Lake Ray Hubbard

A freshwater impoundment (reservoir) known as Lake Ray Hubbard, formerly known as Eastern Dallas Lake or Forney Lake, is situated in Dallas, Texas, in the counties of Dallas, Kaufman, Collin, and Rockwall, immediately to the north of the City of Forney. It was built as a result of the East Fork Trinity River being dammed up by the Rockwall-Forney Dam.

Its size is 92.05 km2, and it can store 600 million m3 of water at a maximum depth of 12 m. The City of Dallas now owns the dam. The Eastern Dallas Causeway, where I-30 travels, crosses the lake. Forney Lake is the original name of the lake after the nearby town of Forney. The lake was called Lake Ray Hubbard after a living person once the City of Dallas incorporated it. Hubbard served as the chairman of the Dallas Parks and Recreation System board from 1943 until 1972. Dallas Water Utilities presently controls and owns the reservoir.

East of the center, Lake Ray Hubbard is bordered by several public parks. Around 22,000 acres make up this enormous recreation lake, which is well-liked for sports like boating and fishing.

Location: Collin, Dallas