| Texas Outside Favorite Lakes |
| Lake Review |
Nearest City |
Rating |
Comments |
| Texoma |
Denison |
8.9  |
Huge lake with lots of marinas, restaurants, OK camping, and sandy beaches
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| Austin |
Austin |
8.5  |
Great constant level lake for camping, cruising, skiing/boarding, and eating burgers while you listen to some live music
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| Sam Rayburn Reservoir |
Jasper |
8.3  |
One of the prettiest lakes in Texas, good fishing, smooth clear water, and great campsites.
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| Toledo Bend Lake |
Zwolle |
8.3  |
Toledo Bend is a huge lake with excellent fishing, a number of resorts and campgrounds, and some beautiful scenery
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| Murray |
Ardmore |
8.2  |
It's OK to slip across the border every once in a while to this very clear lake with excellent water campsites, golf, and more |
| Possom Kingdom Reservoir |
Graford |
8.2  |
Beautiful long and narrow lake with huge homes, great party cove, a couple restaurants, and picturesque tall bluffs down by the dam
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| Whitney |
Whitney |
8.1  |
Very pretty lake with limestone bluffs, excellent skiing, good camping, and some resorts
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| Tawakoni |
Van Zandt |
8.0  |
Home to a great State Park, a couple restaurants, and some big fish, but not much else
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| Conroe |
Conroe |
7.9  |
Great lake with some good private campgrounds; some coves for swimming and skiing/boarding; beautiful homes along the shoreline; and a great selection of restaurants and bars with music |
| Travis |
Austin |
7.7  |
The party lake of Texas with lots to see and do -- restaurants/bars with music, nude beach, big homes, and more
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