A Snapshot and The Scoop: Balmorhea

Welling up from the San Solomon Springs at the foot of the Davis Mountains in southwestern Texas, the waters at Balmorhea State Park weren't always contained in what amounts to a swimming pool filled with fish. The spring used to release into a wide wetland until the Great Depression, when FDR's New Deal created the Civilian Conservation Corp. One company was stationed at Balmorhea and it is their labor that created the state park as we know it today. Limestone and adobe buildings line the contained spring, who's waters are so clear you can see every little fish and turtle that calls the area home. The water stays a constant 74f, the ground temperature in the area, and it makes for a refreshing respite from the Chihuahuan Desert heat.