Day Trips From Austin
The Hill Country and the barbecue belt start within 30 minutes of downtown. These six destinations are the ones we send every visitor to, each doable as a day and better as an overnight.
German Main Street, 60-plus wineries on Highway 290, and peach season in June; 90 minutes west.
Blue Hole, Jacob's Well, and Market Days on the first Saturday; 45 minutes southwest.
The state-designated barbecue capital with Kreuz, Smitty's, and Black's around one courthouse square; 35 minutes south.
A brick Main Street on the Colorado River, the loblolly Lost Pines forest, and Hyatt Lost Pines resort; 35 minutes east.
A pink-granite dome hike with reservations required; combine with Fredericksburg.
Gruene Hall, Texas's oldest dance hall, plus tubing the Guadalupe; 50 minutes south.
The Texas White House and Pedernales Falls on the way to Fredericksburg.
Treaty Oak and Jester King on the way to Hamilton Pool.
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