Swimming Articles – Texas Monthly

January 25, 2019

Balmorhea State Park Will Reopen, Thanks to $2 Million in Donations

TPWD's fundraising from Apache Corporation and hundreds of Texans will support repairs at the park.

September 21, 2018

Despite threats to its survival over the years, the picturesque and petite park goes with the flow, just like its namesake river.

June 22, 2018

With its inviting spring-fed pool and abundant wildlife, the former military base is an oasis in Southwest Texas.

June 16, 2016

We’ve mapped out nineteen places to cool off the way nature intended by swimming, wading, and diving into Texas’s restorative waterways.

June 15, 2016

The risks a West Texan will take for a quick dip.

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December 1, 1976

Meet the people who can eat, leap, kick, and talk more, better, higher, and faster than anyone else in the world.