Nothing is more outside in Austin than the Greenbelt. Most Austinites have been or at least heard of it. So here is a reminder or a wake up call to those who have never been: the Greenbelt is a great place to go if you want to get outside.
It stretches about 8 miles long and covers 809 acres. You can bike, hike, picnic, swim, sun bathe and basically everything else you can think of that is outside. I personally like hiking through the trails or sun bathing by a waterfall. It is nature at its best! You can find map information here http://www.texasoutside.com/bartongreenbelt.htm.
The best part is that it is free!!! However, some advice, the entry off of S. Mopac is very beautiful and a family place during the weekend, although still nice on the weekdays, just know it will “smell like weed” in some spots…if you catch my drift.
April 15, 2008 at 2:35 pm
You run into some interesting people at the Greenbelt.
Once I went there with some friends and we were just having a great time but some other guys showed up who were aggressive and started turning everything into a competition.
It was weird but it still hasn’t deterred me from ever going again. Yay for summer coming up soon!
April 15, 2008 at 2:35 pm
You know I feel like with this blog, I have been “PRing” for outside…anyone else?
April 15, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I hate people like that…
April 15, 2008 at 3:20 pm
yeah sometimes I do feel like that, but at the same time we are supposed to be offering suggestions so we wouldn’t want to talk about crappy places….unless they were really crappy and we were trying to warn people about them, but I feel that when we come across those places we will write about them. Did that make any sense?
May 19, 2008 at 7:02 pm
A little bit. The Greenbelt kind of sucks. I was eaten alive by mosquitos. It smelled like wet dogs and moldy pot. We went to a cliff where people were supposed to be able to jump off of into water. But there wasn’t even much water. Most of it is all dried up.