Lakeway City Park

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The Lakeway City Park is a park of 64 hectares in the city of Lakeway, Texas. Free for Lakeway residents and open for a small fee for non-residents, the park has something for almost everyone.

The original park with an actual field and play equipment in Lakeway is Dragon Park I used to have my children in the early 1990 years. However, Dragon Park was small and Lakeway was growing. So the city decided to develop a larger park on Lake Travis.

There are two parts of the city LakewayPark on the outskirts of Hurst Creek Road, is a large parking lot, a covered pavilion with picnic tables, grills, toilets and a playground for small children. The park has attracted a network of trails for runners, cyclists, hikers and walkers. Some of the trail is paved and a bit 'primitive. The paths you take from the top to the bottom of the park, or you can drive down.

On the way to the bottom of the park you will see a fenced dog parkleft and a basketball court on the right. At the lower end of the park is on Lake Travis at Hurst Harbor Marina, is more cars. It 's a beautiful area with huge oak trees, with shaded picnic tables and grills. Right behind that is a volleyball court and a sandy beach. Since the level of Lake Travis rocks, sand, a patch of sand at a beach in a real, at other times and under the water when the lake is high.

On the opposite side of the picnicplayground than others. In addition, the paved path leads through the rocks in Lake Travis, and then bowling places of issue. Equipment can be checked at City Hall.

On Independence Day, the Lakeway City Park is really fun Fourth of July. Part of a celebration of a day that begins at 8:30 clock with a procession through Lakeway, kicked the event into the park from 18.30 clock. Parking is limited in the park, so shuttle buses run from the Lakeway ActivityCenter. There is usually music from a group such as the Austin Civic Wind Ensemble, various choirs and then the finale is a fireworks display that starts at 09:30 clock.

The Lakeway City Park is also home to the cinema in the park during the summer months. Shown every two weeks, was the last movie of the summer of 2008, to August 23 "National Treasure: Book of Secrets movie was shown in the park is great fun, you can hang an ice chest, blankets or chairs and enjoy the film ..visit with friends.

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