Lake Tawakoni

Lake Tawakoni

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Lake Tawakoni is an artificial reservoir located approximately 53 miles (85 km) east of Dallas, Texas, 25 miles southeast of Greenville, Texas, and 21 miles (34 km) northeast of Wills Point, Texas. It lies within three Texas counties, Hunt, Rains, and Van Zandt. It is used for water supply and recreation.

The reservoir was constructed in 1960. It covers 36,700 acres (149 km²) and has a mean storage capacity of 926,000 acre feet (1.14 km³. It is owned by the Sabine River Authority of Texas.

In the summer of 2007 Lake Tawakoni State Park was the site of a large, rare spider web. The web stretched over a 200 yard path and attracted considerable attention from entomologists. [cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/30/spider.web.ap/index.html | title = Monster spider web spun in Texas Dead link|date=October 2007 | author = Associated Press | date = 2007-08-31 | work = Cnn.com | accessdate = 2007-09-17 ] [cite news | url = http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GIANT_SPIDER_WEB?SITE=NCJAC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT | title = Experts: Spiders Spin Giant Web in Texas Dead link|date=October 2007 | author = Associated Press | date = 2007-09-11 | work = ap.com | accessdate = 2007-09-22 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_tawakoni Texas Parks and Wildlife page]
* [http://texasento.net/Social_Spider.htm Giant Spider Web in an East Texas State Park]
* [http://www.laketawakoni.com/ Lake Tawakoni Resource]


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