Deep Eddy Pool
Deep Eddy Pool is a historic man-made swimming pool in Austin, Texas. Deep Eddy is the oldest swimming pool in Texas and features a bathhouse built during the Depression era by the Works Progress Administration.- Type: Swimming pool
- Description: historic district in Austin, Travis County, Texas
- Also known as: “Deep Eddy Pool, Eilers Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zilker Botanical Garden and Hartman Prehistoric Garden.
Zilker Botanical Garden
Garden
The Zilker Botanical Garden is a 28-acre botanical garden of varied topography located on the south bank of the Colorado River at 2220 Barton Springs Road, near downtown Austin, Texas, United States. Zilker Botanical Garden is situated 2,600 feet south of Deep Eddy Pool.
Hartman Prehistoric Garden
Garden
The Hartman Prehistoric Garden is a botanical garden within the Zilker Botanical Garden in Austin, Texas, USA. In January 1992 Karen and Dr. Mike Duffin discovered dinosaur footprints in Zilker Park in an old limestone quarry which had recently been cleared for the installation of a butterfly garden. Hartman Prehistoric Garden is situated 2,400 feet south of Deep Eddy Pool.
Zilker Park
Park
Photo: Mwyzykowski0821, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zilker Metropolitan Park is a recreational area in south Austin, Texas, at the juncture of Barton Creek and the Colorado River that comprises over 350 acres of publicly owned land.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rollingwood and Clarksville Historic District.
Rollingwood
Village
Rollingwood is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States. Part of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area, the population was 1,467 at the 2020 census.
Clarksville Historic District
Neighborhood
The Clarksville Historic District in Austin, Texas, is an area located west of downtown Austin near Lady Bird Lake and just northeast of the intersection of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and West Tenth Street.
Zilker
Neighborhood
Zilker is a neighborhood in south central Austin, Texas. It extends south of Lady Bird Lake, approximately bounded by the Union Pacific Railway to the southeast/south, Barton Skyway to the south, Rabb Road and Azie Morton Road to the west and Lady Bird Lake to the north. Zilker is situated 1½ miles south of Deep Eddy Pool.
Deep Eddy Pool
- Categories: historic district, swimming, spring, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.27652° or 30° 16′ 36″ northLongitude
-97.7732° or 97° 46′ 24″ westElevation
456 feet (139 metres)Open location code
862476GG+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 206160759OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=swimming_poolOpenStreetMap feature
natural=springOpenStreetMap feature
sport=swimmingWikidata ID
Q5250168
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