Barton Springs Pool
Lake · Austin, Texas
Three acres of spring-fed swimming in the middle of Austin, filled by four underground springs that hold the water at sixty-eight to seventy degrees every day of the year. Around eight hundred thousand people a year swim here, it is federally protected habitat for the endangered Barton Springs salamander, and Robert Redford learned to swim in it at the age of five.
2201 William Barton Drive, Austin, Texas, 78746, United States
Typically open daily 5 AM - 10 PM. ⚠ CLOSED EVERY THURSDAY 9 AM - 7 PM FOR CLEANING — early swimming 5-9 AM is still allowed at your own risk. ⚠ FREE outside guarded hours; admission charged during guarded hours, generally from around Austin ISD spring break through October. Passes via the PARD ATXswims app or kiosks; cash and kiosk sales are at the Zilker Cafe building during bathhouse construction. ⚠ Maintenance closures recur and overrun — check austintexas.gov before travelling.
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