City of Austin
Austin is a city of about 965,000 people on the southeast edge of the Hill Country region of Texas, making it the fourth-largest city in the state and the 11th-largest in the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Texas State Capitol and Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum.
Texas State Capitol
Government building
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The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Texas. Located in downtown Austin, Texas, the structure houses the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and of the Governor of Texas. Texas State Capitol is situated 2 miles southeast of City of Austin.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum
Museum
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The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, also known as the LBJ Presidential Library, is the presidential library and museum of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States.
Blanton Museum of Art
Museum
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The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest university art museums in the U.S. with 189,340 square feet devoted to temporary exhibitions, permanent collection galleries, storage, administrative offices, classrooms, a print study room, an auditorium, shop, and cafe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include UT and the Drag and Hyde Park.
UT and the Drag
The University of Texas and the Drag form a district of Austin. This article also covers the "West Campus" and "North University" neighborhoods.
Hyde Park
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Hyde Park is a district in Austin, Texas about a mile north of the University of Texas. It is known in Austin for being the earliest significant residential development outside the old nineteenth-century downtown city core, for containing some interesting old houses, and for being a bastion of political liberalism.
City of Austin
- Type: Locality
- Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.3038° or 30° 18′ 14″ northLongitude
-97.7545° or 97° 45′ 16″ westElevation
614 feet (187 metres)Open location code
8624863W+G6GeoNames ID
11788623
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