Krause Springs (Crow-zee) is a camping and swimming site located in the Hill Country of Texas. It is located in

Spicewood, Texas Spicewood is an unincorporated community in Travis County and partially in Burnet County, Texas, United States. According to the Texas Almanac, the community had an estimated population of 2,000 in 2000. But in the 2011 census, the community had a ...

, approximately northwest of

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

. The property has 32 springs, and several feed the man-made pool and the natural pool which flow into

Lake Travis Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States. Serving principally as a flood-control reservoir, Lake Travis' historical minimum to maximum water height change is nearly 100 feet. In 2018 alone, it saw ...

. Two springs feed the 70' by 20'

swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable Human swimming, swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built ...

at a rate of 70 gallons per minute at a temperature of about 70 degrees. Krause Springs is listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

and has been privately owned by the Krause family for over 50 years.

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* Protected areas of Burnet County, Texas {{BurnetCountyTX-geo-stub