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Which Travis County park has a controversial histo

Which Travis County park has a controversial history?

Hippie Hollow Park is known for its long tradition as the only clothing-optional public park in Texas. Originally called McGregor Park, the area is located along a particularly remote section of the north shoreline of Lake Travis. The park became a popular place for skinny-dipping, and in the 1960s, the nickname “Hippie Hollow” was born. In the 1970s, despite complaints from adjacent landowners and a push to make the park more family friendly, Travis County Sheriff Raymond Frank decided that the county's law enforcement budget was better spent on more serious offenses, and skinny-dipping activities were generally ignored as long as no other laws were being broken.

When the park site was leased to Travis County in 1983, it received improvements and an extensive site clean-up before reopening in 1985. In 1995, Travis County Commissioners Court passed an ordinance restricting park usage to those over 18 years of age, as it remains today.

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