Runaway Bay is a city in Wise County, Texas, lying at the Southern end of Lake Bridgeport.

[5] [7] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,546 people, 734 households, and 501 families residing in the city.

On January 17, 2010, the golf course was the subject of a chupacabra sighting in which the unidentified dead animal was described as a "brown, earth-colored creature is hairless with oversized canines and elongated padded feet with inch-long toes tapered with sharp, curved claws.

"[10] Upon investigation, a biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department identified the animal as a hairless raccoon.

[11] The City of Runaway Bay is served by the Bridgeport Independent School District with some minor parts of the city extending to Jacksboro Independent School District.