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Off Ranch Rd 965 at the Llano-Gillespie County Line 30°30′16″N 98°49′05″W / 30.504444°N 98.818056°W / 30.504444; -98.818056 ( Enchanted Rock Archeological Fredericksburg
It was located along the North Llano River in Sutton County. [3] The post was abandoned in February 1854 the troops locating farther to the west and north on the advancing frontier. The fort buildings were then used for the Terrett Ranch.
The Llano River (/ ˈ l æ n oʊ / LAN-oh) is a tributary of the Colorado River, about 105 miles (169 km) long, in Texas in the United States. [1] It drains part of the Edwards Plateau in Texas Hill Country northwest of Austin .
Texas has thousands of private dams, but a former oil executive’s application to build one on the South Llano River would be the first in the watershed for recreational use. Opponents fear it ...
Ranch to Market Road 2900 (RM 2900) is located in Llano County. It runs from RM 1431 near Kingsland south across the Llano River arm of Lake Lyndon B. Johnson to RM 2233, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of SH 71. RM 2900 was designated on August 5, 1966, on the current route.
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (more commonly referred to as Lake LBJ and originally named Lake Granite Shoals) is a reservoir on the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country about 45 miles northwest of Austin. The reservoir was formed in 1950 by the construction of Granite Shoals Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA).
Junction is home to several parks, including the 2,600-acre (11 km 2) South Llano River State Park. The city also has eight swimming pools, golf and tennis courts, and abundant hotel/motel options due mainly to its location along the heavily traveled Interstate 10 corridor. [15] The Fort McKavett State Historic Site is also located near Junction.
Only 5% of the native riparian, floodplain, and wetland habitats remain along the lower Rio Grande and its local tributaries, [citation needed] but the diversity within these fragments adds up to a significant 1,200 species of native plants, 700 species of vertebrates (including nearly 500 bird species), and 300 species of butterflies.