Calaveras Lake
Calaveras Lake is a reservoir on Calaveras Creek, located 20 miles southeast of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, US. The reservoir was formed in 1969 by the construction of a dam to provide a cooling pond for a series of power plants, called the Calaveras Power Station, to supply additional electricity to the city of San Antonio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include J. T. Deely Power Plant.
J. T. Deely Power Plant
Power station
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J. T. Deely Power Plant was a two unit, 871 megawatt coal power plant located southeast of San Antonio, in Bexar County, Texas near Calaveras Lake at the Calaveras Power Station. They were operated by CPS Energy and ran from 1977 to 2018. J. T. Deely Power Plant is situated 1½ miles north of Calaveras Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elmendorf.
Elmendorf
Village
Elmendorf is a city located in Bexar County and Wilson County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio—New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area. Elmendorf is situated 2 miles south of Calaveras Lake.
Calaveras Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: body of water
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bexar, Texas, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Calaveras Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Calaveras Lake”
- Esperanto: “Calaveras”
- French: “Calaveras Lake”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Arciniega Cemetery and Calaveras Creek Dam.
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