Statesman Bat Observation Center

Hear us out. Every night at dusk during March-November 1.5 million Mexican free tailed bats take flight from underneath Congress Ave Bridge . Watch it from a riverboat, or a nearby patio bar . Read more

"Driving across the Congress Avenue Bridge , you'd never know the world's largest urban bat colony (1.5 million at summer peak) lives under it ... unless you show up at sundown to see them."

Best view - top of the bridge ! The bats ???? fly away in small groups and it’s really nice to see the line of bats flying away. Quite an event you should definitely see in Austin while you are here!

Towards the end of summer it gets dark earlier so you can't see the bat stream as well when they leave. Earlier in the summer is best!

1.5MM bats? They were like british people: really, really on time.

It's cool to see the bats fly out but the view is a little limited by the trees but it is consistent because it's right under them.

Parking rates here are an extortion. To see the bats you just need 15 min, but there is 3 hrs minimum parking for $6.

We went during March and there weren't as many bats, but we did see a few!

If you go in the day under the bridge , you can hear the bats n___n

Long waiting time. Need to select the right spot to watch bats flying from their sleeping locations

Peak times for bats are around dusk.

Bat's typically migrate out from under this bridge . It's actually a sick sight.

Visit sunset view great

Go after the sun sets

Saw no bats, and then it started to rain horribly

Es mejor verlos desde abajo