Colorado River Trailhead — Attraction in Austin

This place is "average" in that it has strong pluses and minuses. I walk here around twilight and gave seen wonderful wildlife - robins, big white birds i guess are cranes, a skunk not run over, two whitetail deer, beautiful river scenes, butterflies, cardinals etc. and expanses of relatively undisturbed, halfway ecologically healthy plant growth. Also it has a few undisturbed established long-term campers cooking out with massive amounts of litter, camp fires grilling, a kitten, large tents etc. There's litter along the paths , big bags of it not taken out of the park, lots of beer cans and food wrappers. A microcosm of the interplay between...

I love coming to this spot, unfortunately in the past couple years there have been massive amounts of trash accumulated along the bank. I don't mind people living here or doing what they need to survive, but this needs to be cleaned up and some more trash cans need to be provided for the people who come here along with regular cleanups. This is supposed to be a wildlife sanctuary!!! Parks and recreation need to come spend...

As mentioned there's a lot of refuse from camps and people fishing and just leaving their beer cans. Pack it out for peets sake, it's lighter after you drink it! The trail along the river was either overgrown or not well marked. Go across the river to Roy Guerrero for a less sketchy area and nice trails. Beautiful area otherwise, I did see lots of birds, butterflies and wildflowers...