake Austin. Here you will find just about every fun lake activity you can think of. Some people even wakeboard, wakeskate, boat surf and ski all year round. Right at the dam is one of the local favorite restaurants, Hula Hut which has a great Tex-Mex island fusion menu and plenty of outside seating on the long dock that extends out over the lake. As you continue river the banks of beautiful Lake Austin are lined with some of the finest Austin Real Estate. Great lake houses and mansions line this winding 20+ miles section of the lower Colorado River including homes owned by famous folks like Drew Barrymore and John Paul DeJoria just to name a couple. Lake Austin is always a cold refreshing temperature to cool you off on the hottest Texas days.

At the end of Lake Austin, past the Mansfield Dam is Lake Travis. This lake is the largest of all the "lakes" that make up the Lower Colorado River. It's actually a reservoir that was formed in 1942 by the construction of the Mansfield Dam. The Pedernales River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, flows into the lake from the southwest in western Travis County. The lake is used for flood control, water supply, electrical power generation and recreation. Because of its volume, the lake serves as the primary flood control reservoir of the Highland Lake chain. The level of the lake can vary dramatically, depending on the amount of rainfall in the Colorado River basin upstream. Despite this, the lake furnishes one of the most desired locations in the region for outdoor recreation, including fishing, boating, swimming, scuba diving, picnicking and camping. Among the parks along the lake is the Travis County park Hippie Hollow, the only clothing-optional public park in Texas. Lake Travis is generally considered one of the clearest lakes in Texas. It is a vital water supply for the nearby city of Austin, Texas and the surrounding metropolitan area.

These are just a taste of everything Austin and the surrounding areas offer. Get out there and start your own adventure today!