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Mueller’s Park & Events
Mueller’s 140 acres of thoughtfully designed parks and open spaces plays host to many events throughout the year. For event hosting requests at Mueller, visit the link below. For an updated event calendar visit Mueller’s Facebook page.
Mueller’s Parks
Mueller’s parks, trails and open space weave through the community, establishing a native, local ecosystem and bringing outdoor recreation and education options to Mueller residents, employees and visitors. With 20 percent of the neighborhood dedicated to parkland and open space, every resident lives within 600 feet of a community greenspace. Mueller parks are open to the public and are host to several community events annually.
Mueller’s park system features:
- Approximately 140 acres of parks, trails and open space
- 5-mile hike and bike trail loop at completion
- Mueller Greenways surround the neighborhood and connects to existing Austin parks including Bartholomew Park, Patterson Park and Morris Williams Golf Course
Mueller’s varied parks – ranging from the popular and active Lake Park to the more secluded and natural Southwest Greenway – have been carefully planned to provide different amenities and experiences to parkgoers, all connected by an extensive 13 miles of dedicated trails and protected bike lanes. To view Mueller’s trail map, click here.
Parks and trails include:
Ella Wooten Park
- 2.5-acre park located in the heart of Mueller’s first neighborhood
- Playscape with one acre of open lawn
- Junior Olympic-sized, 5-lane lap pool with adjacent wading pool for children and poolhouse
- Basketball/sport court
- Shaded picnic areas
- Named after the first woman to serve on the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce board
Lake Park
- 30 acres centrally located at Mueller near the Mueller Central information center and the future town center
- Completed 6.5-acre lake adjacent to Mueller Central
- Open air amphitheater and stage
- Interactive playscape
- Picnic peninsula
- Loop trail
- Public art
Northwest Greenway
- Located near the Mueller retail center, Dell Children’s Medical Center and the future town center
- 10-foot-wide hike and bike trail made of decomposed granite
- Accessible playscape
- Picnic area with trellis shade structure
- Home to 15 solar-powered Sunflower sculptures
Paggi Square
- 1/3 acre neighborhood park located in the heart of Mueller adjacent to Mueller’s Shop Houses
- Features a multi-sport court for games like pétanque and bocce ball and a grassy spectator hillside
- Includes a ledge rock spring, bench seating and mature Mexican sycamore and cedar elm trees
- Named after Michael Paggi, an entrepreneur, ferry operator and landowner who brought ice manufacturing to Austin in the late 1800s
Southwest Greenway
- Located near Mueller’s first neighborhood along Tom Miller St.
- Restored Texas blackland prairie incorporating native plants in partnership with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Educational amenities about the ecosystem and prairies of Central Texas
- 10-foot-wide hike and bike trail made of decomposed granite
John Gaines Park
- 132 community garden plots with a covered work area, compost bins and tool shed
- A playscape area that features a climbing net, swing set and small hills with built-in tunnels
- A large open lawn that can be used for soccer and other such pick-up field games
- A community pool with lap lanes and separate children’s wading pool
- Named after Austin’s first African-American police officer
Mary Elizabeth Branch Park
- 3.5-acre open green space located just three blocks from Dell Children’s Medical Center
- Sand volleyball courts, an enclosed dog-run and a flexible area for social games like Bocce.
- Open lawn area suitable for family picnics, a 10-foot wide trail and exercise/stretching area
- A nearby set of restrooms will feature a landscaped rooftop
- A children’s playground, sensory gardens, rain gardens and 220 new trees
- Named after first black female president of a senior college at Tillotson College
Jessie Andrews Park
- The park features an outdoor dining area with space for occasional food trucks
- A nature-inspired playscape, shaded strolling paths, tables for games such as chess and backgammon, restrooms, bike racks, a live performance space and more.
- The park and its various amenities are anchored by a central open lawn for a variety of family activities.
- Named after the first female graduate and first female professor at the University of Texas at Austin
Taniguchi Park
- Mueller’s 10th named park named after Isamu Taniguchi.
- Located near Taniguchi, Chennault, Margarita and Sorin streets.
- Features a community table for larger meal gatherings, an open lawn for picnics or catch and a covered space with a terrace and restrooms that overlook the park.
- Nearly one acre
- Covered gathering space made from Pecos red sandstone with restrooms,
- Storage space, moveable furniture and terrace featuring
- Spanish grape vine-covered trellis, grills and picnic tables
- Rooftop designed to channel rainwater into sunken cistern that overflows into dry creek bed and then to rain gardens