We use $99 single and two man kayaks featured in the gallery below that you can buy at Academy. My latest and probably favorite activity is kayaking Barton Creek during high water. I prefer to enter again at Barton Skyway and ride from there to Sculpture Falls and back which is a solid 12 mile ride that requires crossing the creek a few times and the "opportunity" to carry your bike on your shoulder as you use large metal chains bolted into the wall to help traverse an area where the trail fades to a cliff's edge that helps you feel like you're really pushing your limits. You can ride it from Barton Springs pool, but that first 1.5 miles is annoyingly rocky and always overworked my girlfriend when she joined me. My favorite mountain biking trail in Austin, Barton Creek Greenbelt offers an out and back experience that requires a bit of a commitment. Use this link to check the flow rate at Barton Creek. There's also a large cliff and deep swimming hole between the 360 entrance and the Flats where brave souls will jump from several points that range from 15 - 100 feet above the water. Lost Creek offers another, quieter entry with a decent water fall. They are both accessed from a turnaround road off of Mopac heading southbound from Hwy 360. Twin Falls and Sculpture Falls will still have water when the Flats has mostly run dry. The area tends to die down when Barton Creek flow is low or dry. That is when the water is flowing at a decent pace. The flats can get pretty busy with drum circles, lots of furry friends, families, even people BBQing. The Flats and Cambell's Hole are about a mile up river from Barton Springs, but most people access this area by parking along the street where Barton Skyway dead ends at Spyglass Drive off Mopac. I don't know of any other cities that feature a perfect, all natural adventure park a few miles from downtown.īy far the most popular activity on Barton Creek is lounging at the 4 main water holes. I had a brief run with rock climbing a few of the key pitches and later learned to kayak the high water season and even pushed myself to the limit there during a few flash floods. Initially I rode my mountain bike and hung out with friends at the main water holes. While Lady Bird Lake may get more volume of joggers and hikers, it's a totally different experience than the emersion of nature you get from Barton Creek.
I've been coming to Barton Creek Greenbelt since first arriving to Austin in 1994. An Introduction to Barton Creek Greenbelt
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