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 ...

, approximately northwest of

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

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. Two springs feed the 70' by 20'

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

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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