Bald Eagle Creek

Spent 1 night here, shared the loop with one other camper from WI. We had electric, there was water available but we were winterized since leaving from CO. The water coming out of the hookup was initially rusty then just had a bad odor. Don't know how long it had been idle. Water in the bathrooms was fine. The equestrian loop was just across the dry river bed. There was a Camping Cat walking thru with his dog and the owner! Bathroom was aged but fairly clean.

This is the north part of San Angelo State Park. I camped here the last weekend of January. Other than being quite windy during the day, the weather was gorgeous. Chilly at night with temperatures in the thirties but the days were sixties and seventies and sunny. I didn't get to do much exploring because I went to San Angelo to pick up something on Monday morning and thought I would use this trip to test out some gear. The parking sites are great for either a tent or small RV. This was ideal for my setup which is a rooftop tent on my SUV. There were some nice large trees over many of the campsites and there were clean concrete picnic tables with a sun or rain cover above that.

We stayed over Thanksgiving and the campground was less than half full. The sites in the Bald Eagle loop are spacious, many have covered picnic tables, a few trees, and there is a playground. If you cross the dry creek bed into the horse campground you can access the extensive network of hiking, biking, and horse riding trails. The trails are well marked. The only downside is that to drive into the campground you have to get out and remove a pad lock and manually open the gate.