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$22 / night
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Located only 8 miles southwest of Quitaque, Texas and approximately 100 miles from Amarillo, Pole Canyon Ranch is accessible yet remote from the busy outside world. The ranch is managed by Phil and Lynnette Barefield, who is the granddaughter of Jim Taylor, who established the ranch in 1911. He and his brother John rode their horses into this area in December of 1910 in search of land. The ranch now encompasses about 6,000 acres of beautiful canyonlands with running water in several of the spring-fed creeks. Abundant game and beautiful scenery make each excursion a memorable adventure. Opening to the public in 2004, the ranch is now a destination attraction for folks all over the United States.
$20 - $25 / night
Guide
Nice campsites, nice hiking trails, great view of the stars.
Guide
Clean, quiet, cozy. Stayed 5 nights. You can hear owls and coyotes at night. A great hiking/mountain biking park. Buffaloes are easy to find in the park. There is a prairie dog town close to the camping area. I have knee trouble, and my wife uses a power chair. We still loved our stay.
ScoutEvery time I go camping I play four colors because I can't miss the appeal of this game.
LegendHoney: (Scale 1- bad, 5-Very good
(71 yr olds in 17’ trailer.)
Overall Rating: 4.5. for our extraordinary view and GREAT park
Security: No
Usage during visit: 80% during the week after a full spring break
Site Privacy: Outside loop sites are pretty private, not always perfect from adjacent sites.
Site Spacing: Very good
Pad surface: Blacktop
Reservations: Yes
Campground Noise:
Outside Road Noise: None
Through Traffic in campground: No reason.
Electric Hookup: Yes
Sewer Hookup: No
Dump Station: Yes
Potable Water Available: At site
Bathroom: Stalls in men’s bathroom are not all operational. This is an issue.
Showers: Needs attention. Curtains on 2 of the 3. Curtains have replaced previous hanging doors. Shower stalls are adequate size.
Pull Throughs: No
Cell Service (AT&T): 2 bars. 3 bars at the visitor center
Setting: Behind our sit a very short walk to a beautiful view
Recent Weather: Sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy.
Host: Yes
Rig Size: Some sites can accommodate large rigs.
GuideCame to enjoy the stars, clear skies and of course bright full moon! Ha hardly could see any stars , but was still very enjoyable to set and look at the sky.!
GuideReally nicely kept campground with lots of friendly staff. The night sky was incredible.
GuideWe had some issues with fire ants at our campsite, the lights around the bathroom attracted a hellish number of bugs. Spots were well spaced. The picnic shelters were awesome. The camp hosts were very friendly and responsive.
TravelerWe were able to find an opening for 1 night at the honey flat campground, and enjoyed the solitude, scenery and wild life. Had 30 Amp hookup with water. Dumpstation and bath facilities. The sites were good size with fire rings and shaded picnic tables. Need to be aware of texas wild life. Many hiking trails and staff at the information center were nice and helpful. Need to plan trip far in advance as sites fill up quick if you plan on staying for awhile.
LegendNice park aside from crazy summer heat and bugs. Great view of stars on clear night with little moonlight.
GuideRecommend reservations if you want a electric hookup! Sites are are spaced so you can hardly see neighbors. Buffalo walk right thru the camping sites.
RangerI think that Caprock Canyons State Park is underrated, which is great for the people who visit. We'll definitely be back.
The campground is well maintained and easy to navigate. The views aren't as spectacular as they are at campgrounds in Palo Duro Canyon but BISON COME TO VISIT. Of course, to stay safe this often requires an exercise of patience. We were caught behind a heard of 12 or so on a hiking trail and maintaining a safe distance required a very leisurely pace, with lots of time to just take in the landscape. And we had to stand around and wait for another group to graze their way past our trailer on another occasion. But it was easy to keep our distance and they don't stay in one place long, so you just have to give them a few minutes. It was really neat to see these creatures roaming free--I thought it was a lot more exciting than seeing the herds in Yellowstone because there aren't the crowds of tourists.
TravelerI've stayed here twice now and neither time was a let down. Sites 22 and 15 were my sites but you can't really go wrong with any of them. The lack of trees around the sites is intentional, this is an International Dark Sky park after all, and you don't want anything to get in the way of your night skies viewing!
GuideThis campground is a good place to stargaze. The campsite itself had good shade. It had water, a grill and a ground firepit/grill. The camp ground had nice trails and small lake for fishing.
Traveler
A little complicated in terms of finding a place for camping if you have rooftops tents.
The designated tent places they have you have to walk into. Unless you want to be by all the RVs, which we don’t like. They have an overflow camping space, which was perfect for us. The place is very nice and has great views. We got visited by Bison at night and early this morning. Lots of coyotes howling at night and beautiful skies.
GuideCopper Breaks State Park was a 1 night stopover for us. Sites are in a open grassy area, but nicely spaced. The bathroom was dated, but clean. There was no hot water for the shower. We didn't get to see the lake or hike any of the trails, but worked for a 1 night layover.
TravelerWe came on the hottest days so far this year (I believe 105 to 108 were some temps recorded) and the water levels were low but we still had fun with feeding the Longhorns as well as morning and evening hikes. Definitely not packed campgrounds and wildlife was plentiful Staff was amazingly nice and very inviting
RangerWe stayed here midweek in May and enjoyed a quiet campground with a few other travelers. The sites are pretty close together so the feel would likely be different on a crowded weekend. There’s decent hiking and good star gazing (it touts itself as a Dark Sky park). A storm blew in overnight from the panhandle and the winds were pretty fierce, wouldn’t want to be here for a tornado — we saw some gnarly twister damage (dating from April 2022) in a small town about 20 miles south of here along Highway 6.
RangerWe’ve stayed at Honey Flats a couple of times over the past year and it’s worth a stop if you’re in the area and have never been. The Buffalo herd and prairie dog town are big hits with the kids and there’s good hiking trails in the canyon. Cell service is basically non-existent for both Verizon and AT&T. Honey Flats is a basic state park campground with power and water and pretty decent spacing between sites. If you visit in late Spring, the weather in this part of the state can get dicey in a hurry, we experienced several hail storms and wild thunderstorms in the few days we’ve spent at the park in the month of May.
TravelerThis is another fun close place for us on Weekends. This park has a huge buffalo herd that roams the park year round. Lots of other wild life & the trails are well maintained. Limit RV hookups but are well maintained & clean. Staff is very nice & helpful.
GuideThis camp ground was one of the most quiet Texas State Parks I've been to so far. There are so many open spaces to see the stars at night.
RangerThis is a beautiful, undervalued State Park In Texas. I spent only one night here on my way to another TX State Park. It was fantastic!! This park has great facilities, spacious campsites and talk about animals. Bison & Prarie Dogs are the tow most popular animals at the park. Very unique to any park that I have visited in TX. The canyon views are spectacular as is the hiking in the park. I'm a photographer and got some beautiful Sunset and Sunrise photos. The park personnel were great and very helpful in pointing out some of he best photo opportunities in the park.
GuideLet me preface this by saying that our woes during our stay here didn't really have anything to do with the campground or the hosts. Our stay here was, however, eventful.
We stayed here because this is the only area that the state rangers said was open... more on that later. We did find it interesting that there were only out of state license plates here... but again more on that later (and maybe a coincidence?)
It was toasty hot- we stayed in a roof top tent, so if you're not in a trailer, think about how you're going to stay cool.
Late at night our roof top tent became overrun with small cockroaches. Yes I said it. It sucked. We fought them off for probably an hour before we finally plugged all the holes in our tent. Then we still found a few and got them out. Next the coyotes came in our site. Yes. You read that right. They were within 10 feet of us. We pick up our sites meticulously before we go to bed and store our food properly. Howling next to your tent is very... ominous. Yes, let's go with that. Then the wind came. This is an equestrian park, so there are horse corrals all around you. Just something... eerie about horse corrals (that we closed by the way because of the creaking) opening and closing in the middle of the night. THEN came the birds at 4AM who were singing the song of their kind... yep.. you guessed it, right next to our tent.
Again- nothing to do with how the park is run, just our one night there. UNTIL- the next morning when we went and saw the RV portion of the campground. All. Texas. Plates. Full. Hookups. I bet they slept nicely. Could be a coincidence, but could not be- who knows! At the absolute very least- this gave us the most memorable story of our entire 6-week trip. So we are thankful for that. Also, cool fact- the Texas State Buffalo Herd lives here!
GuideFacilities and surrounding area were real nice. Just a one nighter but took the dog on a long hike.
GuideStunning park.
LegendWhat a neat place!! The staff is great! The Rangers are friendly and helpful! The sites are pretty darn level and well spaced apart.(there might be an occasional Bison dropping in the way, but hey, I can deal with that!!) It is very clean and well maintained. It is well out of town, very peaceful. Night time, with no moon, star gazing and satellite tracking is terrific! Come see it for yourself and have fun!
TravelerWoke to bison wandering through our campsite. It was really amazing site.
TravelerWe really enjoyed our stay at Copper Breaks State Park! The campsite was level and had 30/50 amp service with water hookups. The also had dump stations. The is a small lake in the park with boating and swimming areas. The had numerous trails. In the height of summer it is very hot so be prepared if you hike any of the trails. They also had an equestrian area. This park is in a dark sky designated area so the view if the night sky is spectacular! The restrooms/showers are very basic and about average for the Texas state parks that I have stayed at.
I really liked the shelters that they built at each of the sites in the Comanche camping area. They are built for maximum shade but with plenty of airflow for cooling. They also look kind of cool. We saw a lot of wildlife (birds and small mammals) in the area.
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According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular equestrian campground near Estelline, TX is Honey Flat Camping Area — Caprock Canyons State Park with a 4.4-star rating from 38 reviews.
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