Here is how to visit this urban refuge. Barton Springs Municipal Pool, within Zilker Park, is just over two miles from downtown Austin and the state capital building. Several parking options are ...

Mic interviewed documentarian and University of Texas at Austin lecturer Karen Kocher, who described an “out-of-body experience” she once had during a dip at Barton Springs. “I felt the ...

Barton Springs Pool, a recreational outdoor swimming pool in Austin, closed down Friday morning after city officials discovered a leak in an old water bypass pipe. The pipe, estimated to be from ...

The first time I jumped into Austin, Texas’ Barton Springs, I was in shock. Literally in shock. The clear blue water is 68 degrees year round, and so despite it being a scorching 100 degrees ...

However, now that Barton Springs Pool is scheduled to reopen Thursday, Deep Eddy Pool will resume its normal hours of operation from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week.

Brian Leonard is twirling through the water at Barton ... the springs that sustain the natural pool. And then he does a lap. More: Get in loser, we're seeing 'Mean Girls' the musical in Austin ...

Barton Springs, whose cool, natural waters have created summer memories for generations in Austin, Texas, has become an important refuge during the current heat wave. Barton Springs Pool is a ...

Every year, more than 1.5 million people frequent the three-acre Barton Springs Pool in Austin, Texas — a primordial swimming hole in the middle of one of America’s fastest-growing cities.