Barton Springs

On the Job With the Barton Boys, the Official Dive Rankers of Barton Springs

The 25-year-old “boys” have taken it upon themselves to score each jump off the diving board, Olympics-style. Austin poolgoers have embraced the challenge.

Barton Springs Pool in the Dark Is Its Own World

Swimming before sunrise became a necessary ritual for novelist Elizabeth McCracken during an uncertain time. And then came the strangers.

Moving to Austin Changed This Singer-songwriter’s Life—and How She Thought About Death

Shawn Colvin on her early days in Texas, and thinking ahead to her final days.

The Texanist: What’s the Best Swimming Hole in Texas?

A San Antonio woman is looking for some liquid relief from the heat. The Texanist has a deluge of options.

The Best Thing in Texas: Watch Barton Springs Pool Cheer on a Little Girl as She Jumps In

She’s so brave!

Inside Barton Springs, Austin’s Favorite Watering Hole

Photos and memories from the public pool that brings a city together.

Best of Austin: Dining

Where to find our favorite breakfast tacos, fajitas, rigatoni with spicy lamb meatballs, and lakeside views.

Trailer Thursday: Good Pop

It’s still hot. And by hot, I mean a scorching 104 degrees. And we’ve got at least another month or two to go. So I thought I’d share with you my favorite recipe for keeping cool in Austin. Just this summer, I finally discovered the secret ingredient:

Fishy

The Barton Springs salamander goes to court.

Barton Springs Celebrants, Austin, 1990

Merry-go-round

AUSTIN POLITICS ARE the nuttiest in the state. It all stems from an obsession with quality of life, and nothing quite brings out the daffiness like a threat to the city’s beloved Barton Springs. Even as a two-year legal battle continues to rage over development upstream on Barton Creek, a

The Battle for Barton Springs

A determined developer’s big plans for Austin’s cool, clear water hole is bringing out extremes on both sides.

Barton Springs Eternal

What was once a mere rural spring is now a crowded, languorous, bare-skinned utopia.