Neighborhoods of San Antonio - Alamo Heights

Located in the city's inner north-central corridor about two miles (3 km) north of Downtown and laid out roughly down the north-south axis of Broadway, the Alamo Heights area (ZIP Code 78209) is bordered to the south by Mulberry Avenue, to the north by Interstate 410, to the east by Fort Sam Houston, and to the west by US 281. The enclave cities of Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills are included in this area. This area also includes a large swath of Broadway from Mulberry to Loop 410. Inside this area is also Mahncke Park (the neighborhood and the park), the Witte Museum, Brackenridge Park, Botanical Gardens, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio Country Club and Japanese Tea Gardens. The whole of 78209 zipcode is sometimes referred to as "Alamo Heights" even though the precise boundaries of the Alamo Heights city and school district are much smaller than the boundaries of the zip code.

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