| Known previously as Town Lake, Lady Bird Lake is | | | | fountains and benches scattered along the way. |
| actually the portion of the Colorado River that runs | | | | Boating on Lady Bird Lake is perennially popular both |
| through the center of Austin, dammed on either end to | | | | for sporting teams and for recreational boaters. No |
| create a peaceful waterway with plenty of boating | | | | motors are permitted, allowing visitors to enjoy a |
| opportunities. The Town Lake Corridor, surrounding the | | | | relaxing day rowing, canoeing, kayaking or peddle |
| water, is full of hike and bike trails, parklands, sports | | | | boating. The Rowing Dock is a Town Lake Austin |
| fields, music and festival locations - with views of the | | | | Parks and Recreation concession where visitors can |
| Austin skyline competing with the serenity of river's | | | | rent boats by the hour. They also offer camps, private |
| vistas. | | | | lessons, classes and memberships. |
| The Town Lake Corridor includes both north and south | | | | No visit to Town Lake would be complete without a |
| banks of Lady Bird Lake, bounded by Cesar Chavez | | | | pilgrimage to the Steve Ray Vaughan Memorial |
| to the north, and the appropriately named Riverside to | | | | Statue, located on the south side of the River. |
| the south, with Tom Miller Dam marking the western | | | | Mounted by the City of Austin in 1994, the homage to |
| boundary, and the Colorado River Park to the east. | | | | the late great Texas blues guitarist is directly adjacent |
| Within this huge, rambling area, you will find over ten | | | | to Auditorium Shores, not coincidentally one of Austin's |
| miles of some of the most popular and scenic hike and | | | | most popular periodic outdoor music venues. Vaughan |
| bike trails located in Austin. Wildly popular, the trails are | | | | played Auditorium shores during his abbreviated |
| shared by runners and walkers, bikers and strollers, | | | | career, and it remains a top stage, featuring local and |
| dogs and people alike. The 8 miles that flank the river | | | | national acts. |
| are wide, level, shady, and have trail markers, water | | | | |