Joe Pool Lake
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| Location | Dallas / Tarrant / Ellis counties, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates | 32°37′43″N 97°0′19″W / 32.62861°N 97.00528°WCoordinates: 32°37′43″N 97°0′19″W / 32.62861°N 97.00528°W |
| Catchment area | 233 sq mi (600 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 7,740 acres (31.3 km2) |
| Max. depth | 75 ft (23 m) |
Joe Pool Lake is a fresh water impoundment (reservoir) located in the southern part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas. The lake encompasses parts of Tarrant, Dallas and Ellis counties. The lake measures 7,740 acres (31.3 km2) with a conservation storage capacity of 176,900 acre feet (218,200,000 m3). With a maximum depth of 75 feet (23 m) the lake drains an area of 232 square miles (601 km2).
Joe Pool Lake was named after Joe Pool, a congressman from the Oak Cliff area of Dallas who represented this district from 1963 until his death in 1968. Pool was highly influential in passage of legislation and funding of the lake.
The project to build Joe Pool Lake started of a promise made in 1961 by the late U.S. Rep. Joe Pool and was carried out by a citizens committee called the Lakeview Planning Council. The oft-stalled lake project – approved by Congress in 1965 and known as Lakeview Lake until 1982 – had been the subject of name squabbles and delays caused by lawsuits and lack of funding.
As a result, when construction began in 1977 – nine years after Joe Pool died – it became one of the first projects in the nation to pay its own way because of federal cuts in recreational park projects.
Construction of the lake dam was completed in December 1985. Impoundment of water began in January 1986 and the lake was filled by June 1989.
Joe Pool Lake includes a number of parks, paved boat ramps and parking lots, public swimming areas, a public marina as well a second marina located inside Cedar Hill State Park.
$5 per day vehicle
6 a.m. - 10 p.m. March - October 28 Closed - October 29 through February 25 Open - weekends in October
Boat ramp Parking lot Restroom
3401 Ragland Road Grand Prairie, Texas 75052 Phone: +1 817 467 2104 Fax: +1 817 467 4931
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