Point of interest
Congress Avenue Bridge
286 locals recommend,
Location
Congress Avenue
Austin, TX
Tips from locals
Never been to Austin? This is your right of passage; from March to about November you can stand on the bridge just as the sun sets and witness the thousands of bats that blanket the sky coming out to feed. Luckily, not on humans! 5.0 miles, 14 mins away in light traffic.
Come here to see the famous Austin bats at sunset! An Austin tradition, the SoCo bridge is the home of North America's Largest Urban Bat Population
A 1980 renovation transformed the Congress Avenue Bridge into an ideal bat cave, soon attracting migrating Mexican free-tailed bats. Decades later, Austin's bat numbers have swelled and locals have adopted the beloved creatures as neighbors who happily handle the city's bug mitigation and provide an amazing nightly show.
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