How to Visit Mitchell Lake

The Mitchell Lake Audubon Center (MLAC) provides access to the public through guided field trips. Information about visits is available on the MLAC website: http://www.tx.audubon.org/mitchell.htm.

Entrance Gate
Photo: Gary Rogers

The entrance gate to Mitchell Lake Wetlands is located in south San Antonio, on Moursund Blvd. Take loop 410, exit 46, Moursund Blvd and go south 0.7 mile. The gate is on the left.

Follow this link to the Mitchell Lake Schedule for Tours on the San Antonio Audubon Society website.

Follow this link to a Yahoo Map showing the roads near Mitchell Lake. The map will open in a new window.

Follow this link to an interesting Microsoft TerraServer topographic map of the Mitchell Lake Area. The map will open in a new window.

Here is a map, called the "locator map", showing the area around Mitchell Lake with letters and numbers around the side to use to specify a map location. For example there is an entrance gate located at B5 on the grid. These grid locations are used to specify locations of events such as wildlife sightings.

Here is a recent aerial photo in color. The Union Pacific Railroad Tracks and Pleasanton Road are the two north-south arteries to the left of the lake.

Here is a high resolution aerial photo, taken February 9, 1987, showing Mitchell Lake and the immediate vicinity. This photo will open ina new window.

Here is larger version of the above aerial photo showing a larger view of the land area around Mitchell Lake. This photo will open in a new window.