Butler Metro Park

Good morning, everyone...another day given, another day to be grateful! 🙋🏽‍♂ Downtown is an amazing place yo live. I live downtown central so walking & experiencing the beauty, traffic, & noices but in a fascinating way...after 6 months is still exciting. There are trails & parks, & food, shopping & if you are a people watcher....there are beautiful people everywhere; different people around every corner.

It is an experience I will always be thankful for.
Here are the parks & trails I walked through as I continue healing from trauma yesterday.

My first time at this park today and I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised. I live in Lubbock where there are almost no decent trails to ride a bike or jog on, and the set up in downtown Austin is just beautiful and amazing. The only real downside to it is because it’s so nice. There are tons of people here and riding a mountain bike on the trail is a little bit challenging just watching out for pedestrian traffic but as long as you don’t ride like a jerk it’s not so bad

What a wonderful place to bring your child. This is such a lovely playground with a gigantic climbing structure, slides, blocks to climb and a hobbit like area filled with tunnels and mounds for your kids to run through. My son has a blast!!!

nice park focused on kids' activities such as swings, slides, rock climbing, etc. awesome views of downtown. plenty of space to play soccer run around, etc. Walkable distance from eatries, restaurants.

Best playground we found for my Pre-K daughter. There's a huge rope pyramid, slides , interesting art/terrain, swings, hobbit-home like tunnels under hills, and more.

There are so many facilities for kids to play. And there are two table tennis table that you cn play pingpang with your friends. There are a very busy place. You'd better park near Starbucks. It is free on Sunday.

This park is amazing! ....aside from the mandatory paid parking... stupid. But the park has a splash pad, rock climbing & slide area for toddlers and preschoolers, hills and tunnels, all stage swings, and a giant jungle gym for kids of all ages.... honestly, as a 35yo, it was really fun to climb with my kids to the top. Definitely worth the trip .... not sure about the paid parking... but still, the park is awesome. Lots of places to sit for adults when you're not chasing your toddler around like a chicken with their head cut off. Lol.

My favorite park in Austin! There’s a great playground and water play area for kids. Also, a large field with an amazing view of the downtown area. I love to come here for picnics, dates, and just to have fun outside.

Beautiful park and playground!!

The bathroom is terrible and gross though and I think I need to complain to the City directly on this....

This place is great. There is lots of parking, biking and walking trails. The River is close by, and this park is great for some relaxation.

What an amazingly cool place! As a visitor from Austin, I loved all of the open outdoors space. The food trucks were really cool benefit. I think this is a great idea that a lot of larger cities should implement.

And another great Austin park. Combine this with a walk around the lake at Auditorium Shores and you can take the family out for a full day. Bench swings, picnic and ping pong tables (bring your own paddles/ball), big slides, climbing net, play tunnels, water features, and a bit of Austin music history at Doug Sam Hill with amazing downtown views. What's not to love?

I love walking here, most of the trail paths have a clear view of the water. Parking is difficult sometimes but once you do find parking, the complete loop is about 3 miles or more.

Great park, so much fun for the kiddos. The playground is very unique and has lots of slides, a sandpit, huge climbing section and even a little splash pad. The public restrooms here are a different story though, absolutely disgusting. Bring sanitizer! There was no soap. The men's was locked and I was told it's always locked for some reason.

I absolutely love and adore this place.
The only thing that I don’t like is that there’s rats at night and you see them by the bushes there’s homeless, but what can you do we’re in Austin Tx
Also, the light shut off I believe at 10 o’clock but you can still hang out, it’s just a little dark.. but exciting lol oh and keep in mind the little critters..

This is a really great park. Our kids are getting bigger and they still enjoy this place. There are plenty of spots for parents to sit. I haven't ventured into the restrooms so I'm not sure if they're kept clean.

Great playground. Kids had so much fun. Something for kids of every age.
The only thing to be weary of is if you come with different aged kids, one kid might run one direction and the other kid might want to play at a different section of the playground. So be prepared to come with sufficient adults to watch the kids :) Over all such a lovely place to play with toilets a nice green area to run around as well.

It’s a very beautiful place in the middle of the city. I loved the downtown views from here. There’s a cute amphitheater, kids park and a fun fountain. There’s a golf course right beside the park too. Enjoyed my time here.

Great place to hangout! Beautiful view of Austin skyline. Awesome park for kids & water splash. Must visit!

This is a huge great place for families to run around with there children. But always keep an eye on ur kids here u can easily lose them. It's better than Barton springs.