St. Edward's Greenbelt

A wonderful creek park in Austin with fun trails! Parking: The lot can hold about 20 cars (if parked efficiently). Finding a space can be a challenge if you visit later in the day on a weekend. There are still shards of glass from what I understand were multiple car break-ins from just a few months ago. We visited on a Sunday morning and all the cars in the lot seemed fine when we arrived and when we left. Definitely follow the Lock-Take-Hide car parking guidelines and do not leave anything valuable/not in sight. Dogs: Allowed on leash, although we met a few off-leash dogs as well (so hold your pups on a short leash if they are not always friendly). Trails: Clean, fun trails, well maintained although there are a fair number of protruding branches along the mainly rocky/gravelled paths. There are many sections which can get muddy during/after rains. You can choose from several trails, or create your own route with a mix - yellow, green, brown, blue. The green trail was most fun with two creek crossings (one is by the road, the other over a section of slightly mossy rocks in the stream). A great way to spend the morning with friends/family/kids/dogs!

Beautiful place to spend some time with family, friends, or even alone, to hike, swim, walk or picnic. The forest is large from what I saw, with several trails. I loved the little waterfall but the more the water stagnates, the more insects there are, which is normal. The parking lot is small, we had no trouble finding a space but I'm not sure this will be the case in high season.

WARNING: Car break-ins are frequent. There's a sign that says so, and the car parked next to mine got their windows smashed when I returned from the trail (the owner said they didn't even have anything in the car so the windows were just smashed for no reason). We looked around and found that the parking lot is covered in broken auto glass EVERYWHERE. I wouldn't come here, it's just not worth the risk. Aside from feeling super lucky since I'm just visiting with a rental car, I had a good time here jogging through the woods and enjoying some intimate nature Friday evening. In April, everything is overgrown and you'll be brushing your legs against vegetation on some trails and running through some swarms of bugs, but I don't mind. Definitely won't be coming back again though...

147ft of elevation gain in my 1.5 hours of hiking 2.5 miles. Swimming in some areas of the creek. Overall really pretty hike with lots of lush greenery and a few short steep inclines.

We had a great time hiking on this trail. It is a simple kid friendly nature trail. The areas by the creek is specially kids favorite. We went on a December morning but I am sure it will be lot more fun during summer. Parking can be tight when crowded but we did manage to get one.

This is a beautiful place with easy hiking, waterfalls, and native trees. The honeysuckle bushes smelled heavenly! We loved it until we got back to our car and found our window broken out. Our daughter's bag was stolen with her pain medication from her recent surgery. Fortunately, a good Samaritan found her keys and Rx that afternoon and made contact with her to return them. As we were cleaning up the glass from our window, we found another smashed window in the trash can. Be wary of this site!!!

This is one of my favorite stretches of Greenbelt in Austin, sad that it’s getting to be so busy, but it’s beautiful and I understand why people want to be here. Great place to let the doggos swim, and a great home on the bluff. Pack in, pack out…enjoy and preserve the beauty

This trail is narrow at the trailhead, with an array of beautiful flowers when we went at the end of Spring, beginning of summer. It was 97 degrees that day, so we opted not to do the hike, having heard it wasn't an easy trail.