Each of the 5 Highland Lakes offer water sports, boating, fishing and more.  Each lake is used to generate electrical power by the LCRA. 

Lake Buchanan

Located on the Colorado River between Burnet and LLano Counties.

Size:  23,200 acres with a maximum depth of 132 ft.  Lake Buchanan water level fluctuates with the amount of rain upstream.  Hydro Electric power is generated through turbines located at the dam.

Inks Lake

Located just downstream from Lake Buchanan on the Colorado River between Burnet and Llano Counties.

Size:   803 acres with a maximum depth of 60 ft.  Lake Inks is a controlled level lake that can fluctuate from 1 ft. low to several foot high.  Hydro electrical power is generated through turbines at the dam.

Lake LBJ

Located on the Colorado River between Burnet and Llano Counties near the towns of Kingsland, Granite Shoals and Marble Falls.

Size:  6,375 acres with a maximum depth of 90 ft.  Lake LBJ is a controlled level lake that can fluctuate 0-2 ft.  Hydro electrical power is generated by turbines located at the dam and natural gas power at the Thomas Ferguson Power Plant located in Horseshoe Bay.

Lake Marble Falls

Located at Marble Falls on the Colorado River in Burnet County just downstream of Lake LBJ and upstream of Lake Travis.

Size:  780 acres with a maximum depth of 60 ft.  Hydro  electrical power is generated by turbines located at the dam.

Lake Travis

Located on the Colorado northwest of Austin in Travis and Burnet Counties.

Size:  18,930 acres with a maximum depth of 190 ft.  Water fluctuates high to low 10 - 20 ft.  Hydro Electrical power is generated by turbines located at the dam.

Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)

The LCRA plays a variety of roles in Central Texas: delivering electricity, managing the water supply and environment of the lower Colorado River basin, developing water and wastewater utilities, providing public recreation areas and economic development.  http://www.lcra.org/