Highest elevation lakes & reservoirs in Texas by altitude
This is a comparison for lakes within USA > Southwest > Texas > - Compared by Highest Altitude/Elevation in feet.Note: For some lakes, "Altitude/Elevation" data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 68 articles we have published for Texas lakes.
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Lake name  |
Elevation in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Corpus Christi (Gulf Coast, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
10,159 ft | Lake Corpus Christi in Texas’s Gulf Coast region is just miles away from the coastline and the big coastal city of Corpus Christi. It is an impoundmen… |
| Lake Alan Henry (Panhandle Plains, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
2,263 ft | Also known as Alan Henry Reservoir Lake Alan Henry, also known as Alan Henry Reservoir, is located in the Texas Panhandle Plains Region, about 45 miles south of Lubbock and four miles e… |
| Lake Nasworthy (Hill Country, Panhandle Plains, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
1,872 ft | In the heart of Texas, Lake Nasworthy is a cool place in the heat of summer. This lake provides a welcome spot of relief, beckoning visitors to submer… |
| Lake Amistad (Hill Country, Mexico, North Mexico, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
1,144 ft | Also known as International Amistad Reservoir The Spanish word “Amistad” translates to “Friendship” in English … little wonder, then, that west Texas’ Lake Amistad is one of the Lone Star State’… |
| Medina Lake (Hill Country, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
1,084 ft | Also known as Lake Medina Located in Texas Hill Country, Medina Lake is 40 miles northwest of San Antonio in Bandera and Medina Counties. Controlled by the Bexar-Medina-Atascos… |
| Lake Buchanan (Hill Country, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
1,021 ft | Also known as "Big Buc" Lake Buchanan, the oldest and northernmost of the Highland Lakes, is known as “Big Buc” to the locals and anglers who regularly visit the area. It is… |
| Canyon Lake TX (Hill Country, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
950 ft | Canyon Lake, with a maximum depth of 125 feet, is one of the deepest and most scenic lakes in Texas. Canyon Lake, formerly known as Canyon Reservoir,… |
| Inks Lake (Hill Country, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
903 ft | Inks Lake is located about an hour northwest of Austin in the picturesque Texas Hill Country. Measuring just 4.2 miles long and 3000 feet at its wides… |
| Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (Hill Country, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
836 ft | Also known as Lake LBJ Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, also called Lake LBJ, is a 6,449 acre lake located in Llano and Burnet counties of the Texas Hill Country. The third of seven… |
| Lake Marble Falls (Hill Country, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
756 ft | Also known as Marble Falls Reservoir Lake Marble Falls, in the central Texas Hill Country, is the 4th and the smallest lake in the Highland Lakes chain. It was created by the Lower Colora… |
| Benbrook Lake (Prairies and Lakes, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
724 ft | Also known as Lake Benbrook, Benbrook Reservoir Sprawled along the Clear Fork branch of the Trinity River in the Texas Prairies and Lakes region, Benbrook Lake works hard to improve the quality of l… |
| Lake Travis (Hill Country, Southwest, Texas, USA) |
714 ft | Lake Travis is a beautiful 18,930 acre reservoir in the Hill Country of central Texas, about 12 miles northwest of Austin. It is over 63 miles long wi… |
