Thread: Best state parks

Welcome to the board.
What type activites are you looking for at the park, or to be close to? That information would help us to help you. A wide range of parks that I would consider being 'close' to DFW.

well 100-150 mile radius of North Dallas. As it will be cold swimming is out but just clean well kept. I think it was a park on Cedar Creek that looked like a scene out of a Jason movie. Not going there again
Nice playgrounds for the kids

We are from Plano and in less than 2 1/2 hours with a trailer you can get to a number of nice parks, (quicker with a tent )we enjoy Cooper Lake South SP, Lake Tawokani (LT) SP, and both Ray Roberts SP (RR) units. LT and RR (south) are the closest of those four. RR offers bike hike trails that are concrete. Also offers trail hikes/walks. Of those 4 LT would be my first recomendation, for being close it is usually underused. I did a report recently on this site. It does not have a playground if that is important. RR offers the most to do with the trails, and playgrounds, fish piers and more. Need more let us know.

We love Ray Roberts the best but its been packed this summer, it will probably be our park of choice. Cooper Lake we went once and the raccoons were the worst. It was pretty obvious people had been feeding the animals there. They were not afraid of humans at all and tried to get in the cars and tents. We went back the next year and it seemed better, we do enjoy seeing the occasional deer as the kids really like it. Havent been to Dinosaur Valley since I was a kid. We camped at the former Rusk state park because we love trains and it was nice to hear the steam locomotive start up and return each day. Anywhere we go must have electrical since my daughter has to keep her insulin refridgerated and we have one of those Coleman coolers that does that.

Thanks

Unfortunately the masses have discovered Ray Roberts, including the once under utilized Johnson Branch side. As a alternative try Tawakoni or maybe Purtis Creek. Tyler is a beautiful park, but again is hard to get into unless you book well in advance. If you are going around Thanksgiving then Daingerfield might be a good choice or Martin Creek. Both of those are pushing the milage. If you wanted to go just a little further, try staying in one of the cabins at Lake Brownwood. Those cabins built back in the '30s are really nice in a peaceful wooded setting.

Hi everyone...new to the forum.
Looking for a quick drive < 2 hour drive from corpus christi to a camp ground (not including the beach). Any advice.
Chris

Three of our favorite State Parks are Cooper, Lake Tawakoni, and Tyler State Park. Tyler has full hook ups but the others do not. Wished all State parks had full hook ups

Originally Posted by shellback

Hi everyone...new to the forum.
Looking for a quick drive < 2 hour drive from corpus christi to a camp ground (not including the beach). Any advice.
Chris

Head over to Goliad State Park. When we lived in Victoria, we used to camp out there frequently. Very nice park. Neat nature trail. And, the history of Goliad is just incredible.


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