We had reservations for Hickory Creek for the lats weekend in March. I just got this e-mail:We're sending you this message because of your Recreation.gov reservation, 0168616373-1, at Hickory Creek for Tue, Mar 26, 2019 - Sat, Mar 30, 2019. A location closure has been issued for Hickory Creek from Tue, Mar 26, 2019 - Sat, Mar 30, 2019 due to Construction . Since this location closure overlaps with the dates for your trip, we have cancelled your reservation and you will receive a full refund. Credit / debit card payments will be refunded to the card associated with your account. If you paid by cash or check, you will receive a refund check in the mail (please allow up to 8 weeks). The experience and wellbeing of visitors is our top priority, and we apologize for any inconvenience with this location closure. Thank you again for your understanding, and please contact Hickory Creek if you have any questions. Does anyone know what's going on? This is BS!

Does anyone have another COE, State Park or Forest Service Campground we could use in the same proximity to Ft Worth? We are going to visit our grand kids and Hickory Creek was close by. This seems like BS. Please tell me what is the emergency that 7 weeks before our reservation they need to cancel????? I would really like to know what's going on. If no one else knows,I will call. But it's less than 2 months away.Like they didn't know there was going to be construction 3 weeks ago when we made the reservation? Only the government would do something like this.Private industry would do everything they could to make sure they would not inconvenience a customer.

I have just been researching COE campgrounds on Whitney Lake. There are several, some open year round, others don't open until April 1st.There was another park, also a COE - Steele Creek Park Campground on the same lake that has a camp host, water/restrooms and is FREE. West side of the lake near Lakeside Village off FM56.

rk911 wrote:why not call the park and ask?That would make too much sense.

bucky wrote:rk911 wrote:why not call the park and ask?That would make too much sense.Why do some people have to be sarcastic? I got the email notice at 9:45pm. Last year we tried to call them on our way there and they didn't answer during the day so I doubt they would answer at that time of evening. I just wondered if anyone who lived close by or anyone else who got a cancelation notice knows what's going on.

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sayoung
Explorer
Feb 07, 2019
Check if CoE Holiday Park is open . It's on the south east side of FW on Lake Benbrook just off Hwy 377. We stay there often as our son lives near there. It was closed in the fall due to flooding.
RGar974417
Explorer
Feb 07, 2019
Talked to the campground. All they could tell me was it won't open until April 1st because of construction. Why they didn't know that when I booked it 5 weeks ago I don't know. And why they shut the whole campground down I have no idea.The campground seemed very nice. Only the government would completely shut down something that makes money. I asked if they could recommend another campground and they recommended Pilot Knoll. I made reservations there.
RGar974417
Explorer
Feb 07, 2019
12th Man Fan wrote:
Hickory Creek is really not that close to Ft. Worth.

There should be something much closer to your grandkids than Hickory Creek.

Good luck
We stayed there last year on the recommendation of one of the members on this forum We really liked it. It was only about a half hour drive to their house.
12th_Man_Fan
Explorer
Feb 07, 2019
Hickory Creek is really not that close to Ft. Worth.

There should be something much closer to your grandkids than Hickory Creek.

Good luck
RGar974417
Explorer
Feb 07, 2019
bucky wrote:
rk911 wrote:
why not call the park and ask?

That would make too much sense.

Why do some people have to be sarcastic? I got the email notice at 9:45pm. Last year we tried to call them on our way there and they didn't answer during the day so I doubt they would answer at that time of evening. I just wondered if anyone who lived close by or anyone else who got a cancelation notice knows what's going on.
bucky
Explorer II
Feb 07, 2019
rk911 wrote:
why not call the park and ask?

That would make too much sense.
doxiemom11
Explorer II
Feb 07, 2019
I have just been researching COE campgrounds on Whitney Lake. There are several, some open year round, others don't open until April 1st.

There was another park, also a COE - Steele Creek Park Campground on the same lake that has a camp host, water/restrooms and is FREE. West side of the lake near Lakeside Village off FM56.
RGar974417
Explorer
Feb 07, 2019
Does anyone have another COE, State Park or Forest Service Campground we could use in the same proximity to Ft Worth? We are going to visit our grand kids and Hickory Creek was close by. This seems like BS. Please tell me what is the emergency that 7 weeks before our reservation they need to cancel????? I would really like to know what's going on. If no one else knows,I will call. But it's less than 2 months away.Like they didn't know there was going to be construction 3 weeks ago when we made the reservation? Only the government would do something like this.Private industry would do everything they could to make sure they would not inconvenience a customer.
rk911
Explorer
Feb 07, 2019
why not call the park and ask?

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