Destinations · Texas
TX · 30.2677, -97.7430
Texas Hill Country Trail, Texas Brazos Trail and Texas Independence Trail are signed byways within 30 miles of Austin, Texas.
Understand
Austin weather is generally nice most of the year; activities are generally not limited by season. However, as Austin lies within Central Texas, be prepared to deal with the long, hot summers if you are visiting between May and September. It is not uncommon for daily high temperatures to be between 90 and 100 °F (32-38 °C) during this time — in fact, a day in the 80s is rare, and several days may even reach triple digits (90 days in 2011).
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Austin. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
State scenic byway · 4 mi out
State scenic byway · 25 mi out
State scenic byway · 27 mi out
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 4 h window · 35 mi
3 h 46 loop · 7 stops · back by 2:45 PM. Incorporates Texas Hill Country Trail.
Touches Texas Hill Country Trail
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 187 mi
7 h 22 loop · 7 stops · back by 6:21 PM. Incorporates Texas Hill Country Trail.
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Austin: 4 h, 35 miles, 7 stops; and 8 h, 187 miles, 7 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 4 h loop stops at South Congress Bat Colony, Barton Springs Pool, Heritage - Festivals - Horizons, Family Viewing Area, Hergotz Hill, Green & White Grocery and Randerson-Lundell Building. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.