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Review & FAQ:
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What is Lake Buchanan?
- Lake Buchanan is the second largest of central Texas’ Highland Lakes, created in 1939 by the damming of the Colorado River.
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Where is Lake Buchanan located?
- The lake is located sixty miles northwest of Austin and stretches thirty miles long with 124 miles of shoreline.
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What accommodations are available around the lake?
- The shoreline has been developed with campgrounds, rental cabins, and lakeside homes.
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What recreational activities can visitors enjoy?
- The lake’s gravel shores make it ideal for swimming and sunbathing, and it offers excellent fishing for striped bass.
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Is Lake Buchanan good for birdwatching?
- Yes! Visitors with binoculars can watch nesting bald eagles, as well as scissor-tailed flycatchers, great blue herons, great egrets, pelicans, cormorants, and roadrunners.
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What wildlife can be found around Lake Buchanan?
- The area is home to armadillos, opossums, bobcats, chameleons, deer, and foxes.
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