Blue Hole Regional Park is open year-round. Visit the children’s playscape, basketball court, and walk the trails during daylight hours. See HOME for 2013 swimming area schedule and fees.

Blue Hole Regional Park is operated by the City of Wimberley.

Get GOOGLE MAP directions to Blue Hole Regional Park.

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.

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.

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.

A natural treasure of the Texas Hill Country has been rescued from urban sprawl. The Blue Hole of Wimberley is being turned into a sustainable green space and regional park. And as Texas Public Radio's Eileen Pace reports, it should be around for the generations to come. Listen to podcast on Texas Public Radio.