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Lago Vista is on the North Shore of Lake Travis, just under 20 miles (32 km) northwest of downtown Austin.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.52 sq mi (40.2 km 2) of which 14.6 sq mi (38 km 2) is land and 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km 2) (3.95%) is water.
Lago Vista, TX, Rusty Allen Airport covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha) at an elevation of 1,231 feet (375 m) above mean sea level and has one runway.Runway 17/35 has a 3,808 x 50 ft (1,161 x 15 m) treated asphalt pavement.
Balcones Canyonlands is a national wildlife refuge located in the Texas Hill Country to the northwest of Lago Vista, Texas. [1] The refuge was formed in 1992 to conserve habitat for two endangered songbirds, the golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia) and the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla), and to preserve Texas Hill Country habitat for numerous other wildlife species. [2]
Aerial shot of Lake Travis. Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States.It is named in honor of William B. Travis. [1]Serving principally as a flood-control reservoir, Lake Travis' historical minimum to maximum water height change is nearly 100 feet. [2]
Lago Vista is a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a new CDP, formed from part of the Falcon Heights CDP prior to the 2010 census . [ 1 ] The CDP had a population of 133 in the 2020 census , up from 115 in the 2010 census.
Lake Austin is a part of Texas' Colorado River; it begins below Mansfield Dam and is principally fed by the outflow of Lake Travis. The lake meanders generally from northwest to southeast, with few significant tributaries ; the largest are Bull Creek , entering from the north near where Loop 360 spans the lake at the Pennybacker Bridge , and ...
Point Venture is a village in western Travis County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,260 as of the 2020 census. [3] Located on the north bank of Lake Travis, Point Venture has been a second home and family vacation destination since the early 1970s. It has matured into a community of full-time residents, with over 150 children ...
The boundary line separating Burnet County and Llano County runs down the center of the lake. The lake was originally called Lake Granite Shoals. The dam would be renamed Wirtz Dam in 1952 for Alvin J. Wirtz, the first general counsel of the LCRA, and the lake was renamed to Lake Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 in honor of US President Lyndon Baines ...