The Highland Park West Balcones Neighborhood

Two lovely neighborhoods can be found in Austin, north of 35 Street and west of MoPac Blvd. Called together Highland Park West Balcones neighborhood, such as is commonly regarded as one residential area sada.Druge two limits are worse Bonnell Road and RR 2222, the Bull Creek Road provides a boundary between the 45th St. and Hancock Road. The neighborhood is home to some 1,750 dwellings and MoPac Expressway passes through about two miles from the eastern part of the neighborhood.
This neighborhood, which is really the combination of the neighborhood consists of residences and Highland Park and West Balcones, there are three well-known attractions, all located in the neighborhood: Bright Leaf State natural area, Mayfield Park and nature preserve, and Mount Bonnell, all of which are interesting from a historical and recreational standpoint.
Bright Leaf State natural area is a beautiful 217 acre park that was donated to Austin in 1995 by Georgia Lucas, even though the area was donated, provided that the park remains minimally developed, such as. Lucas' former residence can be found among the many paths, called Lucas Conference Center. Two main thrilled to park there, one on RR 2222 and Mountain Creek Rd., But admission is usually gated, and the park is officially non-access to the park. The second entrance is located on Crestway and Monte Vista, and that entrance leads into a conference center.
On the second Saturday and Sunday of the month, guided tours can be arranged at the Bright Leaf, and many of the trails lead to nearby residential areas, but most are gated and will be gated in the future.
Mayfield Park Nature Preserve is located at 3505 West 35th Street, the Laguna Gloria Art Museum, the park contains 35 acres of landscaped grounds, with Mayfield-Gutsche houses and gardens in your središtu.Priroda Center is named after Allison Mayfield, who bought the property in 1901, and the Texas Secretary of State 1894 - 1896th The park is open to the public, and peacocks wander among the picnic under the trees, lily ponds, streams, and trails.
Mount Bonnell, the Covert Park is 780 meters observations near Mount Bonnell Road and Balcones Drive, and from Mount Bonnell, visitors can get a beautiful view of Cat Mountain, Lake Austin and the Loop 360 Bridge. Mount Bonnell Entrance is free, but there is a curfew between the hours of 21:00 and 04:00.
Another attraction in Highland Park West Balcones Area's Westfield facility, which was the first parade of homes Austin in September 1953, a street has many beautiful and historic domove.Frisco Shop, one of the oldest restaurants in Austin, which was finally recently closed the door, opened the same year as the parade of homes near the border Neighborhood Highland Park in nearby Barnet Road.
Only the Austin Parks and Recreation Department official park adjacent to the Perry Park Playground, which is near Highland Park Elementary School, a park behind the old quarry. This park contains a variety of playground equipment, baseball fields, soccer fields, basketball hoops, nature, and many area trails, and picnic tables, a geological park covers an area of the park with a pavilion was originally a rock kamenoloma.Park includes Perry Park Education Center, building in 1988 by local eagle scouts. At one point, the quarry was operating a rock quarry called Sneed in the quarry, the remains of a quarry can be found around the park.
Today, this area is very accessible to downtown and major metropolitan highways, and is full of shops, restaurants and places to live, so be sure to visit this area when in Austin!