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 Lake Ray Roberts State Park - Pilot Point, TX, US
N 33° 21.939 W 097° 00.730
14S E 684940 N 3693588
Directions:
Isle du Bois Unit is located on FM 455, 10 miles east of Interstate 35.
Johnson Branch Unit is located on FM 3002, seven miles east of I-35.
Waymark Code: WMTPJ0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2016
Views: 8
The lake is surrounded by the state park, wildlife management areas, wetlands and waterfowl sanctuaries. TPWD operates Ray Roberts Lake State Park under lease from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the cities of Dallas and Denton.
Isle du Bois Unit (1,397 acres) is on the south side of the lake and opened in 1993.
Johnson Branch Unit (1,514 acres) is on the north side of the lake and opened in 1996.
Ray Roberts Greenbelt is a 20-mile multiuse trail system that opened in 1999. It follows the heavily wooded banks of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River.
Park Type: Overnight
Activities:
On land, you can camp, hike, bike, ride your horse, rollerblade, geocache or go backpacking. On the water, you can swim at one of our beach areas (no lifeguards on duty), paddle, or wet a hook in our kids’ fishing pond or the lake. Or enjoy quieter pursuits: photography, nature watching.
Park Fees:
Entrance Fee: 5.00
Background:
Early hunter-gatherers camped in this area, hunting game, gathering edible plants, and repairing their stone weapons. One site nearby, the world-famous Aubrey Clovis site, is 11,550 years old! These were some of the first humans in North America.
Archeologists find clues to the age of a site by the type of spear or arrow points found there. At the Aubrey site, they found Clovis points, which were the earliest known type of American projectile point.
Many hunter-gatherers have spent time here looking for food. From the 1500s, Comanches, Kiowas and Tonkawas frequented the area.
Date Established?: 1993
Link to Park: [Web Link]
Additional Entrance Points: N 33° 25.764 W 097° 03.396
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