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Lake Lewisville
Lake Texoma
Lake Ray Hubbard
Lake Joe Pool
Possum Kingdom Lake
Lake Lewisville
Surrounded by 9,000 protected acres of nature, Lewisville Lake spans 23,280 acres and has 233 miles of shoreline. With an average depth of 25 feet, Lewisville Lake is large enough for all kinds of water sports and still leaves room for some of the biggest fish this side of Moby Dick. (Well, this is Texas after all.) Catch the big one in the morning, then take a walk on our wild side and explore miles of scenic trails all around Lewisville Lake.
Lewisville Lake is a Corps of Engineers reservoir that is immensely popular for water sports and outdoor recreation in the Dallas- Fort Worth area. The City of Lewisville manages Lake Park on the south shore of the lake: picnic area, RV and tent camping, pavilion, 24-hour fishing barge, swimming beach and excellent public facilities. Marinas, boat rentals, launch ramps and angler's supplies are also available. Fishing on Lewisville Lake includes large-mouth bass, crappie, catfish, white bass and spectacular hybrid white/striped bass. Swimming, water skiing, jet skiing, sailing, sail boarding, camping, biking and picnicking are all part of what makes Lewisville Lake so much fun.
For more information and lake maps, see these sites:
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Nobody’s Waterproof Outreach Team including staff from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, chat with visitors on Lake Texoma. |
Lake Texoma
This 89,000-acre lake on the Red River is shared by Texas and Oklahoma. It is widely recognized as a top fishing lake, and is one of the most popular recreation destinations in the Southwest. Lake Texoma was built by the Corps of Engineers in the 1940s, and was stocked with black bass and crappie along with the native white bass in the Red and Washita Rivers.
The lake area includes two wildlife refuges, two state parks, 54 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed parks, 26 resorts, hundreds of campgrounds and a variety of excellent golf courses. Power boaters, sailors, personal watercraft riders, water skiers and wind surfers all consider the lake an excellent place to have fun. Lake Texoma has become a huge sailing center based on the lake's size, depth and miles of sailing shoreline.
For more information and lake maps, try a few of the following Web sites:
Lake Ray Hubbard, formerly Forney Reservoir, is a freshwater lake located in Dallas, Kaufman, Collin and Rockwall counties. It measures 22,745 acres with a storage capacity of 490,000 acre-feet and a maximum depth of 40 feet. The dam is owned by the City of Dallas. Interstate 30 bisects the lake. The lake was named after a living person, Ray Hubbard, who presided over the Dallas Parks and Recreation System board from 1943 to 1972.
There is no camping around Lake Ray Hubbard, but Robertson Park is a large day-use area with excellent bank fishing access and two boat ramps. Ramps and other services are available at other city parks and private marinas around the lake.
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Lake Joe Pool: See what fun you can have at Joe Pool Lake. Camping, fishing, hunting, boating, and hiking are just the beginning of the activities available in the parks and other public lands.
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Possum Kingdom Lake
Possum Kingdom State Park, west of Mineral Wells in Palo Pinto County, is 1,528.7 acres adjacent to Possum Kingdom Lake. Some of the rock facilities at the park were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the early 1940s. The area was acquired by deed from the Brazos River Authority in 1940 and was opened to the public in 1950. Activities include camping, picnicking, lake swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, nature study, boating and water skiing.
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