Balmorhea State Park

★★★★★ (1,895)

Dive into the crystal-clear water of the world’s largest spring-fed swimming pool. Swim, scuba dive, or just relax under the trees at this historic park in arid West Texas.The entire park will close on Sept. 3, 2019, for repairs and installation of a septic system. The projected date for reopening is March 2020

The Civilian Conservation Corps built Balmorhea State Park in the 1930s. Nearly 80 years later, people are still cooling off at our park.Swim, scuba or skin dive, camp, geocache, stud

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 360

Turtle

852 Sightings
J
17
F
50
M
101
A
86
M
61
J
59
J
89
A
120
S
163
O
60
N
32
D
14

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 3000

Catfish

629 Sightings
J
9
F
23
M
60
A
74
M
54
J
51
J
67
A
96
S
120
O
47
N
17
D
11

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 600

Crayfish

280 Sightings
J
7
F
0
M
0
A
17
M
0
J
21
J
32
A
58
S
91
O
38
N
9
D
7

Common Rudd

63 Sightings
J
2
F
0
M
0
A
13
M
12
J
0
J
25
A
0
S
11
O
0
N
0
D
0

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