Austin Vacation Rental Near Lady Bird Lake: Your Neighborhood Guide
Staying near Lady Bird Lake in Austin? Explore Rainey Street, SoCo, 6th Street, the trail and a 12-guest home with a fenced backyard.
Austin · Texas
Austin
The Live Music Capital of the World runs on barbecue smoke, spring water and late shows — and Parker Lane gives you a quiet backyard to come home to.
Texas barbecue trail · SUGAR-WHITE SANDLive music capital of the worldBarton Springs · 68°F all yearTexas barbecue trailCongress Bridge bats at dusk
Welcome to Austin
Keep it weird, keep it easy.
Austin is the rare big city that still feels like a college town on a river. Downtown’s skyline rises straight out of Lady Bird Lake, where paddleboarders share the water with rowing crews, and every evening in summer a million bats pour out from under the Congress Avenue Bridge while crowds cheer from above.
The city runs on live music — two hundred venues on any given night — and on barbecue worth queuing for at dawn. Between shows there are spring-fed pools that hold 68 degrees all summer, taco trucks on every corner, and the greenbelt’s swimming holes hiding minutes from downtown. Parker Lane sits ten minutes east, close enough for the show, quiet enough to sleep in.
- 200+ live music venues
- Barton Springs Pool
- Congress Bridge bats
- Texas barbecue trail
- Lady Bird Lake trail
- South Congress shopping
City guide
Things to do in Austin.
Field notes from your hosts — what to see, where to eat and how to spend your days in Austin before coming home to the house.
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Stay in Austin
Your Austin basecamp.
1903 Parker Lane is a quiet ranch with a gazebo, outdoor kitchen and half-acre backyard — ten minutes from downtown, a world away at night. Book direct on the platform you already trust.
Downtown Austin Home – Updated & Private!
Downtown Austin Home - Updated & Private!
Stunning remodeled, 1967 Mid-Century, Downtown Home features 5 private rooms, 3 full baths, and impressive outdoor entertaining space.
This spacious and bright home, sits over the Austin city skyline — just far enough away from I-35 so you can escape the noise, but walking distance or short Uber ride to Rainey st, Lady Bird Lake, SoCo & all the excitement of Austin’s 6th Street, East Austin, SXSW and Food and Wine fest events!
Home highlights
Step inside.
Inside the house
Outdoor Kitchen
A six-burner grill, sink and fridge under the gazebo.
Inside the house
The Gazebo
Dinner for ten under one roof, string lights optional.
Inside the house
The Sunroom
A wall of windows, white leather and afternoon light.
Inside the house
Vaulted Living Room
High ceilings, a fireplace and French doors to the patio.
Inside the house
King Bedrooms
Inside the house
Home Office
Gallery
A look around the homes.
★★★★★
“Worked mornings from the office, floated Barton Springs by lunch. Perfect week.”
Your hosts
One backyard retreat, one family behind the door.
We’re not a management company — Parker Lane is our house, and we look after it ourselves. If the grill needs gas or you want the taco truck the locals swear by, you’re one message away from someone who actually holds the keys.
Find us
Getting around Austin.
Parker Lane sits in a leafy East Riverside neighborhood — ten minutes to downtown and Rainey Street, fifteen to the airport, and around the corner from some of the city’s best taco trucks. Door codes arrive with your booking confirmation.
- 1903 Parker Lane, Austin, TX 78741
- +(512) 856-8888
- kevin@1618lakeside.com
Reservations
Your week in Austin starts here.
Check live availability for both homes — instant confirmation, free cancellation on most stays.