Published June 26, 2009 - The Dallas Morning News
Krause Springs, Spicewood
Ask any five people to name the most beautiful swimming hole in Texas, and all of them will name Krause Springs. A 20-foot, spring-fed waterfall cascades over a fern-bedecked ledge into a clear, blue-green pool. Hanging onto a rope swing, you arc out over the water and splash into the cool pool (a constant 70 degrees). Krause Springs is open all year for camping and swimming.
Little-known fact: The campground has 32 springs.
Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve, Travis County:
Spring-fed Hamilton Creek becomes a 50-foot waterfall as it launches itself off rocks into the lovely natural pool, edged by a sandy beach and shaded by a cave-like overhang.
Balmorhea State Park pool, Toyahvale:
It may be the biggest swimming pool you've ever seen. The V-shaped, 77,000-square-foot pool was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s in the foothills of West Texas' Davis Mountains. The crystal-clear, 74-degree, untreated waters of San Solomon Springs gush through the two-acre pool at the rate of a million gallons an hour.
Barton Springs Pool, Austin:
This tree-shaded oasis is a favorite summertime site for cooling off – really cooling off. Flowing through the 1,000-by-125-foot pool every day are 27 million gallons of spring water at a goose-bump-inducing 68 degrees
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