Blue Hole Regional Park is operated by the City of Wimberley. For the latest updates on hours of operation and water conditions, check the City website.

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Wimberley is 14 miles WEST of San Marcos on Ranch Road 12; 14 miles SOUTH of Dripping Springs.

Blue Hole Park is just EAST of the downtown square on Blue Hole Lane, off Old Kyle Road near junction of FM 3237.

2011 BLUE HOLE SWIMMING AREA HOURS OF OPERATION

The Blue Hole Regional Park is open daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day and then weekends only until October 16th.

HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Holidays 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

DAILY ADMISSION

Children (0-3) Free Youth (4-12) $3 Junior (13-17) $7 Adult (18-59) $7 Senior (60+) $3

SEASON PASS (Non-transferable):
$30 for Youth/Senior
$50 for Junior/Adult

10-PUNCH PASS (Transferable):
$24 for Youth/Senior
$56 for Junior/Adult

Please be advised the park is subject to closure due to inclement weather and for special events approved in advance by the City. For further information on the park, please call the Park office at 512-660-9111 or contact the City Administrator at 512-847-0025 during normal City Hall business hours.

Please be advised that pets (dogs, etc.) are not allowed in the park. Also, tree jumping and climbing in the park are prohibited and children 12 years of age or younger will not be allowed in the park unless they are accompanied by an adult.

Blue Hole Regional Park is a no refund facility.

The Blue Hole
Wimberley, Texas
Yahoo Travel

In Texas, swimming holes are synonymous with summer. And the Blue Hole in Wimberley is probably the quintessential example. If Hollywood wanted to cast a swimming hole, it would take its cues from this one. Grassy banks offer prime picnic spots. Old-growth bald cypresses dot the water, casting welcome shade from the blazing southern sun. The cool spring-fed pool hosts a veritable parade of inner tubes on the weekends, when Austinites flock to the hole for an afternoon of lazy floating. Up for a little more action? The three rope swings should do it.

Two for the Road
Destination: Wimberley
from PAPERCITY -- Houston
By Catherine D. Anspon and Jenny Antill
August 11, 2011

It might not have been Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn in a Mercedes roadster in the South of France, but PaperCity’s visual arts editor Catherine D. Anspon and photographer Jenny Antill made for a fashionable pilgrimage to the Texas Hill Country. Four hundred miles and 54 hours later — after stops in Kyle, Driftwood and overnights in historic Wimberley — the duo returned with this charming guide to the heart of central Texas.

Take the Plunge — Blue Hole: Among today’s top five sustainable projects under the guise of the National Park Service, the historic Blue Hole reopened this June, a shining example of public funding and private philanthropy coming together to raise more than $7.4 million to acquire, preserve, revitalize and tweak this beautiful spot fed by the natural springs of Cypress Creek. An enticing destination for generations since the Dobie family opened it to the public in the 1920s, this oasis of water and green a short stroll from Wimberley’s town square is considered the most beautiful swimming hole in Texas. Cypress trees strung with Spanish moss and rope swings for kids shade its banks. Jump-started by the initiative of Peter Way of Houston and the nonprofit Friends of Blue Hole led by executive director/former Wimberley mayor Steve Klepfer, the redux by national landscape architects Design Workshop features a master plan for Blue Holes’ 126 acres — picnic grounds, hiking trails, an amphitheater and on a nearby hillside, coming this fall, tennis courts and soccer fields. Blue Hole Lane, off Old Kyle Road near junction of FM 3237, 512.847.0025 (City Hall, for off-season group reservations); friendsofbluehole.org.

Wimberley’s Blue Hole is a close-to-perfect swimming hole for all ages.

from TEXAS COOP POWER Magazine
Central Texas: An embarrassment of riches
By Suzi Sands
September 1, 2010

Blue Hole in Wimberley gets my vote for the perfect swimming hole. It’s a dream come true for a woman such as myself who was born in the Chihuahuan Desert city of El Paso. A plunge in cold, clear Cypress Creek on a 100-degree summer day is sheer bliss. The creek has shallow areas for moms and babies and tree and rope swings for adventurous youngsters. And for the truly agile, there’s the game of catch the ring in which one grabs a ring swinging on a rope before a dive into the creek. Read what fans have to say about this cypress tree-framed swimming hole on its Facebook page. You, too, might want to take the plunge.

Friends of Blue Hole
P.O. Box 1601
Wimberley TX 78676

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