Somerville Lake

Lake Somerville lies in Burleson, Washington, and Lee counties, 23 miles southwest of Bryan/College Station, Texas. Lake Somerville covers 11,630 acres with 85 miles of shoreline and a maximum depth of 38 feet. Yegua Creek in the Brazos River Basin feeds Lake Somerville. U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Ft. Worth District oversees Lake Somerville. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) manages the Somerville Public Hunting Land and seven parks under a license agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Lake Somerville is 65 miles east of Austin, Texas, and 78 miles northwest of Houston, Texas, with a few tiny communities on its northern border. Somerville, Texas is the nearest town on its eastern shores. Lake Somerville sits in a rural backdrop with over ten islands. The largest islands are named Buck Nekkid Island in its northern waters and Sunny Buns Island in its southern waters.   More Lake Information