Violet Crown Trail, Zilker Park Trail Head — Attraction in Austin

Awesome place to get out in nature but stay basically in town. Not crowded either compared to other Austin trails (at least when we went at 7am on a Tuesday). There are a lot of little off shoots of the main trail so it can be easy at times to get off course, but I used all trails to make sure we stayed on track. Parts of the trail are rocky and might be hard to do on a bike, but other large sections would be awesome on a mountain bike or gravel bike. It is an out and back trail and probably would take around 4 hours to hike the whole thing and back. We only did about 4 miles of the trail. If you park close to the trailhead, it looks like you have to pay for parking. I parked way on the other side of the parking lot and didn’t see anything that said we needed to pay… so we didn’t 🤷🏻‍♂️. Really awesome trail. 10/10...

Violet Crown Trail: Zilker Trailhead to 360 Trailhead. Absolutely beautiful trail. I started at Barton Springs, at the Zilker Trailhead. The trail is in great shape -- until the very end near 360, where some restoration is happening. Stiill, it's well marked and easy to find the path through. Great shady canopy, wide trails, most of the way. Occasional trail runners, mountain bikers, dog walkers. spots to stop and watch some rock climbing. Overall, my new plan is to park at 360 and hike to Barton Springs for a refreshing...

A very easy place to access with the car park right next to the trail. An excellent trail to ride a mountain bike along or hike, there is a public bicycle tool station next to the trail start to maintain your bike if require (would be a good run for point to point if you take the bus with your bike to one end of the trail?) Rocky path but easy to navigate, excellent peaceful views when the river is in flow. Sure to...