La Joya Lake Vacation and Resort Properties

La Joya Lake is the result of La Joya Lake Dam on La Joya Creek in Hidalgo County, Texas and is used for irrigation purposes. Construction of La Joya Lake Dam was completed in 1955. It is property of Hidlago County Irrigation District No 16.

 

 

Nearby Attractions

Grulla National Wildlife Refuge (9 miles)

Grulla National Wildlfie Refuge is located in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, near the small town of Arch, approximately 25 miles northwest of Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge. This 3,236-acre refuge is managed by the staff at Muleshoe NWR. More than 2,000 acres of the refuge is the saline lake bed of Salt Lake. When the lake holds sufficient water, Grulla NWR is a beneficial wintering area for lesser sandhill cranes. Ring-necked pheasant, scaled quail, and lesser prairie chicken are often seen... More

 
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (25 miles)

Step into a rare tropical world at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. Spanish moss drips from trees. Noisy chachalacas welcome the morning dawn. A malachite butterfly flits from the shadows. The wildlife clientele is truly international here along the most southern stretch of the Rio Grande.

Thanks to the foresight of those who succeeded in protecting the refuge in 1943, we can experience a natural world that has vanished from 95 percent of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Santa Ana NWR gleams... More

 
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (39 miles)

Life tends to be richest at its borders. Here, on the international border between U.S. and Mexico, a host of nature's borders converge climate, community, land form and geography. Only 5% of the native landscape remains on the lower river and its nearby reaches, yet the diversity within these fragments adds up to an astonishing 1,200 types of plants, 700 species of vertebrates (including nearly 500 bird species) and 300 kinds of butterflies. You'll find 11 different biological communities,... More

 
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site (65 miles)

On May 8, 1846 troops of the United States and Mexico clashed on the prairie of Palo Alto in the first battle of a two-year war.

Signed into law in June 1992, Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site preserves the 3,400-acre scene of this clash between nations and informs visitors about its national and international importance. As the only unit of the National Park Service with a primary focus on the U.S.-Mexican War, Palo Alto Battlefield also interprets the entire conflict--including... More

 

 

 

Find other southcentral Texas lakes, lake view properties, lodging, and vacation ideas or return to the home page.

 

Other Lakes with the same name, or a similar name: