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A historic spring-fed city park in Lampasas built around one of Texas' oldest continuously used public swimming pools, with cool artesian water, mature shade and a strong connection to the town's mineral-springs history.

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Rocksprings is an Edwards Plateau courthouse town best known as the required departure point for Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area, where reservation-only tours lead to a National Natural Landmark cave and one of Texas' largest seasonal Mexican free-tailed bat colonies.

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Rivers and reservoirs are only the visible part of Texas water. Aquifers store groundwater beneath the surface, springs bring some of it back into daylight, and both shape cities, farms, wildlife and land decisions.

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Austin's landmark spring-fed swimming pool in Zilker Park, supplied by the Edwards Aquifer and holding near 68–70 degrees year-round beneath limestone slopes and mature pecan trees.

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RV park or campground directory profile near New Braunfels, Comal County.

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A privately operated Hill Country swimming destination near Spicewood with spring-fed pools, a small waterfall, cypress trees, gardens and camping on a family-owned property.

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RV park or campground directory profile near Uvalde, Uvalde County.

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The Guadalupe begins in the Hill Country, receives important spring-fed tributaries and flows toward San Antonio Bay. Its basin makes the groundwater-surface-water connection unusually easy to see.

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A protected Hill Country canyon and collapsed limestone grotto west of Austin, where Hamilton Creek drops into a jade-green pool beneath a broad rock overhang, reached by a rugged trail and managed through required reservations to protect sensitive habitat.

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A West Texas oasis built around San Solomon Springs and the world’s largest spring-fed swimming pool, where clear 72-to-76-degree water fills a historic CCC-era park in the desert.

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Lampasas is a northern Hill Country courthouse town shaped by mineral springs, with an 1880s historic center, Hancock Springs Park and its free-flow spring-fed pool, public art, Sulphur Creek and an unusually strong spa-resort history for a small Texas city.

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Mount Vernon is a Northeast Texas Main Street town with a restored courthouse square, museums, an active arts community, Bankhead Highway history, nature preserves and quick access to pine-lined Lake Cypress Springs.

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UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum is a shaded six-acre art-and-nature destination near Barton Springs centered on the work of Austin sculptor Charles Umlauf, with outdoor bronzes, changing gallery exhibitions and family programming.

Story

A field guide to the springs that feed swimming holes, rivers and whole communities — and why the clearest water in Texas is also some of the most fragile.

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Permanent Texas Defined event guide · Sulphur Springs · October 24, 2026 · Recurrence-derived planning window

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A rugged Colorado River park northwest of Austin with 70-foot Gorman Falls, spring-fed pools, cave tours and more than 35 miles of hike-and-bike trails through limestone canyon country.

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A deep artesian spring and karst opening near Wimberley that forms the headwaters of Cypress Creek, protected within a Hays County natural area with trails and tightly managed water access.

Fishing Lake

An East Texas reservoir nationally associated with trophy largemouth bass and also supporting crappie, catfish, white bass and sunfish.

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Balmorhea State Park RV Area pairs electric RV camping in Toyahvale with San Solomon Springs and the park's large spring-fed swimming pool, a distinctive West Texas stop between I-10 and the Davis Mountains.