On the west side of Loop 360 just south of Spicewood Springs Road. Open to guided tours only. Near Walter E. Long Park at Lindell Lane and Bluff Road. Near Maple Run subdivision in Southwest Austin. North of Texas 71 East in Onion Creek.
Many tracts are closed to visitors, but some are accessible to the public.
Under the auspices of the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge and the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, more than 76,000 acres set aside west of Austin to protect endangered species such as birds, beetles and other rare wildlife. Please read it.