r/TXoutdoors

Hey y'all,

For the last few months I've been chipping away at something for Texas swimming: a single place to see the named holes, springs, and falls, whether you need a reservation, what it costs, and if it's actually open.

I finally got it live and wanted to share. It's called swimholesmap.com, and the point is simple. Hill Country swimming is a maze of state parks, city pools, and private springs. Figuring out if Hamilton Pool needs a booking, if Jacob's Well is swimming or just looking, or what Barton Springs costs usually means five tabs and a Facebook rumor.

Here's what it covers:

• 12 named swimming holes, 4 hot springs, and 4 waterfalls on record
• An interactive map of all of them
• For each spot: access, fee, whether you need a reservation, and any closure or hazard note on file
• The swimming-holes list is at swimholesmap.com/tx/swimming-holes, including Hamilton Pool, Hippie Hollow, Krause Springs, Blue Hole, Devil's Waterhole, Garner / Frio, and Blanco State Park
• Hot springs (Barton Springs, Balmorhea, Comal, San Marcos) and waterfalls (Gorman, McKinney, Pedernales, Caprock) are on the same hub

I started building this because I kept getting burned showing up to a hole that was reservation-only, bacteria-closed, or not swimming at all. So I built the thing I wanted to exist.

It's just me working on this on the side, no team.

Would love for you to poke around and tell me what's missing or wrong. This is the named, documented set, not every limestone pool on Barton Creek. If there's a public hole near you that should be on here, I'm all ears.

Let me know if you have anything you would like to be added!