Lady Bird Lake

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Lady Bird Lake

Austin , TX
United States
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Lady Bird Lake is a river-like reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas, United States. The City of Austin created the reservoir in 1960 as a cooling pond for a new city power plant. The surface area of the lake is 416acres, and it is currently used primarily for recreation and flood control. The reservoir is named in honor of former First Lady of the United States Lady Bird Johnson.Lady Bird Lake is the easternmost lake of a chain of reservoirs on the Colorado River, which is completely located in Texas, and should not be confused with the larger Colorado River located in the Southwestern United States. This chain, known locally as the Texas Highland Lakes, also includes Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, Lake Marble Falls, Lake Travis, and Lake Austin.HistoryThe City of Austin constructed Longhorn Dam in 1960 to form Town Lake. The city needed the reservoir to serve as a cooling pond for the Holly Street Power Plant, which operated from 1960 until 2007.

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Zilker Park
2100 Barton Springs Rd Austin , TX 78704 United States

Zilker Metropolitan Park is a recreational area in the heart of south Austin (near Barton Springs Pool and Lady Bird Lake) that comprises over of publicly owned land. It is named after its benefactor Andrew Jackson Zilker, who donated the land to the city in 1917. It was developed into the park during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The park serves as a hub for many recreational activities and the hike and bike trail around Lady Bird Lake, both of which run next to the park. The park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 1997.The large size of the park makes it a capable venue for large scale events such as the Austin City Limits Music Festival and the Zilker Park Kite Festival. In 2006, the Rolling Stones played in front of 42,000 fans at Zilker Park in their only Austin appearance to date.AttractionsAttractions within the park include: Austin Nature & Science Center Barton Springs Pool Beverly S. Sheffield Education Center - features the "Splash! Into the Edwards Aquifer" exhibit about the natural history of the Barton Springs Zilker Botanical Garden The Zilker Zephyr gauge miniature railway Zilker Hillside Theater Zilker Summer Musical (every summer at the Zilker Hillside Theatre) Zilker soccer and volleyball fields Zilker polo field Numerous historical markers and sites, concession stands, and picnic areas.

Zilker Park
2100 Barton Springs Rd Austin , TX 78746 United States

Zilker Park sits just across Lady Bird Lake from Austin's skyline making it the perfect metropolitan park.