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Highland
Lakes and Dams
Dams: Tom Miller Dam, Mansfield Dam, Max Starke Dam, Wirtz
Dam, Inks Dam and Buchanan Dam
Lakes: Lake Austin, Lake Travis, Lake Marble Falls, Lake
LBJ, Inks lake, and Lake Buchanan
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Hill Country
Rivers, Springs and Parks
Swimming
to Mexico by John Troesser
10 rivers, 7 State Parks, 2 Creeks and more Springs than an old
mattress
South
Llano River State Park by Clay Coppedge
Hill
Country State Natural Area by Clay Coppedge
Colorado
Bend: It Is What It Is by Clay Coppedge
"..Colorado Bend is pure Hill Country: stands of live oak and
juniper, thick with wildflowers in the spring, whitetail deer all
year long and, every spring, the white bass moving up the Colorado
River to spawn..."
Pedernales
Falls State Park by Audrey A. Herbrich
"Splash Across Texas"
The
Definitive Guide to Swimming in Central Texas
by Chandra Moira Beal
Excerpts
- Lake
Austin
- Guadalupe
River : River Road, Kerrville-Schreiner State Park, Guadalupe
River State Park, Cascade Cavern, Louise Hays Park, Max Starcke
Park
- Lake
Marble Falls, Highland Lakes
- McKinney
Falls State Park : McKinney Falls
- Hamilton
Pool
- Barton
Springs and Zilker Park : Austin's crown jewel
- San
Gabriel River : San Gabriel Park, Blue Hole
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Blanco River : Blanco, Blanco State Park, Five Mile Dam
- Comal
River - Landa Park, Hinman Island Park, Prince Solms Park,
Camp Warnecke and Cypress Bend Park
- Aquarena
Springs
- Colorado
Bend State Park
- San
Saba River: Mill Pond Park, Risien Park
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