The area of Possum Kingdom Lake is 80.128 square kilometers.
The area of Possum Kingdom State Park is 6,186,429.412922881 square meters.
It is 19,800 acres.
Erosion.
142 miles
The lake was created when the brazos river was damed in the 1930's. The naming rights were given to the senator who came up with the project as part of the stimulus after the great depression. the original name was Morris sheppard dam, but the residents resented it being named after a highbrowed yale graduate. So they went with a name coined by Ike Sablosky. A local fur trader who named it possum kingdom because of the abundance of possum hides he caught in the area.
72 miles
The off season for visiting Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas is winter. The site is oriented towards camping and other outdoor activities so few people go during winter.
The Brazos River system feeds Possum Kingdom, Pat Cleburne, Lake Whitney and Waco Lake
Possum Kingdom - song - was created in 1995-08.
Deepest lakes in Texas:Lake Amistad - 217'Lake Travis - 210'Canyon Lake - 125'Toledo Bend - 110'Lake Whitney - 108'Possum Kingdom - 100'Lake Livingston - 90'
Possum Kingdom State Park was created in 1940.
Deepest lakes in Texas:Lake Amistad - 217'Lake Travis - 210'Canyon Lake - 125'Toledo Bend - 110'Lake Whitney - 108'Possum Kingdom - 100'Lake Livingston - 90'