Is Lake Travis the deepest lake in Texas?

Lake Travis flows from Marble Falls to Spicewood to Austin. When the reservoir is full, the average depth is 61 feet with its deepest point at 210 feet in the basin. This makes Lake Travis the second-deepest lake in Texas, just behind Lake Amistad on the Texas/Mexico border.



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