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.
I’ve spent the past half century immersing myself in Texas’s clear, cool waters. But if development and drought have their way, I may be the last of my kind.
The drought is taking a toll on our swimming holes, although a few favorites are still in good enough shape to help us handle the record heat.
Swimming before sunrise became a necessary ritual for novelist Elizabeth McCracken during an uncertain time. And then came the strangers.
The cascading effects of COVID-19—including a job-seekers’ economy and recruitment delays—are mostly to blame.
A handy guide to which of our beaches, lakes, rivers, creeks, swimming holes, and swimming pools are and aren’t open.
A San Antonio woman is looking for some liquid relief from the heat. The Texanist has a deluge of options.
Whether in spring water in Angelina National Forest or a bright blue river north of Uvalde, take a cool dip to survive the Texas heat.
With its inviting spring-fed pool and abundant wildlife, the former military base is an oasis in Southwest Texas.
A Central Texas mom tries to strike a balance between innocent summertime fun and her worst slithering, venomous nightmare.
Have tube, will travel.
Where to go to cool off this summer.
Grab your towel, your sunscreen, and go! Presenting our 25 favorite swimming holes: Barton Springs, Blue Hole, Balmorhea, and other iconic places to lower your core temperature. At least for a couple of hours.
Summer’s blast furnace is firing up. Luckily, Texas is a paradise of spring-fed pools, sparkling beaches, and more. Here are our picks for the best places to chill out, get wet, and go off the deep end. Plus extra web-only information!
A photographic study on beating the heat.
When the summer heat starts to get to you, cool your heels by plunging into an icy green swimming hole.
What was once a mere rural spring is now a crowded, languorous, bare-skinned utopia.
