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Lake Travis · The outdoor list

Trails, docks, farms, markets.

The boat launch with the deepest channel. The trail to the gorge. The farm stand that takes Venmo. The icon you've heard of and the one you haven't.

Boat launches

4 listed
  • Austin
    Lake Travis Marina
    Editor's pick

    The marina closest to Austin on Lake Travis — boat slip rentals and party boat rentals.

  • Austin
    Riviera Marina
    Editor's pick

    A marina close to downtown and North Austin — double-decker party barges holding up to 50 people.

  • Leander
    VIP Marina Lake Travis
    Editor's pick

    An Austin-owned powerboat facility 45 minutes northwest of downtown, with 140 covered and wet slips.

  • Volente
    Keep Austin Wet Boat Rentals
    Editor's pick

    One of the largest fleets of double-decker party boats, pontoons, and wakesurf boats on the lake — every rental includes free access to Volente Beach Waterpark and Beachside Billy's.

Iconic stops

2 listed
  • Austin
    Mansfield Dam
    Editor's pick

    The dam that created Lake Travis — construction began in 1937 at 200 feet planned, but catastrophic flooding in July 1938 forced a redesign to 278 feet before completion in 1942. The finished dam runs 7,098 feet long and 266 feet at its maximum height, renamed in 1941 for U.S. Representative Joseph J. Mansfield.

  • Austin
    Devil's Cove
    Editor's pick

    A boat-only cove on the lake's north shore, between Marshall's Point and Northshore Marina, with no road or beach access — the site of Lake Travis's best-known floating party scene, with hundreds of boats tying together on summer weekends between Memorial Day and Labor Day.