Lake Granbury was created when the Brazos River was dammed in 1969. Lodging is located around the lake in large and small bed and breakfasts and hotels. Baker St. Harbor B&B is located on the water and a short distance from town. Rates in 2010 start at $139 a night. The Inn at Lake Granbury is a large bed and breakfast and offers packages that range from an entertainment and theater package to a romantic getaway package and a ladies' weekend package. The rooms at the Inn start at $215, and the packages range from $35 to $700, all 2010 prices.
The lake offers swimming, boating and a multitude of water sports and is known for fishing. A good amount of large-mouth bass, catfish, crappie, white and striped bass and sunfish populate the waters.
Baker St. Harbor Bed and Breakfast
511 South Baker St.
Granbury, TX 76048
817-578-3684
Inn on Lake Granbury
205 West Doyle St.
Granbury, TX 76048
817-573-0046
The Granbury Opera House is in a historic building dating to 1886. It offers year-round family-friendly entertainment in plays and musicals such as "Cats" and holiday celebrations and music performances. They also put on a number of community theater benefit shows that promote the young talent of the community of Granbury. The Opera House is located in the center of town and you can pair a play or musical with an evening of shopping or dining.
Granbury Opera House
133 East Pearl St.
Granbury, TX 76048
817-573-9191
Drive-in movies are a thing of the past in most parts of Texas, and the Brazos theater is one of the last in the state. They are open Fridays and Saturdays, and movies start at dusk. The drive-in always shows a double feature. Admission in 2010 is $12 per person or $18 per carload, with a maximum of six movie-goers. They offer a grassy play area for kids and dogs on the front lawn in front of the screen. The movies are usually family friendly with G, PG and PG-13 ratings.
The Brazos Drive-In Theater
1800 W. Pearl St.
Granbury, TX 76048
817-573-1311
Hidden Oaks Golf Course, designed by Rex Worrell, is an 18-hole public championship golf course with a 4-tier driving range and a restaurant on site. The course is tree-lined for shade in the hotter months, and all the turf on site is Bermuda turf. If you have children traveling with you, the golf course offers lessons for children through their junior golf program.
Hidden Oaks Golf Course
2701 Hideaway Bay Ct.
Granbury, Texas 76049
817-279-1078
Davy Crockett, a U.S. congressman originally from Tennessee, famously said: "You may all go to hell, and I will go the Texas." He kept his promise and fought with Texas and died in the battle of the Alamo in 1936. In 1837, Elizabeth Crockett was entitled to 1,280 acres of land in Acton, Texas, yet the notice came 17 years late, and Mrs. Crockett didn't leave Tennessee for Texas until 1853. She lived in Texas until her death in 1860. The monument of Elizabeth Crockett was erected in 1911 and is located only a few miles from Granbury. A marble slab marks the site of the 640 acres where Elizabeth Crockett lived from 1854 to 1860. In 1949, Elizabeth Crockett's 12-by-12 burial plot became a state park and thereby the smallest state park in Texas.
Elizabeth Crockett Monument
5800 Park Rd. 21
Cleburne, TX 76031
817-645-4215
