What is your favorite campground in Texas and why? We are continuing our Texas exploration and want to try out some new campgrounds.Jim

In winter months: Brazos Bend SP, Goose Island SP, Choke Canyon SP.Rest of year: Garner SP, Davis Mountain SP, Tyler SP, Inks lake SP, Mineral Wells SP.Why: just fun parks, most have well maintained sites, things to do i.e. hiking and bicycle riding, birding, fishing. Some of the Texas state parks are great but are really aging and in need of repair. Seems we used to be a model for the system but now parks in Ark and MO seem much nicer. Lots of budget cuts coupled with employees that don't want to work, and just ride around in the truck all day.

We spend a week in the spring and a week in the fall at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park just outside of Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg is a fun little town to knock around in but mostly, we go to camp and relax. The park offers full hook ups for $175 a week. It is off the highway a good ways so there is no highway noise. It's adjacent the airport so there is some plane activity but we enjoy watching them. There is little traffic so we enjoy being able to walk and jog and walk our dogs within the park. The campground was built in an old pecan orchard so most of the sites offer a good amount of shade.There are a lot of events that take place in Fredericksburg. In October there's a mesquite furniture show downtown. Last time we were there, in April there was a hot rod show going on at the park. Pretty fun seeing a couple of hundred old cars.There are a lot of Winter Texans who call this place home.

If you want scenic with just water and electricity (Dump station in park) one of our favorites is San Augustine Park .Also Oak Thicket Park near LaGrange/Fayetteville.We like the parks in the woods...not so much standard RV Parks. We also like to fish and enjoy parks on the water.Also, Abilene State Park is very nice. Lots of shade.

Take a look at Lake Whitney SP. Beautiful, limestone lake that's perfect for swimming. The 30A area is right near the water and easy access to swim. The FHU 50A area is all shaded. Great park.

Lake Texoma Burns Run East Corps of Engineers park. Full hookup sites on the lake. Sites 32-39. Denison TX on OK/TX border. Balmorhea State Park, Balmorhea TX. Beautiful spring, near Davis Mountains. The Vineyards Campground in Grapevine TX. On Grapevine Lake, so much to do in the area. Get the TACO Texas Campgrounds book for discounts on commercial parks. Look up corps of engineers parks on www.recreation.gov

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patperry2766
Explorer II
Jul 08, 2013
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patperry2766
Explorer II
Jul 08, 2013
I just saw this place on a recent Texas Country Reporter episode:

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smokedummy
Explorer
Jul 08, 2013
jjjandrbaker wrote:
MewshawManor wrote:
It's RV sites are not that great but if you want to get away in a quiet park during the busy season, it works.

Just spent the 4th at Mother Neff. I really liked it. The trails are very nice. I took a hike with one of the rangers, and she showed us where they are building a new campsite with pull throughs and full hook ups in the prairie section of the park. Construction starts this month.

Nice to know they're finally getting started on the new sites up the hill at Ma Neff. Last time I hiked up there it was just a bunch of survey stakes, and a playground.
LindaAnn
Explorer
Jul 07, 2013
Besides Big Bend, which is one of our most favorite places ever, we liked Tres Rios RV Park in Glen Rose, Texas--3 rivers come together there, one so shallow and clear you can walk it in! We loved the area--Dinosaur State Park (dinosaur tracks); Fossil Rim Wildlife drive-thru park (my husband and I loved the giraffes, zebras, all kinds of deer/elk and an ostrich who was patrolling as we entered and as we left); nearby towns of Hico (Billy the Kid museum) and Dublin (home of Dr Pepper).

Also, Glen Rose has an amphitheater and they have a production of "The Promise"--we were there one September.

I have relatives all over Texas and so we've made numerous trips--it is one of our favorite states!
jjjandrbaker
Explorer
Jul 07, 2013
MewshawManor wrote:
It's RV sites are not that great but if you want to get away in a quiet park during the busy season, it works.

Just spent the 4th at Mother Neff. I really liked it. The trails are very nice. I took a hike with one of the rangers, and she showed us where they are building a new campsite with pull throughs and full hook ups in the prairie section of the park. Construction starts this month.
MewshawManor
Explorer
Jul 06, 2013
A little known, small state park that is great for tent camping and goofing off is called Mother Neff. It was actually Texas' first state park. It's RV sites are not that great but if you want to get away in a quiet park during the busy season, it works. Very close to I-35/Waco.
Bonefish
Explorer
Jun 28, 2013
I have not found one state park, LCRA or COE we did not like in TX. We have been to many of them over the last 12 yrs and different times of the seasons. Just got back from Davis Mts. SP and it was very hot, the trees are so stressed from no rain. It rained all around us just not in the park. Outside of TX we have enjoyed Burns Run East. Last year in July we went to Ft Cobb SP, OK had a great time. I was happy to see water & trees.

Sharon
jpetrey
Explorer
Jun 27, 2013
Juniper Point Corp of engineers. nice site on Lake Texhoma.
Ray Roberts Lake State Park.
Purtis Creek State Park
Lake Bob Sandlin State Park
Big Bend National Park
tatest
Explorer II
Jun 27, 2013
Davis Mountains SP for the relatively dark skies, though one camper can still ruin that.
HiTech
Explorer
Jun 24, 2013
Great ideas. Thanks!

Jim

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