FACTS:
Length - 63.75 miles
Width - 4.5 miles wide
Shoreline - 271 miles
Depth - Average 62 feet max 210 feet
LAKE TRAVIS. Lake Travis is a sixty-five-mile-long artificial lake on the Colorado River in southern Burnet and western Travis counties (its center point is 30°25' N, 98°00' W). In December 1936 the United States Department of the Interior authorized the Lower Colorado River Authority to construct a low dam at the site of an old crossing on the river known as Marshall Ford. Marshall Ford Dam was completed in July 1939. The present Mansfield Dam, a 7,098-foot-long concrete, earth, and rockfill structure that replaced the original dam, was completed in May 1942. Deliberate impoundment began in September 1940. The cost of the project was $28,709,948. The capacity of Lake Travis is 1,950,000 acre-feet, of which 778,000 acre-feet is reserved for flood control; the surface area of the lake is 18,930 acres. The power installation consists of three generating units with a rated capacity of 22,500 kilowatts, each with all the allied equipment for connecting to the transmission system. The drainage area above the dam is 38,130 square miles, of which 11,900 is probably noncontributing. Runoff is partly regulated by Lake Buchananqv and other reservoirs upstream. The lake has become a major resort area that provides opportunities for boating, fishing, swimming, and camping.
Mansfield Dam Recreation Area--Entrance on south side of bridge
Boat ramp, Camping, Entance fee
Dink Pearson--3.6 acre park
On the North shore
Day use only Tom Hughes
Another smaller park
Off of 620
ramp, fees, picnic area
Day use only
Volente Beach
A real water park!
Family fun--bring the kids!
On the North Shore Lake Travis
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Pace Bend Park
Premier park on Lake Travis
30 min. west of Austin off Hwy 71
Boat ramp, Camping, Entrance fee
Cypress Creek
Smaller park with everything
Ramp, Camping, Entrance fee
Excellent fishing area
Longhorn Cavern State Park
P.O. Box 732
Burnet, TX 78611
(512)756-4680 Quinlan Park on Lake Austin
Quinlan Park Road off RR 620
Swimming area, Picnic area
Day use only Arkansas Bend
Primitive area--no electric water
323 acre, 2 mile shoreline
camping, hiking, ramp, fees
Enchanted Rock Natural Area
16710 Ranch Rd 965
Fredericksburg TX 78624
325/247-3903
Climb the biggest rock in Texas!
Windy Point
Nicest area facility
Swimming, Diving, Sailboarding
Entrance fee
Hippie Hollow
clothing optional park
Not for Children!!!
Entrance fee
Day use only--Over 18 only
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