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Lake Ray Roberts (formally Ray Roberts Lake) is an artificial 29,350-acre (119 km 2) American reservoir located 10 miles (20 km) north of Denton, Texas, between the cities of Pilot Point, Texas and Sanger, Texas. It is filled by a tributary of the Trinity River.
Ray Roberts Lake State Park is a state park located in Denton County, Texas, near Pilot Point, Texas. The park is 3,777 acres (1,528 ha). [ 2 ] It is very popular due to its proximity to the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area – in 2016, it was the 8th most popular Texas state park with 244,193 visitors. [ 3 ]
On March 2, 1945, the U.S. Congress approved the River and Harbors Act of 1945, which among many projects, provided for the construction of Benbrook Lake, Grapevine Lake, Lavon Lake, and Ray Roberts Lake, as well as modifications to the existing Garza Dam for the construction of Lewisville Lake. All the projects were for the purposes of both ...
The East Fork Trinity River (on old maps the Bois d'Arc River) begins near McKinney, Texas, and flows through Lavon Lake and then Lake Ray Hubbard before joining the Trinity River just southeast of Dallas. The Trinity flows southeast from Dallas across a fertile floodplain and the pine forests of eastern Texas.
Lake Ray Roberts is named after the Congressman. His official documents from his years in office both in the Texas State Senate as well as the U.S. House of Representatives can be found in the archives at Texas A&M-Commerce, which used to be known as East Texas State University. His only brother was Roy Geldon Roberts Sr. of Plano.
During the decade of active civil works construction following World War II, the U.S. Congress provided for the construction of Benbrook Lake, Grapevine Lake, Lavon Lake and Ray Roberts Lake as well as modifications to the existing Garza Dam for the construction of Lewisville Lake. The River & Harbors Act of 1945 authorized these projects for ...
Damage from a separate EF-1 tornado was observed on the southwest side of Ray Roberts Lake in Denton County. A tornado in Collin County north of Celina was rated as an EF-3, with peak winds of 165 ...
Bryan Looper, 57, of Sanger stands near wreckage at the Ray Roberts Marina RV park on Sunday, May 26, 2024. He said he pulled two people from the wreckage at the RV park at the Ray Roberts Marina.