Anyone familiar with cliffs on the Brazos River, Texas?

Is anyone familiar with this place? Amazing and plentiful limestone cliffline, it appears.....presumably most, if not all, privately owned. Perhaps there is established climbing there? Do a little more web searching and you'll find other compelling photographs. Graford, Texas.....on the Brazos River.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g55919-d209597-i66892439-Possum_Kingdom_Lake-Graford_Texas.html

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I believe most of the land around Possum Kingdom is privately owned. I explored out there a little bit but that was before i was into climbing. I've heard of people deep water soloing out there though.

Yep, I grew up just around the corner from there. If you want more info, PM me and I'll tell you everything I know. The Cliffs resort is privately owned and the waterfront is all controlled by the very un-climber friendly Brazos River Authority

I had an interest in brazos, too, Bernard. Looks like we are both late to the party. Maybe those raptors will move their nests one day (and this closure will finally end)!

Bernard, I've sat on this thread a couple days and figured I might as well provide as much as I know. The Brazos River Authority is the state organization that controls the Brazos river and the land around it. In fact, the vast majority of houses built on the lake shore at Possum Kingdom were actually built on land "leased" from the BRA. Leases are 99 year leases, but they retain ownership of the land. I think there has been some movement of land in recent years from the state to the homeowners, but I've been gone just long enough I've missed the details. On Possum Kingdom lake, climbing on or jumping from cliffs is limited to 20 feet. I've seen videos of some people DWS out there, but with a 20 ft limit, roped climbing is pretty much out. There was a place on the river about 15 minutes south of Graham- 15 minutes north of the lake- called "paradise on the brazos" that was good limestone open to climbing but some local businessmen have leased the land for quarrying and the owners have closed it to climbing. Just a few months ago I emailed the Brazos River Authority about the possibility of establishing some climbing out there and they were less-than-enthusiastic about the possibility. Even still, I bowed out of the conversation after I contacted the Texas Mountaineers and the Access Fund, and figured if there was any hope of getting anywhere with it, it would be through them and not me.

Even still, there is a road that leads up to the dam from the hwy 16 bridge below the lake that has the river on one side and some limestone on the other. My understanding from talking with someone who works at the dam is that the limestone is part of the cliffs resort but is not really a place Cliffs management ever goes, which means it might be possible to climb there without causing too much trouble. Notice, I didn't say that it was open to climbing, just that it might be possible to get away with it

Another option would be to take a canoe trip down the river. There are several climbable cliff lines alone the river. Just be aware that Texas trespass law provides no buffer from the water to the land. If you're in the water, you're ok. If you're on the land, your trespassing. It's not unusual for BRA enforcement officers to travel up and down the river since it is a popular canoeing location.

Just FWIW, here's a link to the limestone along the road below the dam that I'm talking about. Picture was taken from the dam panoramio.com/photo/33236228