Balmorhea State Park |
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| Balmorhea State Park is located near Balmorhea ,
Texas. See the Texas State Parks web site
for official information about the park. Balmorhea is on the road you take
from Fort Stockton to Fort Davis. The park's main feature is a spring that feeds the
water features in the park. The spring has been around for a very long time. A
swimming pool has been dug around the main spring. As the spring's water wells
up in the swimming pool, it overflows into a system of canals. The water is
extraordinarily clear. There are fish in the canals. Some of the water is
directed into a wetlands area. Years ago, before Europeans diverted the spring water
into canals for irrigation, the spring water fed a large wetlands area. This
new wetlands area is entirely man made. It has an underwater viewing area. It
is like an aquarium in the side of a pond. In the evening, when I was looking
in the window into the pond, I saw the bottoms of loons and bunches of minnows and a few
larger fish. Very cool. This is a nice park. I would come back again off season. I wouldn't advise coming in the summer. This area is super hot. There isn't much to do here. There isn't much in the way of wildlife. |
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