Whittier Park
7th Street and 3rd Avenue SE
Facilities/Features
- Shoreland restoration prairie
- Dog exercise area
- Trails
- Benches
500 4th Avenue NE
Austin, MN 55912
(507)433-1881
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm
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Austin is a city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 26,174 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Mower County. Austin is located at the intersection of Interstate Highway 90 and U.S. Highway 218 in the southeastern part of the state.
The town was originally settled along the Cedar River and it has two man-made lakes called East Side Lake and Mill pond. The town was named for Austin R. Nichols, the first settler in the area.
