Yett Creek Park

Trail
1.10 Miles
N/A
Free
2point5stars (2.67)3
1star (1.17)
2point5stars (2.67)
No
N/A
N/A
No
12538 Riata Vista Cir.
Austin
Travis
Photos
yett creek
water running cause of the rain (Photo by jimmy peace)
entrance from riata
the split rail fence (Photo by jimmy peace)
Tree Cover
Not all of the trails are Sun baked. A good portion are shielded by ample Oaks and Cedar. (Photo by Austin Explorer)
Trail View
High grasses had been cut back around the single track trail, lowering the chances of pick up chiggers as a souvenir. (Photo by Austin Explorer)
Entrance
The entrance to the park, just off of Riata Vista Circle. (Photo by Austin Explorer)
Log Entries
small but sweet
By jimmy peace on 8/8/2017
Rating: 2point5stars Difficulty: halfstar Solitude: 2point5stars
Distance: 2.30 Miles Duration: N/A

this is a small trail, up in nw austin 

First Austin hike in over a year!
By Austin Explorer on 10/30/2016
Rating: 2stars Difficulty: 2stars Solitude: 3stars
Distance: 1.05 Miles Duration: 32 minutes

Coppertone and I made a brief visit back to Austin to check on my Dad and decided to log a quick stroll at a park we'd not previously hiked.  Actually, Coppertone had been here before for some geocaching, but not to log a hike.

We parked at a nearby office that didn't look like they had 24 hour security like Apple and did what amounts to the outer loop of the park.  It was starting to get a bit warm and didn't want to get too sweaty given our other stops today, so this small loop was all we managed to get in.

Thankfully, the maintainers of the park mowed down a good width of grass over most of the trail, which saved us from too much of a chigger risk.  Coppertone is pretty sure she still got one of them here though.  Reminders of our previous home!

Nice path for it's location
By texaskdog on 8/10/2015
Rating: 3point5stars Difficulty: 1star Solitude: 2point5stars
Distance: 2.50 Miles Duration: 55 minutes

We found this in our new neighborhood.  If you drive east on Duval from 183 for a block and turn left on Cow Path until it ends, you can enter the park.  We followed along the right side all the way around and it's only about a mile, so we reversed and took some of the inner trails and stretched it out to 2.5.  While it's not long, for the area it is in it's a beautiful wooded park with a lot of nice trails.  If you go out the west side at Riata there is a lake, too.  While normally a park this small wouldn't be noteworthy it has a lot here for the space.

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