Barton Springs Pool
Barton Springs Pool is an attraction in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Barton Springs Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.2 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
outdoor swimming pool in the United States
Wikidata Q4865688, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Access
- Customers only
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 24.4 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 25.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
- Sinkholes · 29 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barton Springs Park: 0.0 mi
- Zilker Park: 0.4 mi
- Volma Overton Sr. Beach at Town Lake Metro Park: 0.6 mi
- Little Zilker Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
- Veterans Park: 0.9 mi
- Andrew Jackson Zilker: 0.0 mi
- Barton Springs: 0.0 mi
- Approximate Location of the Missions: 0.1 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 0.3 mi
- Swedes of Texas: 0.4 mi
- Abundance: 0.9 mi
- Open Room Austin: 1.1 mi
- Cloud Pavilion: 1.1 mi
- Wing Trace: 1.1 mi
- ATX: 1.1 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 2.5 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 2.9 mi
- Uplands: 3.0 mi
- Carrington's Prairie: 3.7 mi
- Green Garden: 0.3 mi
- Oriental Garden: 0.4 mi
- Zilker Botanical Garden: 0.4 mi
- Herbal Garden: 0.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.4 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 4.0 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.3 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 4.4 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.5 mi
- Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum;Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum: 0.3 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 0.6 mi
- TexPop ATX: 0.9 mi
- Charles Moore House: 1.5 mi
- Austin Public Library - Austin History Center: 1.6 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 0.4 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.5 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.6 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 2.4 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 2.7 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 3.1 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.0 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 0.1 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 0.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 3.2 mi
- Shady Spring: 10.5 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.5 mi
- Goforth: 16.8 mi
- New Sweden: 18.4 mi
- McDuff: 18.6 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.3 mi
- Palm Valley: 21.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 2.2 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Fern Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 4.0 mi
- The Learning Tree: 6.1 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.1 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barton Springs Pool. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 278° | 433 m | 19.0 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 254° | 429 m | 23.0 mi |
| Peach Mountain | WSW 247° | 429 m | 24.7 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | WSW 237° | 423 m | 23.9 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | SW 236° | 416 m | 22.9 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 254° | 406 m | 18.8 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 321° | 382 m | 24.2 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 278° | 364 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/27442711
Day trips start here
- Austin · 2 mi
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