Lady Bird Lake

Lady Bird Lake is a river-like on the in , United States. The City of Austin created the reservoir in 1960 as a cooling pond for a new city power plant.
Wikipedia
Photo: Arvindn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • 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.

Railway station
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is a CapMetro Rail hybrid rail station in . 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 , Capital Metro and Ole Mexico, an east Austin cultural group.

Cemetery
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The is a located on about 22 acres just east of , the capital of the U.S. state of . 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.

Railway station
Photo: Sahmeditor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a CapMetro Rail hybrid rail station in , United States. It is located in at the corner of Fourth and Neches Street behind the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Cesar Chavez and Rainey Street Historic District.

Neighborhood
East César Chávez, historically and originally named Masontown or Masonville, is a neighborhood in . It is located in the central-east part of Austin's urban core on the north bank of the .

Neighborhood
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The is a street of historic homes, many of the bungalow style, in downtown . Rainey Street is positioned near Lady Bird Lake and Interstate 35 in the southeast corner of downtown.

Neighborhood
is a historic neighborhood in south , 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

Latitude
30.24906° or 30° 14′ 57″ north
Longitude
-97.73213° or 97° 43′ 56″ west
Elevation
430 feet (131 metres)
Open location code
862467X9+J4
Geo­Names ID
4737237
Wiki­data ID
Q1636067
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Satellite Map

Discover Lady Bird Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • Latin: “Lacus Avis Femineae”
  • Persian: “دریاچه لیدی برد”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as East Cesar Chavez and South River City.

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