Walnut Creek Regional Trail
City Council District 7
Project Summary
The Walnut Creek Regional Trail system was proposed by the Parks Department in the late 1990s as the city’s first regional trail system. The trail once complete will be approximately 20 miles long with bookend trailheads at Balcones District Park in northwest Austin and Govalle Park in southeast Austin. Implementation of the trail system has been divided into multiple phases/sections for planning, design and construction. For information on proposed sections of the trail that Austin Transportation and Public Works, Urban Trails program is working on, see the link below.
Project Description
For information on current Walnut Creek Trail Improvements underway, visit the Austin Transportation and Public Works webpage.
Walnut Creek Urban Trail Projects Underway
Contact Information
For questions on the trail system, please contact Austin and Parks and Recreation Project Manager Beth Larkin by email or (512) 974-9513.
Completed Projects
8.7 miles of trail from Govalle Park to Johnny Morris Rd/Daffan Lane. Completed 2014.
3.5 miles of trail from Balcones District Park to Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park. Phase 1 was completed in 2014 and Phase 1A was completed in 2019.
Austin Parks and Recreation partnered with the Public Works Urban Trails Program to fund, manage and implement Section 2A of the Northern Walnut Creek Trail. This portion of the trail began construction in October 2021, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on March 4, 2023. The 1.3-mile section of 12-foot wide concrete trail continues the existing Northern Walnut Creek Trail Phase 1 with a trailhead in the Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park, heads east crossing under Lamar Blvd., and ends at Oakbrook Dr.
