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The city of Austin is studded with parks, among them the famed swimming hole at
Hamilton Pool; Zilker Park with its formal gardens; Wild Basin Preserve; and nearby
McKinney Falls State Park.
The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in downtown Austin engages visitors
with the compelling story of Texas, using interactive exhibits and an IMAX motion picture
as large as the state itself. From its signature Lone Star sculpture out front to a campfire
scene with enduring appeal to the westerner in all of us found inside its lobby, the museum
brings Texas to life.
For nature lovers an especially intriguing spot is the Congress Avenue Bridge across
the Colorado River, south of the city center. Over a million Mexican freetailed bats live
here during the summer months—the largest urban bat colony in the country. Emerging
each evening tofeed onnocturnal insects, the swirling swarms oftiny mammals create one
of the Lone Star State's most wondrous wildlife spectacles.
Star Route
HIGHLAND LAKES TOUR
Thislake-hoppingexcursionfollowsthechainofman-madegemsthatstair-stepalong
theColoradoRivernorthwestofAustin.SettingoutfromCedarParkonRte.FM1431,
you'llfirstseeserpentineLakeTravistothesouth,followedbyLakeMarbleFallsand
Lake LyndonB.Johnson,the latter ringed bysteep hills anddomes. Farther along, the
drive skirts the south end of giant Lake Buchanan and loops around tiny Inks Lake on
Park Road 4 before terminating at Rte. 281.
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