Austin
Austin Texas TX
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- State Code
- TX
- Day Trips
- Bastrop State Park
- Calling all country girls and boys! Point your hat southeast and head outta town about 30 miles for some great swimming, fishing, hiking, canoeing, biking, and more! Bastrop State Park is also home to the famed Lost Pines, a somewhat mysteriously isolated patch of loblolly pines and hardwoods seperated from any other pine woodlands by close to a hundred miles. The park also boasts a golf course, picnic and camping sites, and swimming pools (www.wildtexas.com/parks/bastrop.php).
- Gay Info
- Austin Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce 512/474-4422, www.aglcc.org.
- Austin Queer People of Color Organization 512/472-2001, www.allgo.org.
- Aids Group
- AIDS Services of Austin 512/458-2437, www.asaustin.org.
- Gay Aa
- Live & Let Live AA 512/444-0071, www.austinaa.org.
- Gay Pride
- June. www.aglcc.org.
- Annual Events
- March - South by Southwest Music Festival, www.sxsw.com.
- May & Labor Day - Splash Days. Weekend of parties in clothing-optional Hippie Hollow, www.houstonsplash.com.
- September/October - Austin G/L Int'l Film Festival 512/302-9889, www.agliff.org.
- Airport
- Austin-Bergstrom Int'l. To get to the State Capitol, take Bastrop Hwy north and exit on E 7th St. This will lead you deep into the heart of Austin.
- Taxi
- Yellow Cab 512/452-9999.
- Super Shuttle
- Various hotels have their own shuttles.
- Public Transport
- Capital Metro 512/474-1200, www.capmetro.org.
- Tourist Attraction
- Aqua Festival.
- Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria 512/458-8191, www.amoa.org.
- Elisabet Ney Museum 512/458-2255, www.ci.austin.tx.us/elisabetney.
- George Washington Carver Museum 512/974-4926, www.ci.austin.tx.us/carver.
- Hamilton Pool 512/264-2740, www.texasoutside.com/hamiltonpool.htm.
- LBJ Library & Museum 512/721-0200, www.lbjlib.utexas.edu.
- McKinney Falls State Park 512/243-1643, www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/mckinney.
- Mount Bonnell.
- Museo del Barrio de Austin 1402 E 1st St.
- Zilker Park/Barton Springs, www.ci.austin.tx.us/zilker.
- Visitors Bureau
- Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau 800/926-2282, www.austintexas.org.
- Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce 512/478-9383, www.austin-chamber.org.
- Weather
- Summers are real scorchers (high 90°s-low 100°s) and last forever. Spring, fall, and winter are welcome reliefs.
- Best Views
- Texas State Capitol or the University of Texas Tower, www.utexas.edu/tower.
- Where The Girls Are
- Downtown along Red River St., or 4th/5th St. near Lavaca, or at the music clubs and cafes downtown and around the University.