Swimming Holes

Regulated natural preserve with a collapsed grotto and waterfall; swimming frequently closed for E. coli monitoring — check status before

Beloved cypress-lined swimming hole saved from development by community fundraising; became a city park.

Two swimming areas on Onion Creek within Austin city limits; 9 miles of trails.

Texas’s only clothing-optional public park, on a Lake Travis cove.

Popular swimming spot on the Barton Creek Greenbelt with rock formations; flow depends heavily on rain.

Small, shady swimming hole on Bull Creek Greenbelt with a rope swing; flow-dependent.

Oldest swimming pool in Texas; began as a natural swimming hole on the Colorado River, later developed into a resort/pool.

Iconic 3-acre spring-fed pool fed by the Balcones Fault, home to the endangered Barton Springs salamander.