Austin · Lake Houston

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Twenty-one neighborhoods on the Austin side, seven on the Lake Houston side, and the guides that cover each.

Austin

Austin market mapTwenty-one neighborhoods, with Downtown near the middle. I-35 runs north to south just east of Downtown, and MoPac runs north to south to its west. Loop 360 runs across the north, curves down the west side, and comes back east across the south beside Ben White. US-183 comes in from the north-west, runs east across the north, then turns south down the east side. Ben White crosses the south from west to east. The Colorado River enters at the north-west corner past Lake Travis, runs south-east as Lake Austin to Westlake, and becomes Lady Bird Lake through the middle, just south of Downtown. It leaves the map to the east, toward Bastrop. Towns beyond the map are marked on its edges: Leander, Cedar Park, Round Rock and Pflugerville to the north; Lakeway, Bee Cave and Dripping Springs to the west; Manchaca to the south; Manor and Bastrop to the east.DowntownTarrytownClarksvilleCrestviewNorthwest HillsAllandaleRosedaleWindsor ParkThe EastsideHollyTravis CountryBartonHillsZilkerBouldinCircle CSteiner RanchGreat HillsSouth AustinWestlakeEastRiversideTravis Heights

Lake Houston

Lake Houston market mapKingwood Drive, US-59, FM 1960 and West Lake Houston Parkway form a rectangle with Kingwood at its north-east corner, Humble at its south-west and Atascocita at its south-east. The West Fork of the San Jacinto River runs west to east through the middle of that rectangle and is crossed twice. The East Fork comes down the eastern side, and the two meet at the head of Lake Houston, which runs south. Eagle Springs, Summerwood and Fall Creek lie south of the rectangle. FM 1960 carries on east from Atascocita, over a bridge across Lake Houston, to Huffman on the far shore, which is the easternmost place on the map.KingwoodHumbleAtascocitaEagle SpringsSummerwoodFall CreekHuffman

Communities

Guides for this market

  • Sand Creek and Green Tree

    Sand Creek and Green Tree, Kingwood's sister villages. What separates them, what they share, and which elementary each one tracks to.

  • Kingwood

    What Kingwood is actually like, village by village, from someone who lives here. Trails, schools, the country club, and why it doesn't compare to anywhere else.

  • Fosters Mill

    What Fosters Mill is actually like: the Deerwood Club, the price range, and an honest read on flood risk by street.

  • River Chase

    River Chase, at the east end of Kingwood. The north/south split, the trails, the schools, and an honest note on the floodplain.

  • Reading MUD Taxes in the Lake Houston Area

    What a municipal utility district is, what the state makes a seller disclose, and how to read the rate on one specific address.

  • Reading Flood Risk in the Lake Houston Area

    FEMA maps, what changed after Harvey, how the reservoirs actually work, and how to read the risk on one specific address.

Hand-drawn map of the corridor between Austin and Houston, with Lake Houston and Kingwood at the eastern end.
The corridor, Austin to Lake Houston