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Parks, Outdoor Recreational Areas & Outdoor Activities
Telescope at the Eagle Eye Observatory Located at Lake Buchanan Austin Astronomical Society
Website Link Organized in 1969, a month after the first manned lunar landing of Apollo 11,
the Austin Astronomical Society (AAS) is a club for people who are interested in any aspect of astronomy
or the space sciences. Monthly meetings are held on the second Friday of each month at 7:30 PM in the
Robert Lee Moore Building on the University of Texas campus at the southeast corner of the intersection
of Dean Keeton and Speedway. The Austin Astronomical Society's monthly club meetings are free and open
to the public and feature speakers on a variety of astronomy related topics. The Austin Astronomical
Society also holds regularly scheduled observing sessions or star parties at the Society's Eagle Eye
Observatory located on the upper branch of Lake Buchanan northwest of Burnet, Texas as well as many more
astronomy related activities including astronomy tours at Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve. The Eagle Eye
Observatory houses three telescopes and the area around the observatory building is a large observing
field with 30 powered tables for AAS members to set up their observing equipment. Some of these star
parties are open to the general public and others are only for members of the Austin Astronomical Society.
Annual membership dues are $25 a year with discounts for students, seniors and families.
The Austin Parks Foundation is a non-profit that seeks to fill in the gap between
what needs to be done to maintain and improve parks in the City of Austin and what the City of Austin
Parks and Recreation Department can afford to do. Established in 1992, Austin Parks Foundation has
created physical improvements, new programming, and greater community involvement for Austin's parks
including millions of dollars in volunteer time, in-kind donations, and financial support for city parks. The
Austin Parks Foundation features a “Find a Park” web page to search for parks by search for parks by
amenity, as well as by zip code, area, or name.
Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue on Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department calls Austin “A city within a park” and
maintains more than two hundred parks, twelve nature preserves and twenty-six greenbelts on Austin area creeks and
canyons. Most parks in Austin are open from 5 AM to 10 PM. The City of Austin Parks and Recreation website has
information about swimming pools and lessons, programs for kids, teens and senior citizens, museums,
municipal golf courses and tennis courts, volunteer opportunites and more including
a “Park Viewer”
interactive map to find parks and other recreation facilities in Austin.
Bright Leaf is a natural area over 200 acres in size within the Austin city limits.
LCRA (Lower Colorado River Authority) Parks and Recreation Areas
(512) 473-3200 Website Link Travis Audubon Society
(512) 300-2473 Website Link This local non-profit promotes the enjoyment and understanding of birds and wildlife in their natural
habitats in Central texas. The Travis Audubon Society provides free field trips and programs on
wildlife conservation and manages two wildlife sanctuaries, the 690 acre Baker Sanctuary for Golden Cheeked
Warblers in northwest Travis County and the 10 acre Blair Woods in East Austin.
For over fifty years, the Zilker Botanical Garden has hosted the Zilker Garden Festival every spring as a
fundraising event featuring plants and garden themed accessories for sale as well as educational displays
and fun activities for kids.
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