Texas State Park Fees?

Omrod wrote:

For $70.00 you can get a Texas State park pass that lets you and your guests in the park, without charge.

That means we would have to stay eight days or more to be ahead of the daily fee per person fees we don't plan on staying in Texas that long this year. Guess I'll opt for Arizona parks that waves the entrance fees when camping.

Folks complain about Wisconsin fees that is $35 per vehicle for out-of-state annual stickers and $25 ($12.50 seniors) for WI residents.

The pass also gives you several discount coupons (electronically tracked) for half off your second night stay at State Park campgrounds, so it actually pays for itself slightly quicker than you eight days depending on the camping fees where you're planning on going.

Texas has high camping fees for just w/e. Daily per person entry fee is just gouging on top.

Many states do it different ways.

Those which do not have a daily entrance fee tend to have higher daily camping fees.

For a short trip as you mention - paying the fee might be cheaper than buying the annual pass. Note that with the annual pass you receive half off the camping fee for one night on up to four different two night (or longer) camping stays each year.

Note - not all TX State Parks charge $7. Monahans Sandhills just off I-20 west of Midland/Odessa charges $3, Lake Colorado City is $4, Abilene SP is $5 - so if traveling across Texas on I-20 - you can use the cheaper fee parks.

Research the individual park on the Texas State Parks website.

The process is that when you stop at the park entrance station - you either pay the entrance fee, or you show the park pass. Then you get a receipt to be displayed on the vehicle windshield.

For $70.00 you can get a Texas State park pass that lets you and your guests in the park, without charge.

That means we would have to stay eight days or more to be ahead of the daily fee per person fees we don't plan on staying in Texas that long this year. Guess I'll opt for Arizona parks that waves the entrance fees when camping.

Folks complain about Wisconsin fees that is $35 per vehicle for out-of-state annual stickers and $25 ($12.50 seniors) for WI residents.

For $70.00 you can get a Texas State park pass that lets you and your guests in the park, without charge.

It was what we used when in Texas, and it payed for itself quickly. It also also offers discounts on camping.

Here is a link with all the info:Park Pass

Yes. You pay for the camping and then $7.00 per day per person on top of that. You pay the fee for the number of days when you check in. No wrist band. We have started avoiding Texas State Parks for trips across the country. With a one night stay at $14.00 extra per night, we can stay in a private campground with full hookups for the same price.