Horseshoe Bay
Horseshoe Bay is a city in Llano and Burnet counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Situated on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and the south branch of the Colorado River, it is known in the region for its golf courses, hotel and resort, and water sports.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 3,970 residents
- Description: city in Burnet and Llano counties in Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Horseshoe Bay, Texas” and “Horseshoe Bay, TX”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant and Wirtz Dam.
Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant
Power station
The Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant consists of dual natural gas fired turbines and a single steam turbine run by exhaust heat from the gas turbines in a combined cycle configuration that generates 540 megawatts of electricity.
Wirtz Dam
Dam
Wirtz Dam was constructed from 1949 to 1951 to provide hydroelectric power and to form Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the Texas Highland Lakes. Lake LBJ ‒ as it is more commonly referred to ‒ provides cooling water for the Lower Colorado River Authority's Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant along Horseshoe Bay. Wirtz Dam is situated 2 miles northeast of Horseshoe Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cottonwood Shores and Granite Shoals.
Cottonwood Shores
Village
Cottonwood Shores is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,403 at the 2020 census. Cottonwood Shores is situated 2½ miles east of Horseshoe Bay.
Granite Shoals
Village
Granite Shoals is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States with a 2020 census population of 5,129. Granite Shoals is situated 3½ miles north of Horseshoe Bay.
Meadowlakes
Village
Meadowlakes is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,907 at the 2020 census. Meadowlakes is situated 4½ miles east of Horseshoe Bay.
Horseshoe Bay
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Llano, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.54421° or 30° 32′ 39″ northLongitude
-98.36698° or 98° 22′ 1″ westPopulation
3,970Elevation
846 feet (258 metres)United Nations Location Code
US H5BOpen location code
8623GJVM+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 151433282OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Horseshoe Bay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هورسشو باي (تكساس)”
- Arabic: “هورسشو باي”
- Basque: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Catalan: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Cebuano: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Chechen: “Горсшу-Бей”
- Chinese: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Chinese: “馬蹄灣”
- Chinese: “马蹄湾”
- Croatian: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Czech: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Danish: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Dutch: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هورسشو باى”
- French: “Horseshoe Bay”
- German: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Gilaki: “هؤرسشۊ بی”
- Haitian: “Horseshoe Bay, Texas”
- Haitian: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Irish: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Italian: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Japanese: “ホースシュー・ベイ”
- Ladin: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Malagasy: “Horseshoe Bay, Texas”
- Malagasy: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Persian: “هورس شو بی، تگزاس”
- Persian: “هورس شو بی”
- Polish: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Portuguese: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Serbian: “Хорсшу Беј”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Horseshoe Bay, Texas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Slovak: “Horseshoe Bay”
- South Azerbaijani: “هورزشو بای، تکزاس”
- Spanish: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Tatar: “Горсшу-Бей”
- Ukrainian: “Горсшу-Бей”
- Uzbek: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Uzbek: “Ҳорсешое Бай”
- Vietnamese: “Horseshoe Bay, Texas”
- Vietnamese: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Volapük: “Horseshoe Bay”
- Welsh: “Horseshoe Bay, Texas”
- Welsh: “Horseshoe Bay”
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