Any place in Texas with clean rivers and clean air?

[TX75007]

The Pecos has clear water.

Pecos River Railroad Bridge and Langtry Texas Scenic Overlook.

Just don't try to drink it in some areas. There is a reason it is called the Graveyard of the West.

As to the OP, Texas has no navigable rivers at all. Navigable meaning in terms of commerce. There are some rock bottom rivers - Austin has the Colorado River - not to be confused with the one in the Valley. That probably fits your bill.

Colorado River (Texas) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[fmsmitty]

I appreciate all the responses. I j ust wanted to make sure I hadn't missed something. Been down the Devil's River and loved it. Probably one of the few rivers left clean enough to drink from. I missed visiting the Pecos area due to the birth of my daughter, but I'll get out that way soon. I'm not sure I could handle the hard scrabble terrain out of the river valleys though. I like trees.

My wife is a pediatric nurse, so I guess a children's hospital with an hours drive might help me make a decision. Thanks for the responses.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by fmsmitty

I appreciate all the responses. I j ust wanted to make sure I hadn't missed something. Been down the Devil's River and loved it. Probably one of the few rivers left clean enough to drink from. I missed visiting the Pecos area due to the birth of my daughter, but I'll get out that way soon. I'm not sure I could handle the hard scrabble terrain out of the river valleys though. I like trees.

My wife is a pediatric nurse, so I guess a children's hospital with an hours drive might help me make a decision. Thanks for the responses.

Having spent so much of my childhood (up to 15 years old, when the lease terminated) on the Devil's River, it has always been near and dear to my heart. I haven't been there for many years.

Both the Devil's and the Pecos rivers are in hardscrabble terrain. Both areas are more suited to sheep and goats than cattle, though cattle are run in each.

The Pecos forms the entire western boundary of my home county, and while I loved it, too, I'll take the Devil's country any day! The Pecos is brackish and alkaline/salty water, and isn't fit to drink!

[BobTex]

There is no clean water or air. Nursing jobs are in short supply. We are all dying of lung/respiratory diseases and water poisoning ... all 20+ million of us!

I think sometimes some call our water here in East Texas unclean because of its turbidity. Compared to rivers I've been on in the mountains out west and even in Maine and Eastern Canada our rivers seem dirty (because you can't see 5 feet down clearly or at all). That turbidity is just nutrients washing toward the Gulg so our shrimps will be numerous and sweet!


I've swam in many rivers in east Texas ... I don't mind a little mud but the sandbars on the rivers of East Texas are so clean the sand squeaks underfoot.
Awesome sandbars and pretty nice water below Toledo Bend dam. The Angilins below Sam Rayburn is beautiful also. I bring bottled water ... don't you know the fish pee in the water and in Texas we have a lot of fish?

[Catchlh3]

Texas has a plethora of springs that feed small rivers and streams. The are concentrated in Central Texas and parts of the Pan Handle, West Texas and South Texas. These springs produce many completely clear, beautiful swimming holes as well. They are very cold though.


The Springs Of Texas
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