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     Whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then we recommend Cherokee Creek. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Ratliff Lake has to offer, you can camp at Colorado Bend State Park. Ratliff Lake is not the only site close by, Lower San Saba Watershed Reservoir Number 11 is a close by lake; Jerrys Branch is one of the streams close by that might be worth a visit. Ratliff Lake gets a normal amount of annual precipitation; the  
   wettest month of the year is typically May, that's the one that rains the most; the driest month of the year is December. Through the warm months here at Ratliff Lake, high temperatures ordinarily reach the 90's with overnight lows in the 70's. Daytime highs during the wintertime are in the 50's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Ratliff Lake.
So many cool things to do at Ratliff Lake, so little time. A round of golf at nearby San Saba Municipal
 
               Golf Course is a perfect way to kill some time, and a lake nearby is Lower San Saba Watershed Reservoir Number 10. This lake is so wonderful. A splendid nearby hotel is Best Western Llano; don't leave Ratliff Lake without first going for a hike along the Colorado Bend State Park Trail.
There's whitewater on Colorado River for all you adrenaline junkies, and the scenery at Ratliff Lake Dam is beautiful.

 
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28 miles away
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Current weather conditions at Ratliff Lake, San Saba County, Texas
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Local climate location: SAN SABA 17 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 31.23
Longitude: -98.66833

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These outdoors activities are available near Ratliff Lake.
 Hotels Near Ratliff Lake:
Best Western Llano, Llano, 28 miles away
Days Inn and Suites Llano, Llano, 28 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites LAMPASAS, Lampasas, 36 miles away
Knights Inn Brownwood, Brownwood, 36 miles away
Comfort Inn Early, Early, 36 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Ratliff Lake:
Colorado Bend State Park, Bend, 13 miles away
 Whitewater Near Ratliff Lake:
Cherokee Creek, San Saba CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class III-IV - 9 miles long (FM 501 to Colorado Bend SRA Road)
Colorado River, Lampasas San Saba CountyCounty, 16 miles away
      Class I-II - 16 miles long (Bend to Colorado Bend State Rec Area)
 Trails Near Ratliff Lake:
Colorado Bend State Park Trail, San Saba County, 18 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Ratliff Lake:
San Saba Municipal Golf Course, San Saba, 2 miles away
 Lakes Near Ratliff Lake:
Lower San Saba Watershed Reservoir Number 10, San Saba CountyCounty, 6 miles away
Lower San Saba Watershed Reservoir Number 11, San Saba CountyCounty, 6 miles away

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Cherokee Creek
12 miles away
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Here's a section of Cherokee Creek 6 creek miles above the put in point on 501. Taken from my porch 70' above the water. The flow was 300cfs when taken...
I've lived on the CHerokee above the 501 put in for 6 years. THe usual flow is 10-20 cfs in a good year. However, I have seen it up over 18,000cfs and it came up 32' in 4 hours back in 2004. At anything over 2000-3000cfs be very carefull of the wire, cattle panels, cable, and barbed wire at what we call the water gaps. There's at leat one at each landowner's property line. In a flood they break and trail downstream and may be invisible till you're trapped....................WT Fleming...

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