The Getaway Capital of Texas

Swimming

Swimming at Lake Whitney, Texas
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Lake Whitney has an abundance of private and public parks surrounding the lake. Each is different in what it offers, and in the lakeviews that it provides to visitors.

The 955-acre Lake Whitney State Park was named Park of the Month by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department inSwimming at Lake Whitney, Texas July 2004, and features campsites, screened shelters, swimming beaches, boat ramps, and an air strip.

There are more than a dozen Corps of Engineers parks surrounding the lake. Boat ramps, restrooms, camping, picnicking, hiking, horseshoes, volleyball, sandy swimming beaches, and equestrian trails are some of the amenities offered

Swimming at Lake Whitney, Texas
Photo courtesy TxDOT

at these parks. Lofers Bend Day Use (off Highway 22, near the dam) and McCown Valley (off 1713, near the Katy Bridge) are the two Corps parks that offer sandy swimming beaches.

And most of the local lodging facilities have a pool for the young and young-at-heart.