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UT Summer Twilight Tower Tours
2247 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78705
+1 512 232 6009
site: UT Summer Twilight Tower Tours
#112 of 470 things to do rated by Real Travelers

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Summertime signals the return of the popular escorted twilight tours of the University of Texas Tower. Enjoy sweeping vistas of campus and the surrounding Austin community from the Tower's deck, as sunset fades to amber hues and city lights twinkle across the horizon. History and crime buffs will also appreciate this tour. It's the site of the notorious killing spree meted out by Charles Whitman on August 1, 1966. Using the tower as a sniper's perch, Whitman opened fire on unsuspecting people below, killing fourteen innocent victims in ninety minutes. Oliver Stone in Natural Born Killers (1994) makes reference to this dark day in Texas Tower history.

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Area

UT Campus, Texas Union Building

Hours

Tours are offered Sat-Sun on the hour -- starting as early as 11am and lasting until as late as 8pm -- most of the year. Schedules vary according to the academic schedule; late May-late Aug, tours may be offered on Thurs and Fri evenings, and Sun tours eliminated

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