Best Equestrian Camping near Bluff Dale, TX
Looking for a place to camp near Bluff Dale with your horse? Equestrian camping is the best way to experience nature. These scenic and easy-to-reach Bluff Dale campsites are perfect for equestrian campers.
Looking for a place to camp near Bluff Dale with your horse? Equestrian camping is the best way to experience nature. These scenic and easy-to-reach Bluff Dale campsites are perfect for equestrian campers.
Find dinosaur tracks, camp, picnic, hike, mountain bike, swim, fish and paddle in the river, watch for wildlife, look for a geocache, ride your horse, or visit our interpretive center.
Stay at one of our campsites. Explore 20 miles of trails. Shop our park store for souvenirs, camping and fishing supplies, books and much more.
Discover dinosaur tracks It’s easy to find dinosaur tracks in the park – just head to the river!
$15 - $25 / night
Camp and go tubing or kayaking on the sunny Brazos River. We have river front RV Spots, pull thru, as well as Shaded Spots. We have a back 40 dedicated just for primitive camping, and if you love to fish, then we are for you! On Sat night in the Spring and Summer we have Dancing and Karaoke in our Party Barn. It is BYOB and there is no glass allowed please. We do allow friendly pets, but they must be on a leash at all times. It is best to make a reservation in the summer time. If you are looking for a place to live, or a rental we do take a select few. Just give us a call.
Sites #89-108 in the Cross Timbers Camping Area. Non-equestrian tent camping and small trailers (20 feet or less) are also allowed in these sites. Sites have pull-off parking; they do not have electricity. Maximum combination of people and/or horses is eight per site. Be prepared to use a "string line" to secure horses; do not tie horses to trees or shrubs. You must dispose of manure and waste hay. All horses need a negative Coggins test less than 12 months old.
Experience the ultimate full service RV campground and cabin rental in Stephenville, Texas! We offer a full service campground for nightly or monthly rental, cabin rentals and stall rentals. The campground and cabin rentals include the use of our top of the line facility.
We have an outdoor lighted arena with incredible ground for all equine events, outdoor patio and stalls available for our guests as well. The arena is available for use by tenants or available for lease on an hour by hour basis to the public. We have big plans for the future and hope that you join our newly founded community!
$30 / night
At VW'S SPOT, we care about making your life easier through our variety amenities, ease of check in and friendly staff. Contact us today to get further information or schedule your move in date.
$50 / night
Holiday Park campground is on the west side of Benbrook Lake in north central Texas and accessible from US Hwy 377. Camping, hiking & horseback trails, boat launch, fishing & wildlife viewing are available.
Holiday Park campground is the main park for individual and family camping year-round. Developed trails run throughout Holiday Park, offering hiking & horseback riding. Visitors can spot deer, turkey, bluebirds, kinglets, woodpeckers and chickadees.
Holiday Park campground varies from wooded bottoms to upland prairie, with open shorelines and rocky hillsides.
Fort Worths renowned Cultural & Museum District, Stockyards National Historic District, Botanical Gardens, Zoo, Bass Performance Hall, and Sundance Square downtown, are all nearby.
For local information, please call (817) 292-2400 or call (877) 444-6777 for general information.
$26 / night
Possum Kingdom Camping offers fun on water and land. On water, you can swim, boat, fish, ski, scuba dive and snorkel. On land, you can camp, picnic, hike, bike, study nature and geocache. Take a virtual tour with our interactive trails map. Stay overnight in one of our air-conditioned cabins. If you’re a camper, choose one of our water and electricity sites, water-only sites, or primitive walk-in sites. Fish for largemouth, striped and white bass; channel and blue catfish; and white crappie. The park has a boat launch, fishing pier, and fish cleaning station. You do not need a fishing license to fish from shore in a state park. Possum Kingdom Lake has over 300 miles of shoreline and many scenic coves. Get detailed fishing and lake information for Possum Kingdom Lake Learn about water safety before your visit. Possum Kingdom State Park Store and Marina rents canoes, boat slips, wakeboards, kneeboards, water skis and tubes
This recreation area is part of Whitney Lake
Perfect site right on the water. Nice shade. Nice swimming area.
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Copperas Creek COE in Comanche, TX (Lake Proctor) Site #63 50 amp Full hook up Back-in site March 2024
Beautiful park! The lady working the gate should have her picture in the dictionary under customer service. Very pleasant & welcoming!
The site has lots of shade trees with a view of the lake (not lakeside). Sites are not on top of each other, but no type of barrier between sites. Water had a terrible smell.
Despite it being the beginning of spring break in Texas & the amount of people here, it is fairly quiet.
If you’re camping with others, there are 3 double RV sites on this end of the park.
Would definitely come back here again. — at Copperas Creek Park.
Beautiful park with great trails and stunning views of the lake. Lots of trees and grassy areas. Bathrooms are clean but older for sure. Site was in the smaller side for RVs and not the most level.
The facilities at the campground are great, but other people there were extremely rude. Dino tracks are very cool! Pretty crappy cell service in our site.
Lots of families enjoying the nice weather the weekend we were there. Cabins looked fine from the outside.
Holiday Park, Fort Worth, TX (Scale 1- bad, 5-Very good
(71 yr olds in 17’ trailer.)
Overall Rating: 4 for very large sites and nice bathroom/shower facilities. Price 2023: $ 14 w interagency pass Security: Cannot drive in after 10 Usage during visit: Full over the weekend Site Privacy: No Site Spacing: Large sites Pad surface: blacktop Reservations: Yes Campground Noise: Lots of children fun noise during our busy weekend. Outside Road Noise: No Through Traffic in campground: No Electric Hookup: Yes Sewer Hookup: No Dump Station: Yes Potable Water Available: At site Bathroom/Shower combo rooms. They are very clean and nice. Pull Throughs: Some Cell Service (AT&T): 2 to 3 bars. Setting: Along lake with trees sparsely spaced throughout the campground. Recent Weather: 70s to 30s Host: Several. Rig Size: The largest. Sites: Large sites is a big plus. Perimeter sites are much better than inner loop sites - our site is along a lakeshore more than lakeshore.
Big spacious sites, clean restrooms and showers. Feed squirrels out of your hand.
River Flow 32cfs Level 2.05ft
Nice park make sure to watch for branches when leaving as some can be low by the headquarters.
I have camped out here on multiple occasions. Mainly for river trips with friends. Great place for group events and trips. Best place for floating the Brazos. Will continue to camp here on future trips
The campground is out a little ways away from the city, but close enough that you can make a day trip to Waco or Fort Worth. The road in and around campsites is in various states of disrepair. Lots of potholes and pavement breaks make it rough hauling an expensive rig in and out of the park. They were patching some of the potholes while we were there.
Otherwise, it’s quiet with a pool, mini golf, playground, etc. It’s not fancy by any means, and not well kept up, but if you are interested in a quiet spot in the woods with plenty of hiking trails, then this is a great spot.
I chose this campground for its proximity to Fort Worth, and the lake. Just far enough off the highway to diminish all noise, surrounded by hiking trails, is the well maintained Holiday Park. Offering both water and electric hookups for RVs, some with a cabin included, alongside standard campsites right at the lake shore. Bathrooms are simple, fully functional, and never too far from any site. Sites are all a good size and not too close to neighbors. Nature/Horse trails line the park, and it's fairly quiet. There's some occasional aircraft noise, but no noise from the highway. The ranger station is well staffed and by the book, all the sites are visibly well maintained, cleaned regularly.
Dinosaur Valley SP
So wanted to see the dinosaur tracks! But it rained before we arrived and they were all under water. The trails on the other side of the river were all closed, mud and treacherous terrain. The inner trail takes you along the river and has several signs with information. The campsites are nestled in the foliage and nice spacing between. You can totally get the crustaceous era feel going. The foliage is also a nice noise damper. Electric and water plus hook thing at each site. Didn’t see any modern time critters during our visit, there were raccoon tracks on the trails and one deer track. Easy ride (bike) road through the campground. Older but well maintained showerhouse. The primitive camping is right on the river and remote sites are available. Dinosaur World is right down the road which would be cool with kids. Go learn about and then actually walk where the dinosaurs did. I am totally visiting again, I want to see the tracks.
I spent a week in December and the campground was quiet and beautiful. I had a spot right next to the lake where I kayaked, biked, and just walked with the dogs. Highly recommend!
I think this may be a drug/theft area. There are locals coming in and out constantly all night. One keeps shining a very high power green laser at all the camp sites. Another has parked a boat in a tent only site and is walking around my site and others sites with a very bright flashlight looking through peoples stuff.
The bathroom is full of rotted wood all over the ground.
There is an astounding amount of Gar and other large fish all over the ground around the camp sites.
The camp hosts seem so old they dont have a clue what is going on here.
We were in site 020, electric only. No shade in this spot! Needed 2 blocks on the left side to level. Play ground, hiking, beautiful river! Many deer walking through the park. We were only here for one night, really wish we had longer to explore!
Me and my boyfriend came here to do some tubing down the Brazos river. If you’re camping here and intend on tubing I wouldn’t recommend taking their word on the water levels or flow of the river. We called before heading that way and they told us the flow was great. We ended up walking most of the way since the river was very low in most spots or wasn’t flowing much. Despite this we still had a great time and met some cool people, and the staff was very friendly and helpful. Very laid back atmosphere.
I have visited this park several times, and it was my first state park to explore when I was a kid. The Paluxy river runs through this park. When there’s been plenty of rain there are lots of places to swim! The blue hole is my favorite swimming area in this park, it has some deep areas, and I’ve heard of some undertows being there, so children should be supervised closely. There are some large rocks jutting out over some deep water in this area that are fun to jump from! To get to the hike in sites, be prepared to wade through the river. I believe it is a 2 mile hike to get to the most remote primitive site. Also, when the river is low you can see lots of dinosaur tracks! If you have extra time in Glen Rose, Fossil Rim is right around the corner! Both Dinosaur Valley and Fossil Rim are great places to take kiddos.
Great campground with big shaded sites. Site 17 was right by the main walking trail that overlooks the river and there was a way to get down to the river from our site which was amazing. This allowed us to go down to river and explore and find tracks without going to the main area every time we wanted to. The parking slab was kind of short and our length wasn’t even the max size. The bathroom was very clean and the campground was well maintained. Staff was super nice and camp store has some of the basics if you needed it.
Tent sites are walk-in to the other side of the end of the lake, and can be pretty rickety with loose rocks getting there. Was good practice for backpacking, since parking is closeby, but not very convenient. P008 is probably the only site suitable for hammock camping. Everything else is flat and exposed, next to the shore.
We were woken up by loud boats trolling the shore and men shouting around midnight both nights we were there, and could hear conversations from the RV area.
When we got to Benbrook, we used the campground(CG) website instructions as we didn’t see any signage for the CG on US377 coming in from the east. We turned right onto Pearl Ranch Rd and followed it to the Holiday COE entrance about 2 miles straight down the road. Check in was easy and the guy who checked us in was very informative. We needed to fill our freshwater tank and he pointed out on the map the two dump stations with potable water. We proceeded to the dump station just inside the gate to find out there was not a potable water spigot just the usual rinse hose. We went back to the entrance and he informed us the park ranger had told him they are on well water and thus the water at the dump station was safe, even though there was a sign clearly stating it was not safe to drink. We were then told we could go to an empty camp site that had water hook-ups and fill up there, which we did. Not sure what we would have done if this had been a busy weekend with all of the water sites full. We then proceeded to pull through site 72 with 30/50 AMP. There was plenty of space for our 39’ fifth wheel and F-450 on the asphalt pad. The site had a covered cement patio with picnic table, and bbq/fire pit that we couldn't use due to a burn ban. Site 73 was the only other site in our little cul-de-sac. For the intent of this review, we toured the campground specifically looking for free standing water spigots, but didn't find any. The showers/restroom were old but in workable shape. If you want to stay where we did in sites 72-75 they were definitely electric only, contrary to what other reviews mentioned. There were water spigots at the sites but they had been capped off. Sites 76, 77,& 78 were also electric only and sat up on a hill with a slight lake view but are across the street from a neighborhood that backs up to the park. Sites 83- 93 had water and electric as well as some of the sites near the front of the park. We got 3 bars on Verizon and a whole bunch of OTA channels. We enjoyed the view of the lake and privacy at our site since we were the only ones there the whole time of our stay during the week.
Great sites, privacy, and short walk to one of the greatest bathhouses I’ve visited within the TX SP system. Great trails and tons of exploring the park. From its Dino tracks in the river to the wide variety of birds and other wildlife.
Beautiful location just southwest of Fort Worth. The grounds are well taken care of and it’s a great place to fish from the bank.
Lovely campsite, beautiful scenery. Our campgrounds were right by the lake so that was convenient.
Reserved 159 days prior
Pros
No reservation fee charged for marking online reservation
50% discount with National Park Pass
Roadways easy to maneuver without any low-hanging branches
Quiet except for middle of the night party animal noise and distant trains
Good dark sky viewing as there are NO street lights in campground
Concrete treads where RV wheels land were level requiring no additional leveling efforts
Metal cover over concrete picnic table
Entrance gate closed10pm-6am so exit only without any reentry until 6am
Saw 1 squirrel and 5 deer
Nice Golf Course next to campground
Nice fishing piers
Plenty TP in toilet/shower rooms
Very nice large group picnic pavilions
3 bars 3G Verizon
Cons
Site consist of sandy gravel which high winds created a dust storm making a gritty mess of everything inside and out
Site water hookup below ground
Campsite had unusual amount of trash and cigarette butts
Campfire ring full of ash and trash upon arrival and there has been a county burn ban for the last 6 months
Campground toilet/shower facility lit up at night like a Christmas tree
County Burn ban, which we discovered ourselves and confirmed by calling park prior to arriving with campfire wood
Upon check-in, friendly woman at gate told us one thing then a man at the gate contradicted the woman regarding charcoal fires
Quiet hours not enforced. 4 toilets for 24 campsites for possible 8 people per campsite PLUS boaters and fishermen. Phew!
Half of park closed during winter so 37 campsites only open April-September
The park 3 dumpsters were overflowing; 1 was over flowing upon our Thursday afternoon arrival and the other 2 were overflowing Sunday morning so we had to pack out our trash
No number sign on our site
No patrolling host or ranger.
No privacy from one campsite to another
No playground, basketball or tennis courts
No campsite BBQ grill
No hiking trails
No soap or hand towels in toilet facility
No trash cans in or outside toilet facility so people threw trash on floor
No WIFI
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Eat at Granny Clark’s in Dublin TX. Blue plate special and buffet. Brookshires Grocery and Tractor Supply in Comanche Stephenville 30 miles from campground has Walmart, H‑E‑B, CVS, Walgreens, but no Lowes or Home Depot.
This park was definitely out in the middle of nowhere, with a long peaceful drive full of wildlife. We made it to the park entrance, check in was quick. We arrived on a week day and they ranger informed us the camp store was closed until weekend and no firewood. Closest store with firewood was 30min away. They lake was beautiful. We were right beside the restroom and shower facilities which was great! We came to stay for one night, we had a roof top tent so the site we had was nice and would make a perfect side for a RV but for us it could’ve been wider for our ladder but we were close to the restroom which we wanted. The restrooms were clean, could use a little update, and water was warm but not hot. Lots of wildlife around! I would stay again but I don’t think it’s the best place to go for a winter camping trip. Thank you Texas state parks!
Campground is located on the Paluxi River, there are actual dinosaur footprints still in the rocks in the riverbed!
Been to this park a couple of different times it has rock climbing boating,fishing, trails for walking, hiking. separate camping loop for tents and also separate one for horses. We have camped there in February, in June and also October
Horse camping in Texas offers a unique blend of outdoor adventure and equestrian-friendly amenities, making it a great choice for riders and their horses.
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