Lake Brownwood

What to know before you go to Lake Brownwood

Its coordinates are 31.8722, -99.0222. Surface elevation is about 1,424 feet. Outflow feeds the oceans =.

No agency lists a named swimming spot at Lake Brownwood. Shoreline access here is likely informal. County parks and private resorts sometimes provide access that federal datasets never record. Abilene State Park, on Lake Abilene, is the closest named beach in this guide, about 56 miles off.

The closest lakes in this guide are Hords Creek Lake (Texas, 32 mi), Proctor Lake (Texas, 33 mi) and Lake Leon (Texas, 39 mi). Texas has 118 lakes on this site in total.

Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. Algae blooms are seasonal and local: look for posted signs at the ramp or park entrance. There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown.

Station 08143000, Lk Brownwood nr Brownwood, TX, publishes the water surface elevation used here. That put the reservoir at 85% of its conservation capacity. Conservation capacity is 130,868 acre-feet. The conservation pool tops out at 1,424.6 ft. The last value stored here, 1,421.04 ft, is from 2022-05-20. Water level decides what is usable on the shoreline, from beach width to ramp access.