12/20/2023 0 Comments Hidden water pools![]() Yes: Restrooms, camping (for scuba clients only), alcohol, parking.Entrance fee: $25 children under 10, $7.“It’s the one place in Texas that I know doesn’t have anything in the water that can kill me,” jokes Salazar. The secret to that azure beauty? The lagoon curiously has little natural flora or fauna, making it not only the swimming hole closest to Houston but probably the least intimidating. The reclaimed limestone quarry is primarily a scuba-training site-there are even sunken boats and planes for divers to explore-but casual visitors are welcome on a space-available basis (get there early). “The water’s bright blue, cold, and kind of a hidden secret,” says Stefan Salazar, who lives in The Woodlands and has been making frequent trips here since he was a boy. ![]() No: Camping, alcohol, dogs, fishing, boating, kayakingīook a cabin for the whole family at Wimberley’s 7A Ranch (from $259/night ), or, for a romantic getaway, one of the well-appointed studios at Hotel Flora and Fauna (from $119/night).īlue Lagoon, a swimming hole north of Huntsville located off a long, uneven ranch road, looks like-well-a Caribbean resort.Entrance fee: $5-9 children under 4, free.“To have this type of geological feature that is accessible to the public is very unique.” “You don’t find that many caverns in Central Texas,” Sturdivant says. That cavern, by the way, runs more than 140 feet deep-only the pros are allowed to dive down and explore it. But encouragement from others, whether they’re wading in the nearby creek or awaiting their own turn to jump in, usually motivates visitors to the 81-acre preserve to leap from the limestone cliffs into the eternally 68-degree turquoise waters of the mystifying cavern below. “When you’re standing at the rocks and looking down, it can be intimidating,” says Katherine Sturdivant, park specialist at the Hays County Parks Department. Reservations Required to swim booked through mid-September.Plunging into the enchanting, fathomless waters of Jacob’s Well-the opening of Wimberley’s underground Trinity Aquifer, which flows into Cypress Creek-is a little scary.
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