Congress Avenue Bridge Bat Watching, Austin

What an absolute blast! I did not read Google reviews prior to coming, so I was not sure what to expect. I certainly did not expect thousands of people to be sitting in the grass/standing on the bridge to get a show of the bats. We waited a little over 30 minutes for the bats to come out. We stayed another 30 minutes as the bats filed out from under the bridge. We did pay to park, but getting out of the parking lot wasn’t as bad as we thought it would be. Overall, a very cool experience I’m glad we didn’t miss!

Eh, not what people made it out to be. And like hundreds of people, we voluntarily, patiently, waited for 1 hour. When they came out it was mostly on the south east side of the bridge, and they fly more out than up. So kinda hard to see them against the dark water back drop looking down on them. But it's free to see them, just takes time to wait. If your truly interested, then I recommend getting on some boat of choice that way you can look up at them with the sky as a back drop.