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AREA PARKS & LAKES
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Lake Tawakoni State Park
is a 376+ acre park located about 50 miles east
of Dallas. Pick up supplies & bait in Wills
Point, the "Gateway to Lake
Tawakoni". Go north on FM 47 to FM
2475 and continue for about 4 miles.
Lake
Tawakoni State Park opened in Spring 2002 after
six years of development and almost $3 million
in state expenditures. Lake
Tawakoni State Park has 5.2 miles of shoreline
along the south central shore of the main body
of the reservoir. Lake
Tawakoni is renowned for its excellent catfish & bass
fishing.
Voted
Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. Park of the
Month in July 2003, the popular Lake Tawakoni
State Park features a four-lane boat ramp,
40 picnic tables, campsites, hiking trails, bird
watching, and a sandy swimming beach with volleyball court. The
park was authorized through a lease agreement
with the Sabine River Authority, which operates
the 36,700 surface-acre reservoir and Iron
Bridge Dam on the headwaters of the Sabine
River. All areas are handicap accessible, and
admission is free for children 12 & under.
Visit the TPWD Lake
Tawakoni State Park web site for more
information.
Lake Tawakoni
State Park Map
State Park Map.pdf |
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Lester Park & Charlie's Place
was donated to the city by Maxine Hollister Lester, a
long time resident of Wills Point and champion of children
in need. In recognition of her efforts on behalf of
the youth of Van Zandt county, Mrs. Lester was named 2005
Wills Point “Citizen of the Year,” 1985 Wills Point
“Woman of the Year”, and also received the “Kiwanis
Service to Youths” award in 2003.
Lester Park &
Charlie's Place is a 73 acre public park with large brick
meeting facility located just south of Highway 80 on FM
2965 in Wills Point. The area is used as a facility
for baseball, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Senior Citizens, the Tractor
Club, the Wills Point Youth Soccer Association as well as
many others, and is still in the process of being
developed.
Boy Scout Troop #381 recently
planted multiple crape myrtles donated by the Terrell
Wal-Mart. The WPYSA planted twenty-one live oaks on the
sidelines of the soccer fields at the park in honor of a
former coach, the late Wynne Monning. A flag pole was also
donated to Lester Park by the Monning family.
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March, 2007, the community
built Lester Park Playground. The Playground was built for
the children of our community. |
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Bruce
Park - In 1848, a man named
William Wills, the namesake of our city, was
the first settler to come to this area after
Texas was annexed into the United States. He
settled on what was then titled
“Government Vacant Land” owned by the
state and obtainable by settlers living on a
tract for 3 successive years. Wills built
his home, a wood cabin, at the point of
timber between the Sabine and Trinity
rivers. The original Wills Cabin has since
been relocated to Bruce Park at 2nd and
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In
1991, Veterans Memorial Park was
established by the American Legion Post 303
and VFW Post 7837 to honor the men and women
who live or have lived in the Wills Point
area. Today, the Park is undergoing a major
renovation. An increase in park size has
been approved by the City Council. Under the
direction of VFW Post 7837, a 105 MM
Howitzer cannon has recently been added and
a M60 tank has been ordered. The park will
have new lighting, benches, and will be
enclosed with decorative fencing. |
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