West Lake Hills

Worth seeing in and around West Lake Hills

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of Texas at Austin

   The University of Texas at Austin is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.

   6.6 km · public university in Austin, Texas, USA · Wikipedia
2. 02
   The Austonian

   The Austonian is a residential skyscraper in Downtown Austin, Texas, USA. At 683 feet tall with 56 floors, the building is the third tallest in Austin, overtaking the 360 Condominiums and behind The Independent and Sixth and Guadalupe. It is also the third tallest building in Texas outside of Houston and Dallas, and the second tallest all-residential building in North America west of the Mississippi River.

   6.8 km · residential skyscraper in Downtown Austin, Texas · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum

   The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, also known as the LBJ Presidential Library, is the presidential library and museum of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. It is located on the grounds of the University of Texas at Austin, and is one of 15 presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.

   7.6 km · presidential library and museum for U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in Austin, Texas · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Diocese of Austin

   The Diocese of Austin is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Central Texas in the United States, with the see city in Austin. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.

   7.3 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

   Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, located in Austin, Texas, on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, has been home to the Longhorns football team since 1924. The stadium has delivered a home field advantage with the team's home record through December 21, 2024 being 406–123–10.

   7.3 km · Stadium at the University of Texas, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Blanton Museum of Art

   The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest university art museums in the U.S. with 189,340 square feet devoted to temporary exhibitions, permanent collection galleries, storage, administrative offices, classrooms, a print study room, an auditorium, shop, and cafe. The Blanton's permanent collection consists of more than 22,000 works, with significant holdings of modern and contemporary art, Latin American art, Old Master paintings, and prints and drawings from Europe, the United States, and Latin America.

   6.9 km · art museum in Austin, Texas · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Texas State Cemetery

   The Texas State Cemetery is a cemetery located on about 22 acres just east of downtown Austin, the capital of the U.S. state of Texas. Originally the burial place of Edward Burleson, Texas Revolutionary general and vice-president of the Republic of Texas, it was expanded into a Confederate cemetery during the Civil War.

   8.4 km · historic cemetery in Austin, Texas, USA · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St. Edward's University

   St. Edward's University is a private, Catholic university in Austin, Texas, United States.

   8.6 km · university in Austin, Texas · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Moody Center

   Moody Center is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. The arena, which replaced the Frank Erwin Center, stands on a former parking lot located immediately south of UT's soccer/track and field venue, Mike A. Myers Stadium.

   7.6 km · indoor arena in Austin, Texas · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Perry–Castañeda Library

    The Perry–Castañeda Library is the main central library of the University of Texas at Austin library system in Austin, Texas. PCL is located at 21st Street and Speedway in Austin, TX. The UT Austin campus library system holds nearly eight million volumes, ranking it as the fifth largest library among academic institutions in the United States, and the eleventh largest overall in the country.

    6.8 km · library · Wikipedia

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Austin Bergstrom (AUS), 18 km · San Antonio (SAT), 106 km · George Bush Intercontinental (IAH), 240 km

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  242 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · $22–30
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  292 km · quickest by road, 4h 30m · $26–35
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