North Texas

Lake Ray Roberts Dam

Lake Ray Roberts Dam

Aerial view of Ray Roberts Lake and Dam on the Elm Fork in Denton County. The dam is over 2 miles long. This photo does not show the entire dam.

The 29,350-acre lake backs up into Cooke and Grayson Counties. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the dam in 1987 to provide water supply for the cities of Denton and Dallas. View is to the north.


Reprinted from Wikipedia | Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers