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Day trips, local events and everyday life in Austin, with places to eat along the way.

5 stories · Updated October 23, 2026Explore the Top 50

Terraced rose beds and lawns bordered by low stone walls and tall trees at the Mabel Davis Rose Garden in Zilker Botanical Garden

Luminations at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Zilker Botanical Garden, and where to eat

By Botanical Garden Near Me · October 23, 2026 Read the story

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A wide river spilling across broad steps of pale layered limestone, with cedar trees in front and green hills behind

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Three state parks within 30 miles of Austin, and where to eat after

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Veterans in unit ball caps marching north up Congress Avenue in Austin on a clear November morning, the Texas Capitol dome ahead of them and spectators with small American flags

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Costumed visitors waiting in line at night at a rural haunted attraction among tall pine trees, fog drifting from a wooden entrance under orange and red light

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An angler on a limestone shoreline of Lake Georgetown at sunrise, rod in hand, cedar-covered hills across clear water

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Fishing Lake Georgetown and the Blue Hole, and where to eat after