TEXAS STATE PARKS Natural Economic Assets STATE PARK PROFILES
Balmorhea State Park Balmorhea State Park is located in far West
Texas in the community of Toyahvale, four miles west of
Balmorhea. The 45.9-acre park’s main attraction is San Solomon
Springs, a spring-fed pool that covers 1.75 acres with a year-
round water temperature between 72 to 76 degrees. The pool holds
3.5 million gallons, but anywhere from 22 million to 28 million
gallons of fresh water flow through the pool every day. The
deeper parts of the pool are in a natural state, allowing
swimmers to enjoy the fish and aquatic vegetation. The park also
includes the Cienega Project, a spring-fed desert wetland and
canals that are home to endangered fish, a variety of aquatic
life, turtles, birds and other animals. In 2007, park attendance
was about 52,000, evenly distributed between day users and
overnight visitors. The springs provided water to the American
Indians and later to the Mexican farmers who used the water for
their crops and dug the first