Looking for a campground for family reunion - Wild Texas Forums: Parks, Travel & Recreation

VMY5014 · 08-02-2007, 09:50 AM

Our family is looking for a campground to have a "gathering" at next spring and I would love to know your thoughts on places we should look into. Sites must have cabins and tent sites. Things of interest would be place to swim/water sports, easy hiking/nature trails, caving, fishing, etc. Relatives range in age from toddlers, pre-teen to teen, 30's, 60+. A pavilion for gathering as a group would be nice but not a necessity. Relatives will be coming from Houston area, Baton Rouge and Dallas so something centrally located would be nice.

Troop198 · 08-02-2007, 10:24 AM

Lake Livingston State Park meets all that you ask but it fills up fast visit the web site via links in this forum under parks
or http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/f...ke_livingston/

Turn Key · 08-02-2007, 12:45 PM

You might look at McCown Valley Park on Whitney Lake. Its a "COE" park with very nice group facilities. Here's a link to a review I did on this park. Let me know if I can answer any questions.

http://www.wildtexas.com/talk/showth...=8270#post8270

Welcome aboard and happy camping!

VMY5014 · 08-02-2007, 01:09 PM

Thanks! I've printed the information to bring to our reunion this weekend. Most of the family lives in Texas so they may know of these places already.