Lady Bird Lake
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Austin, Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Town Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plaza Saltillo station and Texas State Cemetery.
Plaza Saltillo station
Railway station
Plaza Saltillo station is a CapMetro Rail hybrid rail station in Austin, Texas. It is located in East Austin at the corner of Fifth and Comal Street adjacent to the Plaza Saltillo complex which, in turn, was built in 1998 as a result of a collaborative effort between the city of Austin, the city of Saltillo, Capital Metro and Ole Mexico, an east Austin cultural group.
Texas State Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
The Texas State Cemetery is a cemetery located on about 22 acres just east of downtown Austin, the capital of the U.S. state of Texas. Originally the burial place of Edward Burleson, Texas Revolutionary general and vice-president of the Republic of Texas, it was expanded into a Confederate cemetery during the Civil War.
Downtown station
Railway station
Photo: Sahmeditor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown station is a CapMetro Rail hybrid rail station in Austin, Texas, United States. It is located in Downtown Austin at the corner of Fourth and Neches Street behind the Austin Convention Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Cesar Chavez and Rainey Street Historic District.
East Cesar Chavez
Neighborhood
East César Chávez, historically and originally named Masontown or Masonville, is a neighborhood in Austin, Texas. It is located in the central-east part of Austin's urban core on the north bank of the Colorado River.
Rainey Street Historic District
Neighborhood
The Rainey Street Historic District is a street of historic homes, many of the bungalow style, in downtown Austin, Texas. Rainey Street is positioned near Lady Bird Lake and Interstate 35 in the southeast corner of downtown.
Travis Heights
Neighborhood
Travis Heights is a historic neighborhood in south Austin, Texas, United States, bounded by Lady Bird Lake on the north, Interstate 35 on the east, Congress Avenue on the west and Oltorf Street on the south.
Lady Bird Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Lady Bird Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Lady Bird Lake” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “小鳥夫人湖”
- Dutch: “Lady Bird Lake”
- Esperanto: “Urba Lago”
- Esperanto: “Virina Birda Lago”
- French: “lac Lady Bird”
- French: “Lac Lady Bird”
- Hebrew: “אגם ליידי בירד”
- Italian: “Lady Bird Lake”
- Persian: “دریاچه لیدی برد”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as East Cesar Chavez and South River City.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Festival Beach and Fiesta Gardens.
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