Austin Neighborhood Steiner Ranch
Sam Chapman
September 15, 2008
Steiner Ranch is a large, master planned subdivision in northwest Austin. Not too far from downtown, but in the hills and very close to Lake Travis, Steiner Ranch has a lot to offer. A community that will have close to 4200 homes when it is built out, Steiner Ranch currently has around 3200 homes on the ground.
Steiner Ranch is a wonderful community and is great for families with kids. There are two elementary schools and one middle school in Steiner Ranch and they all have the highest rating that the state of Texas gives. In addition, the area is dotted with playgrounds and has several pools and parks. Tennis courts are also available.
Steiner Ranch was developed in the environmentally sensitive Central Texas Hill Country. The developers of Steiner ranch were sensitive to that and set aside a number of green areas. There are 18 miles of trails for hiking and biking and there is also green space set aside that will not be developed.
Lake Austin flows along one side of Steiner Ranch and Lake Travis is just minutes away. Lake Austin is the dammed Colorado River and is long and narrow. Lake Travis, also part of the Colorado River basin, is much larger and winds over 63 miles to the northwest. Both are wonderful for boating and other recreation.
There is also golf in Steiner Ranch. The University of Texas Golf Club is in a gated part of Steiner Ranch. The UT Golf Club is a private club on around 275 acres and is the home course of the UT Men´s and Women´s golf teams. This is an areas of higher end homes with some having golf course views, some having tremendous Hill Country views and some having both.
There is quite a variety of homes in Steiner Ranch. There is a small section in which you can find homes priced in the mid $200,000s. There are a few newer gated areas that have large homes sitting way above Lake Austin with tremendous views of the lake and hills. Another area, on Flat Top Road, features fabulous Lake Austin waterfront homes that run in to the millions.
Once feeling a bit far out from town, Steiner is close to almost anything anyone would need. As Steiner Ranch has grown, areas of retail and office space have opened. Close to the Visitor´s Center, you can enjoy s small café, visit a dentist and leave the kids at a day care. Just 5 minutes from Steiner Ranch is an area referred to as Four Points. This area, at the intersection of RR 2222 and RR 620 has even more shopping with a major grocery store and national retail stores as well as other stores and services. Around 15 minutes in the other direction is the Hill Country Galleria Mall. A new regional hospital is being built 10 minutes away in Lakeway.
If you visit Steiner Ranch, make sure to drop by the Visitor´s Center, which is on Quinlan Park Road just around a mile from RR 620. The folks there are very knowledgeable and are wonderful at pointing out various parts of the community. There is also a very large aerial photo in the Visitor´s Center showing where Steiner Ranch is located with regards to the lakes, downtown Austin, the airport and other parts of the Austin area.
Author Bio:
Sam Chapman is an Austin real estate agent who has lived and worked in the Austin area since 1987. Sam enjoys helping people buy or sell Steiner Ranch homes and he loves volunteering in the community. Read Sam´s Austin Real Estate Blog.
Steiner Ranch is a wonderful community and is great for families with kids. There are two elementary schools and one middle school in Steiner Ranch and they all have the highest rating that the state of Texas gives. In addition, the area is dotted with playgrounds and has several pools and parks. Tennis courts are also available.
Steiner Ranch was developed in the environmentally sensitive Central Texas Hill Country. The developers of Steiner ranch were sensitive to that and set aside a number of green areas. There are 18 miles of trails for hiking and biking and there is also green space set aside that will not be developed.
Lake Austin flows along one side of Steiner Ranch and Lake Travis is just minutes away. Lake Austin is the dammed Colorado River and is long and narrow. Lake Travis, also part of the Colorado River basin, is much larger and winds over 63 miles to the northwest. Both are wonderful for boating and other recreation.
There is also golf in Steiner Ranch. The University of Texas Golf Club is in a gated part of Steiner Ranch. The UT Golf Club is a private club on around 275 acres and is the home course of the UT Men´s and Women´s golf teams. This is an areas of higher end homes with some having golf course views, some having tremendous Hill Country views and some having both.
There is quite a variety of homes in Steiner Ranch. There is a small section in which you can find homes priced in the mid $200,000s. There are a few newer gated areas that have large homes sitting way above Lake Austin with tremendous views of the lake and hills. Another area, on Flat Top Road, features fabulous Lake Austin waterfront homes that run in to the millions.
Once feeling a bit far out from town, Steiner is close to almost anything anyone would need. As Steiner Ranch has grown, areas of retail and office space have opened. Close to the Visitor´s Center, you can enjoy s small café, visit a dentist and leave the kids at a day care. Just 5 minutes from Steiner Ranch is an area referred to as Four Points. This area, at the intersection of RR 2222 and RR 620 has even more shopping with a major grocery store and national retail stores as well as other stores and services. Around 15 minutes in the other direction is the Hill Country Galleria Mall. A new regional hospital is being built 10 minutes away in Lakeway.
If you visit Steiner Ranch, make sure to drop by the Visitor´s Center, which is on Quinlan Park Road just around a mile from RR 620. The folks there are very knowledgeable and are wonderful at pointing out various parts of the community. There is also a very large aerial photo in the Visitor´s Center showing where Steiner Ranch is located with regards to the lakes, downtown Austin, the airport and other parts of the Austin area.
Author Bio:
Sam Chapman is an Austin real estate agent who has lived and worked in the Austin area since 1987. Sam enjoys helping people buy or sell Steiner Ranch homes and he loves volunteering in the community. Read Sam´s Austin Real Estate Blog.
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