Top 20 Non-Obvious Destinations Near Austin, TX

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Wildlife Watching

Congress Avenue Bridge

Austin, TX

World's largest urban bat colony (about 1.5 million bats).

1.2 miles from downtown

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Indie Bookstores

BookPeople

Austin, TX

Largest bookstore in Texas, founded in Austin in 1970 as Grok Books.

2.3 miles from downtown

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Art Museums

Blanton Museum Of Art

Austin, TX

0.2 miles from downtown

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History & Culture Museums

Bullock Texas State History Museum

Austin, TX

0.9 miles from downtown

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History & Culture Museums

Texas Science & Natural History Museum

Austin, TX

1.2 miles from downtown

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Indie Bookstores

Resistencia Bookstore

Austin, TX

1.7 miles from downtown

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Indie Bookstores

Malvern Books

Austin, TX

1.9 miles from downtown

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Children’s Museums

Thinkery

Austin, TX

3.1 miles from downtown

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Indie Bookstores

Monkey Wrench Books

Austin, TX

3.2 miles from downtown

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Dark Sky Places

Bee Cave

TX

14 miles from downtown

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Dark Sky Places

Shield Ranch Barton Creek

TX

16 miles from downtown

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Dark Sky Places

Jonestown, Texas

TX

19 miles from downtown

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Children’s Museums

WonderSpark Children's Museum

Kyle, TX

20 miles from downtown

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Zipline Adventures

Lake Travis Zipline Adventures

Spicewood, TX

20 miles from downtown

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Dark Sky Places

Dripping Springs, Texas

TX

21 miles from downtown

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Indie Bookstores

Sententia Vera Cultural Hub Bookshop

Dripping Springs, TX

24 miles from downtown

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Historic Libraries

Georgetown Public Library

Georgetown, TX

26 miles from downtown

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Show Caves & Caverns

Inner Space Cavern

Georgetown, TX

26 miles from downtown

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Zipline Adventures

Wimberley Zipline

Wimberley, TX

28 miles from downtown

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Dark Sky Places

Wimberley Valley, Texas

TX

28 miles from downtown

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