Slaughter Creek is home to the Southwest Soccer Complex and the Veloway Bicycle Course. Commons Ford Metropolitan Park , at 614 Commons Ford Road North, offers fishing, volleyball and barbecues. The ranchhouse is available for rental for weddings or other events. With 1,147 acres of park featuring a shoreline along beautiful Lake Austin, Emma Long offers lake swimming areas, fishing, boat ramps and docks-designed for both motor and sailboats, a wading area and a bathhouse. For the sport enthusiasts, Emma Long offers and open playfield, volleyball, archery and a motorcycle track which is also availble to mountain bikers.
Families can enjoy the scenic picnic areas complete with barbecue pits and reservation areas.
Emma Long is the only Austin park to offer overnight camping. There is an entry charge for Emma Long Park. With two large boat ramps and plenty of wide open bank, Walter E. Long is an excellent place to fish and water ski. For the land-lover, Walter E. Long offers 3,802 acres of park with large shaded and open picnic areas, an open playfield, volleyball and reservation areas. There is an entry charge for Lake Walter E. Long.