====== Hot Spots ======

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Here is a collection of good places to find butterflies in and around Austin. We'd like to accompany each place with a description that's helpful to people looking for butterflies, so send a description if you can. 

===== Map =====

[[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=p&om=0&msa=0&msid=112568171174856888841.0004446ca9aa49aa69225&ll=30.281009,-97.763214&spn=0.212872,0.466919&z=11|Austin Butterfly Trail]] - Google Map with Austin Butterfly Hotspot locations.  Compiled by Mike Quinn.

===== Butterfly Houses =====

[[http://www.wild-connections.com/|Wild Connections]] - Butterfly farm and nature center with a 2000 sq ft butterfly flight house, butterfly gardens, hiking trails, and a gift shop. Their mission is to "reintroduce humans to the wild," with a special focus on children.

===== Gardens =====

[[http://www.zilkergarden.org/|Zilker Botanical Garden]] - Walk the Blachly Butterfly Trail, one of the best places to see butterflies in Austin

[[http://www.wildflower.org/|Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center]] - Another of the best places to see butterflies in Austin

===== Parks & Centers =====

[[http://www.texasoutside.com/bartongreenbelt.htm|Barton Creek Greenbelt]]

[[http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/texas/balcones/index.htm|Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge]]

[[http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/mckinney_falls/|McKinney Falls State Park]]

[[http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/pedernales_falls/|Pedernales State Park]]

[[http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/enchanted_rock/|Enchanted Rock State Natural Area]]

[[http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/bastrop/|Bastrop State Park]]

[[http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/palmetto/|Palmetto State Park]]

[[http://www.wildbasin.org/|Wild Basin Preserve]]

[[http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/parks/hamilton_pool.asp|Hamilton Pool Preserve]]