Highland Lakes

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The bright, sparkling Highland Lakes play such a large recreational role in our lives, that we tend to forget the real purpose of these seven lakes: controlling the Colorado River's destructive flooding capacities. The dams also give us electric power, drinking and irrigation water and fun!

The lakes take seven giant steps up the Colorado, climbing 646 feet over 150 continually scenic miles.

Combined, the lakes offer 56,000 surface acres of clean blue water for your recreational pleasure; 700 miles of shoreline and 1 trillion, 780 billion gallons of water. These statistics make the Highland Lakes the greatest concentration of fresh water lakes in Texas. Fishing is great for black, white and stripped bass, catfish, crappie, perch - and there have been some whoppers!

Each of the lakes have numerous private and public campgrounds, resorts and boat launches for your entertainment.

The LCRA Lake "Information Line" provides daily updates on lake levels, dam generating hours, water temperatures, etc. In Austin call 473-3333 or out of town 1-800-776-5272.