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Location of Canyon Lake, Texas Canyon Lake is located at 29°52′53″N 98°14′24″W / 29.88139°N 98.24000°W / 29.88139; -98.24000 Please note, this GPS coordinate does not correspond to a public access location (please see the section below on Public Access in the Recreation section).
Canyon Lake, Texas, is located adjacent to Canyon Lake, from which it takes its name.It is located about 20 miles (32 km) north-by-northwest of New Braunfels and approximately 40 miles (64 km) north-by-northeast of Downtown San Antonio.
The lower part begins at the outlet of Canyon Lake, near New Braunfels. The section between Canyon Dam and New Braunfels is the most heavily used in terms of recreation. It is a popular destination for whitewater rafters , canoeists , kayakers , and tubing.
Outside the entrance to the Visitors Center is The Maker of Peace, a 17-foot bronze statue created by Texas artist Bill Worrell in 1994. [16] Seminole Canyon State Park and nearby Amistad National Recreation Area are conducive to bird watching. Both are habitats for numerous species of canyon, desert, and seed-eating birds. [17]
Canyon Lake Gorge is a limestone gorge in Texas, which is around 1 mile (1.6 km) long, hundreds of yards (metres) wide, and up to 50 feet (15 m) or more deep, which was exposed in 2002 when extensive flooding of the Guadalupe River led to a huge amount of water going over the spillway from Canyon Lake reservoir and removing the sediment from ...
Downtown Canyon. Canyon is a city in, and the county seat of, Randall County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,836 at the 2020 census. [5] It is part of the Amarillo, Texas, metropolitan statistical area. Canyon is the home of the Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum, and the outdoor musical drama Texas.
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]
Canyon Creek is a residential neighborhood located in far northwest Austin, Texas.The neighborhood is located in ZIP Code 78726 and is bordered by Ranch to Market Road 2222 (RM 2222) on the south, Ranch to Market Road 620 (RM 620) on the west, Anderson Mill Road on the north, and a major headwater tributary of Bull Creek to the east as well as the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge.