Texas Campground Reviews

At less than 105 acres, Blanco State Park is one of the smallest state parks in Texas. But don't let its size fool you. There's a reason why folks love this little park. What it lacks in size, it makes up for in history, beauty and location... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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Nestled in the South Texas Plains, you'll find a state park filled with active wildlife and a plethora of birds. You'll also find a state park with sports courts and boat ramps. And you'll find it all at Choke Canyon State Park... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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A nature park on the edge of a sleepy fishing village. If you think that sounds relaxing, you'd be right! This week, we're taking you along for our first visit to Matagorda Bay Nature Park in the coastal town of Matagorda TX. Definitely bring your camera to this one!... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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On the outskirts of Texas capital city of Austin, just a few miles from the Texas Capitol Building, Downtown Austin and the University of Texas, you'll find an oasis state park that feels miles away from the city. This is McKinney Falls State Park!... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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Tucked into the beautiful Pineywoods of East Texas, just south of Longview, you'll find one of only two state parks in Texas with an island... yes, we said an island. But that's not all you'll find at Martin Creek Lake State Park!... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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One of the newer parks in the Texas State Park system is also a gem with something for everyone (including our friends with Big Rigs!). Join us as we explore the South Sulphur Unit of Cooper Lake State Park on Jim Chapman Lake in North Texas... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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Following our week-long stay at Rocky Creek Park, we traveled a whopping 4 miles to another section of Lake Somerville and another Corps of Engineers (COE) park, Yegua Creek Park. Even though these sister parks are located close to each other, on the same lake, and operated by the same federal organization, the experience was very different. Join us as we explore Yegua Creek Park... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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For years, we have tried to camp at Corps of Engineers (COE) parks. But every time we have a reservation, a storm comes through and floods the park, canceling our reservation. So it's a bit ironic that our first COE park visit was at Rocky Creek Park on Lake Somerville. At the time of our visit, the park had recently reopened, at least in part, following flood damage... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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In Texas, we are lucky to have several different kinds of public parks that offer RV and tent camping. We have state, national, forest service, corps of engineer, county, city, historical and river authority parks. We haven't visited a river authority park until our stay at South Shore Park on Lake Bastrop. And wow... if this is what river authority parks are like, we look forward to visiting many more!... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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Continuing our series of our Favorite Places of 2019: Next up is one of our absolute favorite amongst all of the favorites... State Parks! Y'all know we LOVE visiting state parks. Our plan eventually is to visit every Texas State Park as well as state parks in every US state and Provincial Parks in Canada. So this "Best Of" was pretty tough to come up with. We had a great time at all of the state parks we visited in 2019. But these parks stood out... [Watch the Video and See the Full Post]

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By now, it's no secret that we LOVE our Texas State Parks and Historical Sites. Our parks are important for overall health and education. They are a place to escape from the chaos of everyday schedules. A place to relax. A place to exercise our bodies through hiking, biking and kayaking. And a place for exercising our minds through history, geology, ecology, birdwatching. Right now, we all have a chance to help build the future of our parks... [Watch the Video and Read the Full Post]

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As we travel, we always like to ask folks about their favorite parks. We get a lot of recommendations to visit parks like Garner State Park, Tyler State Park, Palo Duro Canyon State Park and Brazos Bend State Park. We have enjoyed our time at all of those parks, BUT if you love state parks, then Mother Neff State Park should absolutely be on your list of places to visit! After all, this is the birthplace of the Texas State Park system... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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Texas Parks and Wildlife released their long-awaited new reservation system for Texas State Parks earlier this year. Now that we've used it to make several reservations, we've learned a few things that we think might help you when it comes to using the new system. In this week's Wingin' It! we share our thoughts on the new Texas State Parks reservation system and give you some tips to save money on your state park stays... [Watch the Video and Read the Full Post]

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Brazos Bend State Park is a beautiful 5,000 acre park located just southwest of Houston. Brazos Bend has been a favorite meeting place for Stacie's family since it opened! The park offers tent and RV camping, 35 miles of hiking/biking trails, fishing, a nature center and an observatory! Yes, Brazos Bend State Park is known as being home to alligators, deer and the George Observatory! A visit to Brazos Bend is a truly unique experience... [Read the full post and watch the video!]

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With its close proximity to Houston (just north about an hour up I-45/I-75), Huntsville State Park is an easy to reach state park that offers camping, hiking, fishing, paddling, geocaching and just plain relaxing all in the shade of the beautiful East Texas forest. This state park is located just outside of the Sam Houston National Forest and is a great place to spend a day, a weekend or a week out in nature... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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For years folks have been telling us that Tyler State Park up in Northeast Texas is an absolute must visit park. After our first visit here, we absolutely agree! Tyler State Park has a little bit of something for everyone: hiking, mountain biking, swimming, paddling, fishing, geocaching, dutch oven cooking, bird and wildlife watching or just plain relaxing... you can do it all at Tyler State Park... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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If you are looking for a quiet, peaceful retreat in nature with some interesting history mixed in, Mission Tejas State Park is for you! One of the least visited of the Texas State Parks, this small park is miles away from the hustle and bustle of the larger parks. There are no crowds and no cell phone signals, making it the perfect place to truly get away and relax. It is definitely one of our favorite Texas State Parks! There is just one problem... [See the Full Post]

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Said by many people to be one of the very best state parks in Texas, we've been trying to make our way to Garner State Park for years. We have had countless folks tell us time, and time again, how much they love Garner State Park, how it is one of their favorite parks, how they return year after year to build on their decades of memories made in this park. After hearing so many glowing reviews of Garner, we were finally able to visit for ourselves. So did it live up to the hype?... [See the Full Post]

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Just as Bastrop and Buescher State Parks feature the "Lost Pines", Palmetto State Park near Gonzales, Texas could be said to feature the "Lost Swamp". This oasis in Central Texas is an unexpected find in this region, looking more like it belongs in deep East Texas. We've had many folks tell us that Palmetto is one of their favorite state parks and we can definitely see why... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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They say "Everything is Bigger in Texas"! The "Grand Canyon of Texas", Palo Duro Canyon, is the second largest canyon in the United States (behind only the Grand Canyon itself)! The second largest state park in Texas, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, sits on 28,000 acres toward the northern end of the canyon. If you haven't visited this park yet, absolutely put it on your bucketlist of places to visit in the Lone Star State!... [Read the full post]

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Known for its water sports and wildlife viewing (especially boating, fishing and bird watching), and for its historic CCC structure, Lake Corpus Christi State Park has been on our radar of parks to visit for some time. But we were really surprised to find that the park offers several amenities that we have never seen before in a state park (including one thing we've never seen anywhere)!... [Read the full post]

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The 2016 Memorial Weekend Flood submerged Stephen F Austin State Park under 5-7 feet of water. SFA remained closed until March 2017. Our video shows you what the park looks like now, what's open and what parts of the park remain closed. This post also includes our full write-up on previous trips to the park... [Read the full post]

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Up in the Texas Panhandle approximately halfway between Amarillo and Lubbock, you'll find a beautiful group of canyons known as Caprock Canyons State Park. Miles away from big city lights and highway noise, this is the perfect location for star-gazing. On a clear night, you have an incredible view of the Milky Way! Up here, the stars really are "big and bright"!!... [Read the full post]

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In December 2014, we wrote a blog post asking for folks to join us in volunteering to reforest Bastrop State Park. That post (Help Reforest Bastrop State Park) began with...When we learned that Texas Parks and Wildlife was looking for volunteers to help with tree planting efforts, we jumped right in. We had a great time planting trees at Bastrop State Park in January 2015... [Read the full post]

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Home to 18th century Mission Espiritu Santo, Goliad State Park and Historic Site is a must visit for anyone interested in Texas history. This CCC park features a replica Spanish mission, museum, hiking trails, fishing, kayaking, birdwatching and so much more just outside of historic Goliad, Texas... [Read the full post]

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In April 2016, Stephen F Austin State Park (also known by some as "SFA State Park") was temporarily closed due to flooding. Just as the park was scheduled to reopen, it was hit by another, much more devastating flood. The 2016 Memorial Weekend Flood submerged the entire park under 5-7 feet of water. In this video, we share with you some of the images taken of the park as the water levels began to recede, as well as some of the damage left behind, and what you can do to help rebuild the Park!... [Read the full post]

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Since 1951, Mountain Breeze has been offering camping on the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. Mountain Breeze specializes in tent camping, but also has a handful of RV campsites with 30amp electric and water hookups...Live music and direct access to the river are part of the fun here... [Read the full post]

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In September 2011, "the most destructive wildfire in state history" tore through Bastrop County, Texas. Drought conditions and high winds led to the burning of 32,000 acres, destroyed 1,600 homes and killed 2 people. The wildfire also burned through 96% of the 6,565 acres that make up Bastrop State Park. You can help restore the park!... [Read the full post]

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On the Southwest shore of Lake Somerville, between Houston and Austin, lies Nails Creek State Park. More specifically, this is the Nails Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park. (The Birch Creek Unit is across the lake.) Before we tell you about our stay, we have a CRITICAL piece of advice: Do NOT use the Latitude/Longitude coordinates provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife to get to this park... [Read the full post]

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If you enjoy boating, fishing, birdwatching, hiking, geocaching or biking, add Lake Livingston State Park to your list of places to visit in the Pineywoods of East Texas. A part of the Texas State Park system since 1977, this park is made up of 635 acres along Lake Livingston, which is an 84,000+ acre man-made reservoir. Lake Livingston State Park is the FIRST Texas State Park to offer site-specific reservations for some of their campsites... [Read the full post]

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