Lake Tawakoni State Park

Lake Tawakoni State Park
Woodland hiking area, Lake Tawakoni State Park, May 2007
Location	Hunt County, Texas
Nearest city	Wills Point
Coordinates	32°50′55″N 96°00′00″W / 32.84861°N 96.00000°W / 32.84861; -96.00000Coordinates: 32°50′55″N 96°00′00″W / 32.84861°N 96.00000°W / 32.84861; -96.00000^[1]
Area	376.3 acres (152.3 ha)^[2]
Elevation	430 feet (130 m)
Established	2002 (2002)
Governing body	Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/lake-tawakoni

The communal spider web at Lake Tawakoni State Park

Lake Tawakoni State Park (/təˈwɑːkəni/ tə-WAH-kə-nee) is a state park located in Hunt County, Texas, United States, 11.2 miles (18.0 km) north of Wills Point. It is on the south central shore of Lake Tawakoni.^[3]

History[]

Constructed in 1960, the lake is named after the Tawakoni Native American tribe, who used to live in the area. It was built to provide a source of water for the Dallas area, and the park was opened in 2002 under a lease agreement with the Sabine River Authority.^[4]

The park came to media attention in 2007, because of a giant communal spider web on the premises of the park.^[5]

On January 22, 2009, a fire swept through the park, burning approximately 125 acres (51 ha) of park property.^[6]

References[]

^ "Lake Tawakoni State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 11 February 2004. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Park History of Lake Tawakoni State Park". Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Nature of Lake Tawakoni State Park". Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Lake Tawakoni State Park History — Texas Parks & Wildlife Department". tpwd.texas.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
^ "Scientists Debate Massive Spider Web Blanketing 200 Yards of Texas Park". Fox News. August 31, 2007.
^ "Fire Sweeps Through Tawakoni State Park". Herald Banner. January 24, 2009.

External links[]

Official website

Protected areas of Texas

Federal

National Parks	Big Bend Guadalupe Mountains
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National Historical Parks and Historic Sites	Fort Davis NHS Lyndon B. Johnson NHP Palo Alto Battlefield NHP San Antonio Missions NHP
National Historic Trails	El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
National Recreation Areas	Amistad Lake Meredith
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Rio Grande
National Wildlife Refuges	Anahuac Aransas Attwater Prairie Chicken Balcones Canyonlands Big Boggy Brazoria Buffalo Lake Caddo Lake Grulla Hagerman Laguna Atascosa Little Sandy Lower Rio Grande Valley McFaddin Muleshoe Neches River San Bernard Santa Ana Texas Point Trinity River
National Forests	Angelina Davy Crockett Sabine Sam Houston
National Grasslands	Caddo Lyndon B. Johnson McClellan Creek Rita Blanca
Other Protected Areas	Big Thicket National Preserve Padre Island National Seashore

State

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State Forests and Arboretums	E.O. Siecke John Henry Kirby
State Wildlife Trails	Great Texas Coastal Heart of Texas Panhandle Plains Prairies and Pineywoods

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