Editing Lady Bird Lake (section)

===Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail and Boardwalk===
{{Main|Boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake}}
[[File:Butler Hike and Bike Trail Austin Runners 2017.jpg|right|thumb|Many Austinites take advantage of the Butler Trail to keep fit by walking, running or cycling.|alt=image of Butler Hike and Bike trail in Austin]]
[[File:Butler Hike and Bike Trail Boardwalk.jpg|thumb|right|Part of the boardwalk in 2018|alt=image of Bulter Hike and Bike Trail Boardwalk]]

The Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail, formerly the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail, creates a complete circuit around Lady Bird Lake.  It is one of the oldest [[urban area|urban]] [[Texas]] hike and bike paths. The trail is the longest trail designed for non-motorized traffic maintained by the [[Austin, Texas|City of Austin]] Parks and Recreation Department. A local nonprofit, [https://thetrailconservancy.org/ The Trail Conservancy], is the Trail's private steward and has made [http://www.thetrailfoundation.org/meet/butler-trail-projects/ Trail-wide improvements] by adding user amenities and infrastructure including trailheads and lakefront gathering areas, locally-designed jewel box restrooms, exercise equipment, as well as doing trailwide [[ecological restoration]] work on an ongoing basis. 

The Butler Trail loop was completed in 2014 with the public-private partnership 1-mile Boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake project, which was spearheaded by The Trail Conservancy.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thetrailfoundation.org/meet/butler-trail-projects/|title = Projects Page|publisher = The Trail Foundation|date = November 30, 2015|access-date = November 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Collaboration: The Boardwalk|url=https://thetrailfoundation.org/portfolio/the-boardwalk/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=The Trail Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> Construction on the $28 million project was completed during October 2012 – June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail and Boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake|url=https://www.austintexas.gov/department/ann-and-roy-butler-hike-and-bike-trail-and-boardwalk-lady-bird-lake|access-date=July 1, 2021|publisher=City of Austin, Texas}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Runn|first1=Courtney|date=December 23, 2017|title=Here's how to have the most Austin experience on the boardwalk|work=[[Austin American-Statesman]]|url=https://www.statesman.com/news/20171223/heres-how-to-have-the-most-austin-experience-on-the-boardwalk|access-date=July 1, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182448/https://www.statesman.com/news/20171223/heres-how-to-have-the-most-austin-experience-on-the-boardwalk |archive-date= Jul 9, 2021 }}</ref>

The trail is {{convert|10.1|mi|km}} long and mostly flat, with 97.5% of it at less than an 8% grade. The trail's surface is smooth and is mostly crushed granite except for a few lengths of concrete and a boardwalk<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austintexas.gov/department/boardwalk-trail-lady-bird-lake |title=The Boardwalk Trail at Lady Bird Lake |publisher=City of Austin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504211125/http://www.austintexas.gov/department/boardwalk-trail-lady-bird-lake |archive-date=May 4, 2015 |access-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref> on the South-side of the lake.  A pedestrian bridge incorporated into the trail bridges Barton Creek.  The [[Roberta Crenshaw]] Pedestrian Walkway spans Lady Bird Lake beneath [[Texas State Highway Loop 1|MoPac Boulevard]] and provides the trail's westernmost crossing of Lady Bird Lake.

The trail encompasses the [[Lou Neff Point |Lou Neff Point Gazebo]]  at the confluence of Barton Creek and Lady Bird Lake.  It is listed as 'Austin Art in Public Places'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lou Neff Point Gazebo |url=https://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D19121%26seo%3DLou-Neff-Point-Gazebo_The-Austin-Group-and-Austin-Art-in-Public-Places |website=cultureNOW |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182443/https://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D19121%26seo%3DLou-Neff-Point-Gazebo_The-Austin-Group-and-Austin-Art-in-Public-Places |url-status=live }}</ref>