Best Tent Camping near Duncanville, TX

Tent Camping Reviews near Duncanville, TX

431 Reviews of 11 Duncanville Campgrounds

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  Napunani

  Legend

  Nov. 18, 2021

  Oak Park Campground

  Landscape Timber at Fire Ring Created Trip Hazard

  Reserved on-line 184 days prior to arrival. 

  Pros Site in large oak tree grove, so heavily shaded 

  Campground night sky friendly with good dark sky viewing NO STREET LIGHTS in campground., but toilet facilities had exterior lighting 

  Crushed granite surrounding site and bordered with landscaping timbers 

  Metal roof shelter over concrete slab where picnic table is located 

  Metal picnic table 

  Cooking grill on metal fire ring 

  Campground mostly quiet except for Hwy 31 traffic noise 

  Friendly camp host 

  Security gate closed nightly 

  Not charged a fee to make my own on-line reservation 

  Campsite discount with America the Beautiful Pass 

  Cons 

  Entrance gate not manned upon arrival at 2pm Tuesday so had to go back around after unhitched 

  Our site 14 was not marked. Most sites have site number on site picnic table. Even those are tough to see in the daylight and impossible to see in darkness. Absolutely no roadside site number posts 

  Campsite 14 entrance driveway was 90 degree angle to park road with a steep ditch on opposite side of road. T

  rees close on both sides tight to site 14 driveway. Made back in challenging, but not impossible. 

  Campsite 14 entrance/driveway 10% grade from park road 

  Campsite 14 not level side to side 

  Site fire ring was up against landscaping timber preventing space for chairs 

  Landscaping timbers trip hazard at fire ring

  Fire ring should be relocated to side or back of site to facilitate safe movement around it Fire ring was completely filled with ash upon arrival No privacy from other campsites Shower/toilet facility near playground had padlock on mens entrance, so males were using the womens restroom. This facility in extremely poor condition and desperately needs renovation. 

  No campsite lantern pole 

  No park Wifi 2

   bars AT&T 

  Never saw any park rangers or park security driving through campground 

  Wildlife sightings of grey squirrels and two dozen buzzards that constantly circled over campground

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  janet H.

  Legend

  Jan. 3, 2022

  Hickory Creek - Lewisville Lake

  Spacious campground near town

  Lewisville TX Hickory Creek Park COE on Lewisville Lake Open year round. Just over 100 paved sites most with lakeviews. Also have primitive walk in sites by lake. May 1 to Sept 30 14 day max stay other times can extend 14 more days!Be ware that gate closes from 10pm to 6am and there is no code access! Sites are w/e and all have new 50 amp. Grills and fire rings along with covered picnic tables. Modern bathhouse with large shower stalls. Nice boat ramp and boat trailer parking. There are several nature and walking trails as well as paved roads for bike riding. I have Verizon and was able to call and text but not use internet in camp. Town is short 5 minutes away. There's restaurants, shopping and theater close by.

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  Steve S.

  Guide

  Jan. 21, 2022

  Isle du Bois Campsites — Ray Roberts Lake State Park

  Great venue for first camping trip in four decades

  68 year-old solo camper getting ready to travel around the country, car/tent camping primarily. Haven't really camped since 1973, so I drove out to Lake Ray Roberts for a one-night trial for some new gear and knock off the rust. 

  This was a terrific choice – Hawthorn Area #9, wooded area, 4th on the path from the Hawthorn parking lot to the other nine campsites on this loop (150 steps from campsite to car and restrooms, a little over 100 yards). As most (maybe all) of the campsites here, this was walk-in to the campsite from a common parking lot.

  I walked around the rest of this loop and the adjoining one (16-40). Each campsite had a tent pad, picnic table, fire pit and lantern post. Mine was one of the more private in that I couldn't see another picnic table. However, with the trees and in some places tall grass, I would rate most of the sites as private. 

  The next morning there were about half-dozen deer roaming around the area between my camp and the parking lot. There was only one other car in the parking lot overnight and they camped in one of the other areas. One of the lots (I think it was #13) actually had lake front. Others had views of the water. 

  Depending on exact location you could see the dam and except for a few hours of the deepest night you could faintly hear the drone of road noise. But the near-full moon lit the area so well I walked to my car about 4:30 in the morning without a light and could see very well – it was really nice and bright. 

  The Isle du Bois unit is at the far southeast corner of the lake, near the eastern end of the dam. The Hawthorn area is one of the first sites from the entrance, maybe a 5-minute drive.

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  Napunani

  Legend

  Dec. 13, 2022

  COE Navarro Mills Reservoir Oak Park

  Clean-up on Site #11

  Pros 

  Discount with National Park pass 

  Shady

  Quiet 

  Dark sky friendly

  Nice metal roof cover over concrete picnic table 

  Saw park ranger drive thru during daylight 

  2 bars T-MOBILE 

  Successful streaming with T-MOBILE hotspot device 

  Cons 

  So day #2 without any TP in men’s restroom.  Went to front gate to report it and was told they would call it into the Army Corps of Engineers as gate volunteers have no stock of TP on hand.  Never saw any TP before leaving on third day

  Toilet facility #1 women’s had raw sewage throughout deep enough to cover your foot. Site 11 has electrical hook up at rear on the door side of the camper 

  Site 11 water connection is centered at the rear of the parking pad. 

  Site 11 unlevel. 

  Numerous piles of charcoal ash throughout site 11 campsite not in the fire pit. 

  Concrete picnic table needs degreased as surface has lots of large greasy stain 

  Site numbers are painted on the concrete picnic table so extremely difficult to see in the dark. 

  No WIFI

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  Ray & Terri F.

  Legend

  Apr. 2, 2021

  Isle du Bois Campsites — Ray Roberts Lake State Park

  This is a big camping area, lots of campsites near the lake

  The campground is nice and well maintained and sites are fairly well spaced with lots of grass, trees and open areas. The park staff were very friendly and helpful. We were in site 78 for 5 days. Only a few of the sites in the Deer Ridge campground loop looked level, fortunately ours was one of them, but we saw one 5th wheel with the wheels on one side off of the ground by several inches and one Class A whose front wheels were 8-10 inches off the ground. AT&T coverage was fairly good here, generally between 1-3 Bars of LTE service, with speeds up to 4.5 MB/s. There is no WiFi, cable or sewer hookup and the dump station can get a little busy around checkout time. Restrooms and showers were clean and the shower was nice and hot. 

  If you don’t already have one, you do have to purchase a Texas State Parks Pass for$70, which did add considerably to the cost of our stay. 

  There are quite a few trails in the area.

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  Richard M.

  Scout

  Nov. 27, 2020

  Hidden Cove Park & Marina

  Not just for camping!

  Clean and spacious RV sites in two areas, about 100 total and several with water view. Open and tree covered sites in both. Cabins also available, again several with water views. Two designated tent camping areas separate from RVs. Dry storage and dump station on property as well. The park offers open activity areas and covered picnic tables by the water. A 3-lane boat ramp to Lewisville Lake, rental paddle boarding, full marina, and swimming area. Seasonal restaurant with indoor & outdoor eating areas. Privately owned so there is an entry fee, but 2 or 3 levels of yearly membership passes available saves a lot! Currently upgrading to full hookup for all RV sites and wifi.

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  Ray & Terri F.

  Legend

  Mar. 26, 2023

  Isle du Bois Campsites — Ray Roberts Lake State Park

  This is a fairly big camping area, lots of campsites near the lake

  The campground is nice and well maintained and sites are well spaced with lots of grass, trees and/or open areas. The park staff were very friendly and helpful. This was our second stay in site 78, this time for 4 days in late March. There is no WiFi, cable or sewer hookup at the camp sites and the dump station can get a little busy around checkout time and is a goodly distance from the CG if you plan to use a portable waste cart. Restrooms and showers were clean and the shower was nice and hot. There is a nice paved 2.25 mile trail through the CG and the surrounding area.

  AT&T coverage was not as good as the last time we stayed here a couple of yeas ago, with generally 1 Bar of 5G service and speeds up to 1 MB/s. We had an unobstructed view of the sky and so we were able to receive all 3 SW Dish satellites and good Starlink coverage with speeds between 2.5 and 4 MB/s. We didn’t try to load any OTA channels. 

  You do have pay a daily$7/person entrance fee or purchase a Texas State Parks Pass for$70 if you don’t already have one, which did add considerably to the cost of our stay.

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  Taylin B.

  Scout

  Jun. 1, 2023

  Sycamore Bend Park

  Great PRIMATIVE stay.

  The price has gone up from $7 to $20, but that’s about average it seems now. The restrooms really stink, but are always clean and stocked in my experience. Max 3 night stay, no electricity, water, or showers. Nice fire rings, flag pole, and calm park.

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  Layla D.

  Ranger

  Jul. 25, 2020

  Cedar Hill State Park Campground

  One Night Stay

  We stayed here on the last night of a two-week journey visiting national parks in the West. This just happened to be on our route back home to Louisiana and looked like a pleasant place for us to spend one night.

  We arrived at the campground around 8:00 on a Friday night and had to wait in line to enter the park. The park ranger was very friendly and thorough (albeit slow giving directions for road-weary travelers such as us). We found site 123 in the H Loop easily (sites are clearly marked) and set up camp. We were impressed with the spacing and privacy of the sites. We had a slight peekaboo view of the lake and a beautiful sunset from the trailer. It took us a while to get our trailer leveled as the site was on a pretty big slant (four inches off left to right and eight inches front to back); however, the pad was concrete and quite wide.

  A bathhouse and dumpster were nearby, which was a nice convenience. Hookups were in good condition as well. There was a small back yard with a covered picnic table, fire ring, and lantern post which we thought would be nice if we would have been here longer. This little area was very private from the road and a neighboring site. We would definitely stay here again when our travels take us this way in the future.

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