Lakes

Lakes and reservoirs in Texas

This guide covers 52 lakes and reservoirs in Texas. 44 of them have a public water level gauge, and together they hold 9 mapped swimming spots. Each page carries the live level where an agency publishes one, plus weather, access points and sources.

52Lakes
44Live gauges
9Swimming spots

Lakes in Texas

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Every lake, by relevance

Ordered by how much people search for them.

Medina Lake

Texas · Bandera County

Medina Lake

Medina Lake is a 2,511-acre reservoir on the Medina River in Texas. You will find it in Bandera County. Bexar-Medina-Atascosa…

30% fullReservoir
Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Texas · Jasper, Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine and Sabine counties

Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Sam Rayburn Reservoir spreads across Deep East Texas about 70 miles north of Beaumont, fed by the Angelina River. The Army Corps…

67% fullReservoir
Lake Buchanan

Texas · Llano County

Lake Buchanan

Lake Buchanan is a reservoir of some 22,202 acres on the Colorado River, in Texas. The lake is in Llano County. It is managed by…

97% fullReservoir
Lake Travis

Texas · Travis and Burnet counties

Lake Travis

Lake Travis is the Colorado River reservoir west of Austin, held back by Mandalay Dam and managed by the Lower Colorado River…

94% fullReservoir
Lake Texoma

Texas · Marshall County

Lake Texoma

Lake Texoma is a 72,633-acre reservoir on the Red River in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Marshall County. It is managed by…

97% fullReservoir

Texas · Denton County

Grapevine Lake

Grapevine Lake is a 6,202-acre reservoir on the Denton Creek in Texas. It lies in Denton County. It is managed by USACE Fort…

93% fullReservoir
Cedar Creek Reservoir

Texas · Henderson County

Cedar Creek Reservoir

Cedar Creek Reservoir is a 27,725-acre reservoir on the outflow = in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Henderson County. Tarrant…

75% fullReservoir
Choke Canyon Reservoir

Texas · Live Oak County

Choke Canyon Reservoir

Choke Canyon Reservoir covers about 10,589 acres of the Frio River in Texas. The lake is in Live Oak County. It is managed by…

23% fullReservoir1 beach
Canyon Lake

Texas · Comal County

Canyon Lake

Fed by the Salt River, Canyon Lake holds roughly 950 acres of water in Arizona. It lies in Maricopa County. Management is in the…

100% fullReservoir
Lake Corpus Christi

Texas · Live Oak County

Lake Corpus Christi

Lake Corpus Christi is a 18,754-acre reservoir on the Nueces River in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Live Oak County. City of…

87% fullReservoir
Belton Lake

Texas · Bell County

Belton Lake

Belton Lake is a 12,177-acre reservoir on the Leon River in Texas. The lake is in Bell County. USACE Fort Worth District manages…

97% fullReservoir
Lake Conroe

Texas · Montgomery County

Lake Conroe

Lake Conroe is a 19,337-acre reservoir on the outflow = in Texas. It lies in Montgomery County. Management is in the hands of San…

95% fullReservoir2 beaches
Lake Livingston

Texas · San Jacinto County

Lake Livingston

Fed by the Trinity River, Lake Livingston holds roughly 74,128 acres of water in Texas. The lake is in San Jacinto County.…

94% fullReservoir
Lavon Lake

Texas · Collin County

Lavon Lake

Lavon Lake is a reservoir of some 19,236 acres on the catchment_sqmi =, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Collin County. It is…

84% fullReservoir
Lewisville Lake

Texas · Denton County

Lewisville Lake

Lewisville Lake is a 25,251-acre reservoir on the catchment = in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Denton County. Management is…

87% fullReservoir
Lake Tawakoni

Texas · Hunt County

Lake Tawakoni

Lake Tawakoni is a reservoir of some 35,401 acres on the Sabine River, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Hunt County. Sabine…

93% fullReservoir1 beach
Amistad Reservoir

Texas · Val Verde County

Amistad Reservoir

Fed by the Rio Grande, Amistad Reservoir holds roughly 20,756 acres of water in Texas. The lake is in Val Verde County. This…

39% fullReservoir1 beach
Lake Ray Roberts

Texas · Denton County

Lake Ray Roberts

Lake Ray Roberts is a 27,535-acre reservoir on the Elm Fork Trinity River in Texas. It lies in Denton County. Management is in…

95% fullReservoir
Lake Palestine

Texas · Henderson County

Lake Palestine

Fed by the location = Texas, United States, Lake Palestine holds roughly 21,905 acres of water in Texas. You will find it in…

92% fullReservoir
Lake Worth

Texas · Tarrant County

Lake Worth

Lake Worth covers about 3,112 acres of the Trinity River in Texas. It lies in Tarrant County. Management is in the hands of City…

67% fullReservoir1 beach
Lake Georgetown

Texas · Williamson County

Lake Georgetown

Fed by the North Fork San Gabriel River, Lake Georgetown holds roughly 1,162 acres of water in Texas. You will find it in…

82% fullReservoir
Eagle Mountain Lake

Texas · Tarrant County

Eagle Mountain Lake

Eagle Mountain Lake is a 7,714-acre reservoir on the Lake Worth (Texas) in Texas. The lake is in Tarrant County. It is managed by…

74% fullReservoir1 beach
Lake Ray Hubbard

Texas · Kaufman County

Lake Ray Hubbard

Lake Ray Hubbard is a reservoir of some 19,601 acres on the outflow =, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Kaufman County. It is…

87% fullReservoir
Possum Kingdom Lake

Texas · Palo Pinto County

Possum Kingdom Lake

Fed by the Brazos River, Possum Kingdom Lake holds roughly 15,935 acres of water in Texas. It lies in Palo Pinto County. It is…

87% fullReservoir1 beach
Lake Houston

Texas · Harris County

Lake Houston

Fed by the San Jacinto River, Lake Houston holds roughly 11,854 acres of water in Texas. You will find it in Harris County.…

100% fullReservoir
Lake Arrowhead

Texas · Clay County

Lake Arrowhead

At roughly 11,994 acres, Lake Arrowhead is one of the lakes covered in Texas. It lies in Clay County. It is managed by City of…

72% fullReservoir

Texas · Wood County

Lake Fork Reservoir

Fed by the Lake Fork Creek, Lake Fork Reservoir holds roughly 23,630 acres of water in Texas. It lies in Wood County. Sabine…

83% fullReservoir
Lake Waco

Texas · McLennan County

Lake Waco

Lake Waco is a reservoir of some 7,985 acres on the Bosque River, in Texas. It lies in McLennan County. Management is in the…

89% fullReservoir
Granger Lake

Texas · Williamson County

Granger Lake

Granger Lake is a reservoir of some 4,064 acres on the San Gabriel River, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Williamson County.…

100% fullReservoir
Stillhouse Hollow Lake

Texas · Bell County

Stillhouse Hollow Lake

Stillhouse Hollow Lake covers about 6,331 acres of the Lampasas River in Texas. You will find it in Bell County. USACE Fort Worth…

98% fullReservoir
Caddo Lake

Texas · Harrison County

Caddo Lake

Caddo Lake is a 25,584-acre reservoir on the Twelvemile Bayou in Texas. It lies in Harrison County. Management is in the hands of…

78% fullReservoir
Somerville Lake

Texas · Burleson County

Somerville Lake

Somerville Lake is a reservoir of some 10,807 acres on the Yegua Creek, in Texas. It lies in Burleson County. USACE Fort Worth…

93% fullReservoir

Texas · Leon County

Lake Limestone

Lake Limestone covers about 11,705 acres of the catchment = in Texas. The lake is in Leon County. It is managed by Brazos River…

89% fullReservoir
Lake Austin

Texas · Travis County

Lake Austin

Lake Austin is a 1,557-acre reservoir on the Colorado River in Texas. You will find it in Travis County. Management is in the…

97% fullReservoir
Lake Arlington

Texas · Tarrant County

Lake Arlington

At roughly 1,807 acres, Lake Arlington is one of the lakes covered in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Tarrant County. It is…

74% fullReservoir
Benbrook Lake

Texas · Tarrant County

Benbrook Lake

Benbrook Lake is a reservoir of some 3,092 acres on the Clear Fork, Trinity River, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Tarrant…

77% fullReservoir

Texas · Hood County

Lake Granbury

Lake Granbury is a reservoir of some 7,406 acres on the Brazos River, in Texas. You will find it in Hood County. Management is in…

88% fullReservoir
Lake Bridgeport

Texas · Wise County

Lake Bridgeport

Fed by the Eagle Mountain Lake, Lake Bridgeport holds roughly 10,598 acres of water in Texas. The lake is in Wise County. Tarrant…

77% fullReservoir
Joe Pool Lake

Texas · Dallas County

Joe Pool Lake

Joe Pool Lake is a 6,195-acre reservoir on the catchment = in Texas. You will find it in Dallas County. USACE Fort Worth District…

92% fullReservoir
Lake Brownwood

Texas · Brown County

Lake Brownwood

Lake Brownwood is a reservoir of some 6,168 acres on the oceans =, in Texas. You will find it in Brown County. It is managed by…

85% fullReservoir
Lake Whitney

Texas · Hill County

Lake Whitney

Fed by the Brazos River, Lake Whitney holds roughly 21,706 acres of water in Texas. You will find it in Hill County. Management…

93% fullReservoir
Lake Waxahachie

Texas · Ellis County

Lake Waxahachie

Lake Waxahachie is a reservoir of some 579 acres on the Waxahachie Creek South Prong Creek, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside…

80% fullReservoir
Lake Abilene

Texas · Taylor County

Lake Abilene

Lake Abilene is a 148-acre reservoir in Texas. It lies in Taylor County. Management is in the hands of Texas Parks & Wildlife…

9% fullReservoir1 beach
Lake Texana

Texas · Jackson County

Lake Texana

Lake Texana is a 9,397-acre reservoir on the Navidad River in Texas. It lies in Jackson County. It is managed by Lavaca-Navidad…

87% fullReservoir
Lake Meredith

Texas · Moore County

Lake Meredith

Lake Meredith is a 7,377-acre reservoir on the Canadian River in Texas. The lake is in Moore County. Management is in the hands…

41% fullReservoir

Texas · Parker County

Lake Weatherford

At roughly 861 acres, Lake Weatherford is one of the lakes covered in Texas. You will find it in Parker County. Management is in…

56% fullReservoir
Lake Tyler

Texas · Smith County

Lake Tyler

Lake Tyler is a reservoir of some 4,361 acres on the Prairie and Mud Creeks, in Texas. The lake is in Smith County. City of Tyler…

89% fullReservoir
Falcon International Reservoir

Texas · United States

Falcon International Reservoir

Falcon International Reservoir covers about 87,400 acres of the Rio Grande in Texas. Management is in the hands of International…

Reservoir
Lake Colorado City

Texas · Mitchell County

Lake Colorado City

Lake Colorado City covers about 1,618 acres in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Mitchell County. It is managed by City of…

54% fullReservoir
Lake Nasworthy

Texas · Tom Green County

Lake Nasworthy

Lake Nasworthy is a 1,237-acre reservoir on the South Concho River in Texas. You will find it in Tom Green County. Management is…

86% fullReservoir
Lake Alan Henry

Texas · Garza County

Lake Alan Henry

Lake Alan Henry covers about 2,143 acres of the catchment = in Texas. You will find it in Garza County. City of Lubbock / Brazos…

72% fullReservoir
White Rock Lake

Texas · Dallas County

White Rock Lake

Fed by the White Rock Creek, White Rock Lake holds roughly 1,254 acres of water in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Dallas…

Reservoir

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