UT Austin Campus Walk

This walk circles the heart of the University of Texas at Austin, the campus generations of students have called the Forty Acres. You start beneath the Main Building and its 307-foot Tower, head west to the red-tiled buildings and the student union, then south to the Harry Ransom Center and the South Mall. Across Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard you meet Ellsworth Kelly's Austin and the Blanton Museum of Art, then swing east past the football stadium to the LBJ Presidential Library before returning through campus to the Turtle Pond and the quiet Tower Garden.

The loop is about two miles on sidewalks and campus malls, with some steps and slopes, and takes about two hours at an easy pace. Every stop can be enjoyed from outside. The museums and libraries keep their own hours, and some charge admission, so check their websites if you want to go in. On football game days, expect big crowds and closures near the stadium.

12 stops on this tour:

Main Building and UT Tower - The Campus Landmark

Battle Hall - The Building That Set the Style

Texas Union - The Living Room of Campus

Harry Ransom Center - Treasures in the Lobby

Littlefield Fountain - The Gateway to the Tower

Ellsworth Kelly's Austin - A Chapel of Light

Blanton Museum of Art - Petals on the Plaza

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium - A War Memorial That Roars

LBJ Presidential Library - Travertine Monument

The Seven Mustangs - Proctor's Last Great Herd

Turtle Pond - The Shadiest Spot on Campus

Tower Garden - A Place to Remember

Stops on this tour

1. Main Building and UT Tower - The Campus Landmark
2. Battle Hall - The Building That Set the Style
3. Texas Union - The Living Room of Campus
4. Harry Ransom Center - Treasures in the Lobby
5. Littlefield Fountain - The Gateway to the Tower
6. Ellsworth Kelly's Austin - A Chapel of Light
7. Blanton Museum of Art - Petals on the Plaza
8. Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium - A War Memorial That Roars
9. LBJ Presidential Library - Travertine Monument
10. The Seven Mustangs - Proctor's Last Great Herd
11. Turtle Pond - The Shadiest Spot on Campus
12. Tower Garden - A Place to Remember

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