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Lake Travis is well known for its outdoor recreation opportunities, including fishing, boating, swimming, scuba diving, picnicking, camping, and zip lining. [13] Hippie Hollow Park, located near the eastern end of Lake Travis, is the only legal clothing optional park in Texas. Lake Travis is generally considered one of the clearest lakes in Texas.
Lake Travis is about 48 feet below its normal level, according to Go Lake Travis, an informational site. That's much lower than its level at this time in 2022 and 2023, according to LakesOnline.com .
Lake Austin is a part of Texas' Colorado River; it begins below Mansfield Dam and is principally fed by the outflow of Lake Travis. The lake meanders generally from northwest to southeast, with few significant tributaries ; the largest are Bull Creek , entering from the north near where Loop 360 spans the lake at the Pennybacker Bridge , and ...
The river is an important source of water for farming, cities, and electrical power production. Major man-made reservoirs on the river include Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, Lake Marble Falls, Lake Travis, Lake Austin, Town Lake now called Lady Bird Lake in Austin. Collectively, these lakes are known as the Highland Lakes.
Lake Travis rose 25 feet in 24 hours and water flowed into it at a rate of 375,000 cfs. [12] The flooding raised the turbidity of City of Austin's water supply (which is sourced exclusively from the Colorado River [13]) to untenable levels, forcing the city to issue a seven-day boil water notice [14] [15]
Lakeway is located 16 miles (26 km) west of Austin.. Hurst Creek runs directly through Lakeway and empties into Lake Travis, directly north of Lakeway.. According to Lakeway's GIS Analyst, the city has a total area of 13.37 square miles (21.51 km), of which 13.07 square miles (15.0 km 2) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.7 km 2) (4.45%) is water.
Lake Dam Year completed Managing Authority Lake area (acres) Lake length (mi) Max lake width (ft) Lake volume (acre-ft) Dam length (ft) Dam height (ft) Lake Buchanan: Buchanan Dam: 1938 Lower Colorado River Authority: 22,452 30.65 26,000 (4.92mi) 880,356 10,988 145.5 Inks Lake: Inks Dam: 1938 Lower Colorado River Authority: 777 4.2 3,000 13,668 ...
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