In order to find more places to visit as part of the Georgetown Running
Club’s 2020 Summer Tour, I used the trusty Google Maps and just zoomed around
various places from my neighborhood spiraling out in different directions. Yes, I know there’s a website devoted to
various Austin parks, and there’s probably an app for it too. I just like going old school. Besides, viewing something on Google Maps
showed my roughly what the trail looked like, where it went, and how I would
get there.
This greenbelt was off Liberty Walk Drive, so I called it
that. This isn’t Cat Hollow Park, which
is on the other side of the road (although I did take five minutes and walked
the paths there). Near the entrance to
what I called “Liberty Walk Greenbelt” was the Cat Hollow Disc Golf Course,
which paralleled the trail. That being
said, I guess this would technically be the “Cat Hollow Greenbelt.” I didn’t see any signs with specific names,
so go with it.
The trail was mostly an open path with yard fences on side, so
little wildlife to see. I had to cross
O’Connor Drive to get to the rest of the trail, which had a few more trees and
some paved portions. There were a few
spurs off the trail which I explored, but for the most part this ended at Great
Oaks Drive. At the conclusion of one
spur I spotted another field or park area a short distance down the street, so
I went to check that out.
Known as Beck Preserve, this was an undeveloped area for wildlife
to have a habitat. There were some game
trails to follow, which looped here and there.
I didn’t cover all of it, but I figured if I went far enough I’d come to
620. I didn’t want to disturb any
wildlife which was there, so I returned to my entrance point, and finished off
the Liberty Walk Greenbelt before it rained on me.
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