Bee Creek Nature Preserve, on Redbud Trail where it crosses Town Lake. Blunn Creek Nature Preserve , between St. Edwards Drive and Oltorf in south Austin. Mayfield Park on West 35th Street. Forest Ridge Preserve, at Loop 360 and Spicewood Springs Road. Colorado River Preserve , in Colorado River Park, just east of the 183 bridge over the Colorado River.
Some city parks have substantial tracts of semi-wild land .
Emma Long Metropolitan Park, along Lake Austin just west of Austin, is the largest. For more information about Austin's parks and preserves, call Austin Parks and Recreation Department , 499-6700. For information about Nature Preserves , you can also call 327-8180. Travis County parks and preserves Hamilton Pool Preserve . Edwards Plateau woodlands and savannas, canyons and creeks.