BACKBONE RIDGE
BACKBONE RIDGE. Backbone Ridge is a small chain of hills between Burnet and Marble Falls in southwestern Burnet County. It extends from a point overlooking Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, a mile south of the intersection of Farm roads 2342 and 1431 (30°39' N, 98°25' W), to a point three miles north of State Park Road 4 (30°43' N, 98°20' W). The elevation of the range is 1,100 to 1,500 feet, 200 to 400 feet higher than the surrounding countryside. Among its peaks are Backbone Mountain and Bald Knob.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Darrell Debo, Burnet County History (2 vols., Burnet, Texas: Eakin, 1979).
Citation
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"BACKBONE RIDGE," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rjb03), accessed May 18, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
