Bachman Lake is a small freshwater

Freshwater

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 lake

Lake

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 located in the Love Field neighborhood

Love Field, Dallas, Texas (neighborhood)

Love Field is a neighborhood located in northwest Dallas, Texas . It lies southwest of and is adjacent to Dallas Love Field Airport and is bounded by Denton Road, Inwood Road, Harry Hines Boulevard, and Webb Chapel Extension. The neighborhood takes its name from Love Field Airport.- Economy :The...

 of northwest

Northwest Dallas

Northwest Dallas is an area consisting of many communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, .- Neighborhoods :* Koreatown* Love Field* Stemmons Corridor* Arlington Park and it is considered apart of West Dallas- Light rail :...

 Dallas

Dallas, Texas

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, Texas

Texas

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 (USA

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). It covers 205 acre (0.8296063 km²) in northwest Dallas and lies on the northwest boundary of Dallas Love Field in the airport

Airport

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's landing path. It was originally constructed in 1903 by dam

Dam

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ming Bachman Branch

Bachman Branch

Bachman Branch is the name of a medium sized tributary of the Trinity River with headwaters in northwest Dallas, Texas . The tributary is 10 miles  in length and rises at Forest Lane, 0.5 miles  west of the Dallas North Tollway...

 as a water source for Dallas, but it proved to be too small for their needs and was supplanted by White Rock Lake

White Rock Lake

White Rock Lake is a reservoir located in east Dallas, Texas . The lake was formed by damming White Rock Creek, which today widens into the lake before continuing south out of the spillway and emptying into the Trinity River...

 in 1911.

Today, Bachman Lake is used as a recreational area. The lake and its surrounding park are well-kept. The area surrounding the lake is currently a hot bed of new construction. The Shops at Bluffview is a 260000 square feet (24,154.8 m²) upscale apartment, retail, restaurant and office development that is due for completion in 2008. There have been several 10,000 to 15,000 sf stylishly constructed retail centers built along the lake. At the Western end of the lake, DART Rail has begun construction on the new Orange line that will carry area residents to and from DFW airport. Bachman Station

Bachman Station

Bachman Station is a DART light rail station located in Northwest Dallas for service on the and . The station opened as part of the Green Line's expansion in December 2010. It will serve nearby attractions such as Bachman Lake and surrounding neighborhoods. It will be a major transfer station...

 will open as part of the Green Line's December 2010 expansion. A 3.3 miles (5.3 km) trail surrounds Bachman Lake and the lake is available for sailing

Sailing

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 and some fishing

Fishing

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 (the lake is stocked with catfish

Catfish

Catfishes are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest and longest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the second longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores...

 regularly - Stocking Schedule).

External links

• Bachman Lake Trail at The Dallas Morning News
  The Dallas Morning News
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