Alta Vista

Alta Vista is a neighborhood in , . Alta Vista is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Austin State Hospital and Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Hospital
Photo: Nv8200p, CC BY 4.0.
, formerly known until 1925 as the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, is a 240-bed psychiatric hospital located in . It is the oldest psychiatric facility in the state of , and the oldest continuously operating west of the .

School
The is a special public school, in the continuum of statewide placements for students who have a visual impairment.

Museum
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
The is a located in , United States. It is housed in the former studio of sculptor Elisabet Ney and is dedicated to showcasing her life and works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosedale and Hyde Park.

Neighborhood
The neighborhood is located in north-central . The neighborhood is bordered on 38th Street to the south, Shoal Creek to the west, North Loop / Hancock Drive to the north, and Lamar Boulevard to the east.

Photo: Dtobias, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district in , 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.

Neighborhood
is an older , central city neighborhood developed in the 1930s, the center of which is approximately located at. It is predominantly a mix of young and old families and zoned as a single-family neighborhood composed of mostly small homes in good condition, most of which are over 50 years old.

Alta Vista

Latitude
30.31047° or 30° 18′ 38″ north
Longitude
-97.74158° or 97° 44′ 30″ west
Open location code
86248765+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9008890220
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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