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McKinney Roughs Nature Park is a 1,140-acre (460 ha) nature park and archaeological site in Cedar Creek, Texas, United States. Located about 13 mi (21 km) east of Austin and next to the Colorado River , the park features 17.6 mi (28.3 km) of trails for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.
Cedar Creek, Texas, is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. It is located 11 mi (18 km) west of Bastrop, the county seat. [11] It is at the intersection of Texas State Highway 21 (SH 21) and Farm to Market Road 535 (FM 535), south of the Texas State Highway 71 (SH 71) that connects Bastrop with Austin, the state ...
McKinney Falls State Park is a state park in Austin, Texas, United States at the confluence of Onion Creek and Williamson Creek. It is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department . The park opened on April 15, 1976 and is named after Thomas F. McKinney , a businessman, race horse breeder and rancher , who owned and lived on the land ...
ZIP codes: 75069-75072. Area code(s) 214, 469, 945, 972: FIPS code: 48-45744 [6] GNIS feature ID: 2411064 [4] Website: ... McKinney city, Texas – Racial and ethnic ...
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A regional airport was established in McKinney in 1979. [5] Initially opened with a 4,000-foot (1,200 m) runway, its length was extended to 5,800 feet (1,800 m) in 1984. [6] In 2011, McKinney National Airport added a new 78-foot (24 m) tall contract FAA air traffic control tower equipped with the latest in radar, radio and voice switch ...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired the reservoir in 1952 to provide a refuge for migratory waterfowl, a public fishing lake and a fish hatchery. It opened in 1955 as the Sheldon Wildlife Management Area. The hatchery closed in 1975, and the land began to revert naturally to forest, ponds and marshes.
In November 1934, the Texas Legislature authorized the formation of the Lower Colorado River Authority to complete Buchanan Dam, where construction had been idled in 1932 following the financial collapse and bankruptcy of the Samuel Insull-controlled public utility holding company. LCRA began operations in February 1935.