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Welcome to Onion Spring ...

Onion Spring is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Onion Spring is located in Brewster County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Onion Spring: Onion Spg. (or less commonly used: Onion Spng. or Onion Sprng.)

Onion Spring is 3,350 feet [1,021 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Onion Spring is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Onion Spring lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Onion Spring: 432

Communities near Onion Spring ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Onion Spring.

  • Study Butte - Terlingua
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Terlingua
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Castolon ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Castolon is located in Brewster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castolon
  • Hot Springs ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hot Springs is located in Brewster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Rio Grande Village
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rio Grande Village is located in Brewster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Grande Village
  • Boquillas Crossing
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Boquillas Crossing is located in Brewster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boquillas Crossing
  • Lajitas
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Onion Spring ...

Looking for more information about Onion Spring? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Onion Spring, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Onion Spring.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brewster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Onion Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.