Sightseeing
Quirky FunMarfa Lights Viewing Area
FreeA roadside viewing area on U.S. 90 east of Marfa where you scan the dark desert horizon after sunset for the Marfa Mystery Lights.
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Balmorhea State Park
Balmorhea State Park is an outdoor activity in Toyahvale, TX. Cost: under $25.
9207 TX-17 · Toyahvale, TX
Why you should go…
Balmorhea State Park centers on the San Solomon Springs pool, a 1.3-acre basin up to 25 feet deep that the Civilian Conservation Corps built in the 1930s. Spring water flows through at 72 to 76 degrees year-round, so the pool needs no chlorine. You can swim, snorkel or scuba dive alongside small fish, and a restored desert wetland shelters the endangered Comanche Springs pupfish. Campsites and CCC-built motel rooms are part of the park, and it often fills in summer.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Balmorhea State Park, ordered by straight-line distance.
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- MuseumsHistory Buff
Chinati Foundation
$25–$50Take a guided tour of large installations by Donald Judd, Dan Flavin and other artists on a former Army post in Marfa.
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Prada Marfa
FreePull over on a lonely stretch of US-90 to see a sealed Prada storefront sculpture standing alone in the desert.
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