Bright Leaf Preserve — Attraction in Austin

The Austin Community Foundation and now the City of Austin have frustrated reasonable public access to Bright Leaf Preserve for over two decades now, really approaching three decades. The docent lead hikes, only two mornings a month, are a drawn out waste of time. Visitors, even if they have been on the property hundreds of times, are reduced to walking in line, treated like children, not dissimilar to grade schoolers being escorted to recess. Except there is no recess. Visitors are under the gaze of docents the...

Bright Leaf Preserve is an amazing gift to the city. It's a nature reserve in perpetuity due to the generous donation of land and funding trust of an old wealthy animal loving spinster. Hikes occur monthly as to not disturb too much of the flaura and fauna. A spot of paradise and conservation in an otherwise growing city. Take a...

Beautiful nature preserve accessible by guided hike only. The hike is relaxed and the history, wildlife and topography of the preserve is celebrated. Visitors gain access to creeks, vistas and other unexpected sites during the 2.5-hour excursion. Hikes are at no cost and provided regularly...