Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail
Many Austinites take advantage of the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail to keep fit by walking, running or bicycle riding.
The Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail is the longest trail designed for non-motorized traffic maintained by the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department. It is 10.1 miles long and one of the oldest urban Texas hike and bike paths.
The trail is mostly flat and makes an easy loop along both shores of Town Lake being marked on one end by Tom Miller Dam and the other by Longhorn Dam. The trail's surface is smooth and is mostly crushed granite except for a few lengths of concrete. The path goes by or through or across several Austin landmarks such as Zilker Park, Barton Creek and the Congress Avenue Bridge, where the largest urban colony of Mexican Free-tailed Bats roost between mid-March and early November.
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