Lake Tawakoni State Park
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State park
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in Wills Point, Texas
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, in the United States
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Key events
The park came to media attention in 2007, because of a giant communal spider webSpider web
A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web or cobweb is a device built by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets....
on the premises of the park.
On January 22, 2009, a fire swept through the park, burning approximately 125 acres (50.6 ha) of park property.