Summer · 2 lists

Swimming Hole Summer

A survival plan for July and August, organized around cold water and the booking windows that stand between you and it.

The Frio River winding below wooded hills at Garner State Park, seen from Old Baldy in Uvalde County
Larry D. Moore / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Texas summer runs from late May to some point in October, and the only reliable strategy is to be in water by ten in the morning. Spring-fed holds up in a dry year. River-fed does not, which is why both guides here include gauge notes and drought caveats.

Between them they cover the reservation-only sites near Austin and the state parks with real river frontage further west.

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