Quarries Park — Attraction in Austin

Ok, now this is a toss-up because on one hand, the place is amazingly beautiful, well maintained, private, and from the one day I have visited, uncrowded which I love. However, the reason I justified paying $35 dollar permit fee is because I planned on fishing. Now I'm wondering if that was a good idea. I dont mind seeing a turtle every now and then when fishing, but this lake is so overcrowded with them that they were swarming at my lure and my crawfish trap. I had to keep pulling the trap up and emptying anywhere between 5 to 8 of them out of it, and that was nasty because these critters had critters lol. I noticed that leaches were falling off these turtles. They werent covered in them as far as I know, but when I lifted the trap off the wood, there was 5 or 6 of them scurrying away. I know.... gross right? They DO make good bait though lol.

So for my first visit, I cant condemn this place. But I sure wouldn't swim in those waters, IF you were allowed to, which you ARE NOT BTW! And I'll have to wait to judge the fishing after a couple more trips. But if you want a place for playing with your dog, or picnicking, or just a nice stroll across the lake in your canoe, this would be the...

Quarrie's Park has this great little beach spot. Perfect for children under eight. It's about 70 yards long, 20 yards wide and at its deepest four feet or so.

My kids play in the sand, walk out into the algae filled water, look at turtles and small fish and generally have a blast.

Make sure you go with them. I'm in the water the whole time, my little one needs me at least once a trip.

Also support the organization and Google buying a lake permit. It's $45 for a year and for us it's well worth it.

Can also rent kayaks and canoes I believe, although I haven't done that personally.

Tons of people fish there, it's catch and ...

We went with family and friends to quarries park. It was definitely very good experience.

You can enjoy nice lake view and can play frisbees, baseball or cricket with your kids. My kids thoroughly enjoyed being here.

Icing on the cake is you can see lot of turtles in the lake. Kids enjoyed watching Turtles as they were quite close to see.

You need to be careful though with regards to the ants 🐜. There are lot of ants on the grass. You can cover lower part of body with full pants and shoes.

I would recommend to visit this place for sure as it is very calm and not crowded much. It would be good break from our home in...