Lake Amon G. Carter

Lake Amon G. Carter is situated 6 miles south of Bowie in Montague county, Texas, and is situated on Big Sandy Creek. Lake Amon G. Carter is technically two lakes in one. The original lake was built in 1956 and has a different type of habitat than the 500-acre extension constructed in 1985. In the thirty-year gap between the original lake and the expansion there became a habitat in the original lake that does not exist in the new expansion. The lake has a surface area of 1,848 acres and a maximum depth of 50 feet. The conservation pool elevation is 920 feet above sea level.

The lake is about 30 minutes northwest of Fort Worth, Texas. The lake is smaller than some surrounding lakes in the area and around the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. The size of this lake was expanded to help control the amount of flood water that would go down stream to several flood plains.