Lake McQueeney – “The Waterskiing Capital of Texas”

Posted by Hunter Croan on Thursday, April 16th, 2009  5:19pm.

I recently received an email with a question about being able to Waterski on Lake McQueeney:

Question:

I was looking at a few of the houses on Lake McQueeney.  Can you tell me how big that lake is?  Is it bigger or smaller than Somerville?  Do people water ski on that lake?  Or is it more of a river that people fish on?

Answer:

Lake McQueeney and the other area lakes (Lake Dunlap, Lake Placid, Meadow Lake) are very waterski friendly. In fact, Lake McQueeney has been referred to as the “Waterski Capital of Texas”. These chain of lakes are all sections of the Guadalupe River which makes them “River Like” which is very good for keeping the water calm for several reasons.

  1. On a windy day Canyon Lake or Somerville get “blown out” making skiing and boating difficult and definitely not as fun. The central Texas Lakes (Lake McQueeney, Lake Dunlap, Lake Placid, and Meadow Lake) are winding lakes that will have at least one straightaway that the trees block the wind (even on the windiest days).
  2. River like lakes force boats to drive the same line. Even on a calm day at a lake like Somerville you always have the few boats that love to pull their tubes right where everyone is skiing. In a river like lake most tubers will stay in the wide parts of the lake (typically downriver) for the safety of their tuber. Even if the tubers are not out in the big lakes, uneducated boat drives tend to drive their skier all over the lake instead of sharing the same line which makes the lake calmer for everyone. Think about it for a second. If everyone shares the same line then all the boats wakes go in the same direction. Boats that drive in all different directions also send their waves in all different directions which makes the lake rough for everyone.

Descriptions of each lake which can also on found on to home page of my website, www.LakeHouses4Sale.net. There you will also find links to Lake Maps and much more.  Scroll through my older blogs and you will also find a Video Tour of Meadow Lake and Several Video Tours of Lake McQueeney.