Commons Ford Metropolitan Park Commons Ford is in northwest Austin on the south bank of Lake Austin. A hike and bike trail leads through the BCP portion of the park. Park activities outside this area are less restricted. The park is on City Park Road and is currently open to the public free of charge. This Park is on Mount Bonnell Drive overlooking Lake Austin.
Steep stairs carry visitors to the cliff-top picnic and viewing area.
Pets are permitted. The wooded hills and ravines of Bull Creek provide excellent habitat for Austin's most famous endangered species, the golden-cheeked warbler. Because this migratory songbird nests only in the mature oak-juniper woodlands of Central Texas, each one is a native Texan. Bull Creek is extremely important to the survival of the golden-cheeked warbler because it contains the largest area of warbler breeding habitat in Travis County. Each spring, golden-cheeks and numerous other species return here to find food, water, nesting material, seclusion and breeding success in the deep woodlands.