Longhorn Dam
Longhorn Dam is a dam crossing the Colorado River in Austin, Texas, United States, where it creates Lady Bird Lake. Completed in 1960, the dam was built by the City of Austin as the last in a chain of Colorado River dams in central Texas begun during the Great Depression.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Travis County, Texas, United States of America
- Also known as: “Town Lake Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plaza Saltillo station and University of Texas Elementary School.
Plaza Saltillo station
Railway station
Plaza Saltillo station is a CapMetro Rail hybrid rail station in Austin, Texas. It is located in East Austin at the corner of Fifth and Comal Street adjacent to the Plaza Saltillo complex which, in turn, was built in 1998 as a result of a collaborative effort between the city of Austin, the city of Saltillo, Capital Metro and Ole Mexico, an east Austin cultural group. Plaza Saltillo station is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Longhorn Dam.
University of Texas Elementary School
School
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. With a population of 961,855 at the 2020 census, it is the 13th-most populous city in the U.S, fifth-most populous city in Texas, and second-most populous U.S. state capital, while the Austin metro area with an estimated 2.55 million residents is the 25th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. University of Texas Elementary School is situated 4,000 feet north of Longhorn Dam.
Plaza Saltillo
Bike rental
Photo: PiperMcCorkle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plaza Saltillo is a bike rental, which is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Longhorn Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Cesar Chavez and East Riverside-Oltorf.
East Cesar Chavez
Neighborhood
East César Chávez, historically and originally named Masontown or Masonville, is a neighborhood in Austin, Texas. It is located in the central-east part of Austin's urban core on the north bank of the Colorado River.
East Riverside-Oltorf
Neighborhood
East Riverside-Oltorf is a neighborhood in Austin, Texas, located southeast of the city's urban core. The East Riverside, Parker Lane, and Pleasant Valley neighborhoods together form the East Riverside-Oltorf Combined Neighborhood Planning Area.
Rainey Street Historic District
Neighborhood
The Rainey Street Historic District is a street of historic homes, many of the bungalow style, in downtown Austin, Texas. Rainey Street is positioned near Lady Bird Lake and Interstate 35 in the southeast corner of downtown. Rainey Street Historic District is situated 1½ miles west of Longhorn Dam.
Longhorn Dam
- Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.25035° or 30° 15′ 1″ northLongitude
-97.71351° or 97° 42′ 49″ westElevation
430 feet (131 metres)Inception
1960Height
36 feet (11 metres)Operator
Austin WaterOpen location code
8624772P+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 784384371OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
4707784Wikidata ID
Q14710977
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Longhorn Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Longhorn Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد القرون الطويله”
- Italian: “diga di Longhorn”
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