Pease Park is a public park in central Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

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Open from early morning until 10:00 PM, the park is frequented by University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...

 students and disc golf

Disc golf

Disc golf is a disc game in which individual players throw a flying disc into a basket or at a target. According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, "The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc." Of the more than 3000...

 enthusiasts. Every spring, it plays host to the annual Eeyore's Birthday Party

Eeyore's Birthday Party

Eeyore's Birthday Party is a day-long festival taking place annually in Austin, Texas since 1963. It typically occurs on the last Saturday of April in Austin's Pease Park. It includes live music, food and drink vending which benefit local non-profit organizations, attendees in colorful costumes,...

 celebration, a favorite event for Austin's hippie

Hippie

The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...

subculture dating back to the 1960s. The park is located at 1100 Kingsbury St. in Austin, Texas.

On January 1, 2011, the park's disc golf course was closed indefinitely due to environmental impact problems.

External links

• Park Profile at Austin Parks Foundation
• UrbanGrounds: Pease Park Disc Golf (with map of the course)
• Pease Park on Centxdglove.com (with pictures of each hole)