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POSSUM KINGDOM RESERVOIR
or
POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE

On the Brazos River

Palo Pinto, Stephens, Jack, and Young counties

Off Highway 16 - 75 miles W of Fort Worth
Hwy 337 - 30 miles NW of Mineral Wells

Book Hotel Here › Graford Hotels
Possum Kingdom dam, Texas
Morris Sheppard Dam - 2,747 feet long, maximum height 189 feet
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October 2007
Outdoor Recreation: Swimming, boating, fishing

Possum Kingdon Lake Information:
Brazos River Authority
Star Route
Graford, Texas 76025
(940) 779-2321

For Map: information@brazos.org

Fishing Information www.tpwd.state.tx.us

Possum Kingdom Chamber of Commerce
(888) 779-8330.
362 N. FM 2353 Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas 76449


Possum Kingdom State Park - on SW shoreline
Morris Sheppard Dam, or Possum Kingdom dam
Closer view of the Morris Sheppard Dam
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October 2007
Possum Kingdom dam downstream
Down stream from the dam
Photo courtesy Mike Price, October 2007
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Area Towns /Day Trips:
Graham
Fort Worth
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Graford
Brad
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 Pickwick - Submerged Ghost Town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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