Lady Bird Lake
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Lady Bird Lake (formerly, and still colloquially referred to as Town Lake) is a river-like reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas, United States. The City of Austin created the reservoir in 1960 as a cooling pond for a new city power plant. The lake, which has a surface area of 416 acres (168 ha), is now used primarily for recreation and flood control. The reservoir is named in honor of former First Lady of the United States Lady Bird Johnson. Lady Bird Lake is the easternmost lake of a chain of reservoirs on the river, which is completely located in Texas, and should not be confused with the larger Colorado River located in the Southwestern United States. This chain, known locally as the Texas Highland Lakes, also includes Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, Lake Marble Falls, Lake Travis, and Lake Austin.
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| Rainey Street Historic District (1.4 miles) Sixth Street (Austin, Texas) (1.6 miles) "I love you so much" mural (1.9 miles) Mexic-Arte Museum (2 miles) Willie Nelson statue (2.1 miles) | Austin City Limits Live (2.1 miles) Roadhouse Relics (2.3 miles) Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge (2.6 miles) Graffiti Park at Castle Hill (2.9 miles) Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum (3.1 miles) |
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