Best Cabin Camping near Lake O' The Pines

Cabin Reviews near Lake O' The Pines

258 Reviews of 33 Lake O' The Pines Campgrounds

• K

  Kim R.

  Traveler

  Aug. 30, 2017

  Tyler State Park Campground

  Lots to do!

  It being August in Texas, we rented a limited use cabin with air conditioning. It also has a mini frig and a microwave inside. It has a queen size bed for which campers need to bring their own pillows and bed linens. The frig was super cold, and the AC worked well. There was a wood table with four chairs. The table was really sticky, so I recommend bringing something you can use as a table cloth. There are only six of these cabins, and they have a four bathroom building at the end of the cul de sac. No tents or pets are allowed at the cabin sites. Each has fire pit and water outside cabin

  The park has a very small lake with canoe, kayak, paddle board, row boat, and paddle boat rentals. Life vests are provided with rental. It was fun! There is a good sized swimming area too. There are a number of trails of varying difficulty, some for hiking only, some for home and bike. Ranger programs offered.

  Read More
• D

  Den O.

  Guide

  Jan. 7, 2020

  Gavel Falls Cabin Rentals and RV Campground

  New and clean

  Kind of an odd location— behind an auction yard. Nice concrete slabs for RVs. Fair gravel roads, 3 very nice log cabins, at least 2 covered RV spaces. BBQ grills and fire pits are brand new. Private pond on site. Because it is relatively new they have a few bugs to work out but I would stay there again.

• 

  Napunani

  Legend

  Nov. 17, 2021

  Daingerfield State Park Campground

  Lots of FHU Sites

  Reserved on-line 152 days prior to arrival. 

  Pros 

  Pristine clean restroom/showerhouse. Seemed recently renovated 

  BIG PINE camping area only big rig friendly(longer than 20 ft) out of 40 FHU sites. Big Pine, Dogwood and Mountain View Campgrounds FHU so 40 FHU sites with no park dump station. 

  Aluminum picnic table and fire ring with cooking grate 

  Very quiet campground except for highway and train noise 

  4 camp hosts 

  Good night sky viewing in BIG PINE 

  Good view of lake in BIG PINE 

  Privacy from side neighbors 

  No leveling required from side-to-side 

  Asphalt parking pad heaved various places due to tree roots creating numerous tripping hazard 

  Campsite utility hook-ups in good condition with no problems encountered 

  Security gate that closes overnight 

  No street lights in BIG PINE 

  Campsite and entrance fee discount with Texas State Park Pass 

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

  CONS 

  Most FHU sites (other than BIG PINE) are extremely short in length. Barely room for single axle TT, so need to review site details carefully 

  Site 8 had an extreme amount of above ground roots causing tripping hazard

  Picnic table approx 50 feet from Site 8 parking pad

  Highway and train noise

  BIG PINE sites barely off campground road, so therefore no privacy from campers across the road

  Restroom/shower facility not heated

  No lantern pole

  No wildlife sightings

  No park Wifi

  1 bar AT&T in BIG PINE

  Read More
• 

  Carrie J.

  Guide

  Aug. 29, 2016

  Tyler State Park Campground

  Nice place to get outdoors for a few days

  This is kind of a homey/tourist sort of campground and park. There's kayak rentals available as well as boats. Campsites are available as well as small cabins. You can also rent bikes and other things. If you're looking for a "resort" style camping experience this may be for you.

• 

  James_TrueZoneCoaching

  Guide

  Sep. 19, 2021

  Tyler State Park Campground

  Great camping 2 hours from Dallas

  I visited the Shortleaf camping area in the Tyler State Park for the weekend to participate in a 50k trail race. Each campsite in this area has a sheltered cabin, picnic table, fire pit and 2 parking spots. Tent camping is also permitted on the site but I used my iKamper Roof Top Tent as my primary place to sleep. The sheltered cabin has screens on the windows to keep the bugs out and electricity. I used this area primarily for storage of the food & gear that I used during the weekend. My campsite was located at the bottom of a hill and had a path to the restrooms and showers. These facilities were very clean and had 2 shower stalls and 3 toilet stalls along with 2 sinks. This location had access to the lake via a short hike. This type of camp site is the best of both worlds, you can camp via tent/car and still have a cabin like experience via the sheltered cabin. 

  In September it is still pretty warm in Tyler, humidity was 100% when I visited without rain. I'll visit again in October when the cooler temps arrive and undoubtable have an even better experience.

  Read More
• 

  Napunani

  Legend

  Jun. 9, 2023

  Caddo Lake State Park Campground

  Poison Oak and Tall Weeds

  PROS 

  Saved $42 With TX STATE PARK PASS 

  No fee to reserve online. 

  No sales tax. U

  pon arriving at Site 23, we had no power at the pedestal. Called Park Headquarters and 2 park personnel were at our site in 10 minutes and resolved problem 

  Site 23 level asphalt 

  Site 23 partial shade 

  Aluminum picnic table, 2 hook lantern pole and metal fire pit with cooking grate 

  Donation firewood available 

  Soap and hand dryer in toilet/shower facility 

  3 bars TMOBILE when not storming 

  CONS 

  No overnight security gate closure 

  Site 23 was 1/3 covered with poison oak and remaining living area covered with tall weeds. 

  Some highway noises. 

  Two PARK HOSTS occupy sites in Woodpecker Hollow. That reduces full hook up sites to 6. One of those sites were used as a temporary dump station due to out-of-service park dump station 

  Woodpecker Hollow toilet/shower facility needs some deep cleaning 

  11 windows in Woodpecker Hollow women’s toilet/shower and only 4 were open. Camp host said rest of windows were painted shut.  Floors were continuously wet and slippery. What a mess! This place needs a fan or two.

  Most pets we saw were NOT on leash 

  No privacy from surrounding campsites 

  No ranger drive thru Woodpecker Hollow 

  No park WIFI

  Read More
• J

  Jonathan C.

  Traveler

  Dec. 9, 2021

  Lake Bob Sandlin State Park Campground

  Fun for the Second Year in a Row

  We stayed in a screened shelter at Lake Bob Sandlin SP in Nov 2020 and in a cabin with bunk beds last weekend and both sites were great. We have four kids, so space was a little tight in the cabin but we made do. Clean facilities, friendly staff and beautiful rolling terrain along the lake. Would recommend!

• 

  Napunani

  Legend

  Jun. 27, 2022

  Tyler State Park Campground

  One of our Texas Favs

  PROS 

  Texas State Park Pass discount saving $49 

  Reserved 151 days prior to arriving 

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

  Big Pine site #308 very shady site 

  Extra wide asphalt parking pad 

  Concrete slab that locked down the wooden picnic table 

  Metal fire pit with cooking grate which was cleared of ash upon our arrival 

  2 hook lantern pole 

  Dark sky friendly 

  Trash dumpsters near the toilet/shower building 

  Tyler Rose Garden features over 30,000 bushes and is open free to the public from sunrise to sunset…very beautiful and serene 

  CONS 

  Had to sweep for nearly an hour to clean debris from site 

  No entrance gate locked overnight 

  Never saw any rangers patrolling campground during our entire stay 

  Dogs on leashes not enforced 

  Unable to move picnic table 

  Big Pine site #308 way out of being level but manageable 

  Big Pine site #308 close to campground road 

  Big Pine site #308 tight fit for 28 ft 

  Only pine firewood for sale in Park 

  No WiFi 

  1 bar Verizon 5G

  Read More
• 

  Heidi R.

  Guide

  May. 31, 2018

  Martin Creek Lake State Park Campground

  Screened Shelter - BEST EVER! and oddly, no mosquitoes !?

  There are many options to camp at this state park. There’s RV sites, tent sites (both primitive and “cushy”), cabins, cottages and screened shelters. my past experience with screened shelters were always dusty, dank, spider-filled shacks that I would only store my cooler and belongings in (tightly sealed) but these at Martin Creek were IMMACULATE to say the least! They seem cob-webby from the outside but once inside, the concrete floor is smoother up the edges of the walls about 2.5’, reducing entry of insects via cracks in the joints of floor and wall. The park employees vacuum these areas, as observed when I passed others that had recently vacated. The rafters in these shelters were spaced out far enough for me to hang my hammock. 4 people slept inside without air mattresses or camp pads and slept wonderfully (flat surfaces are good for our spines sometimes) not a big in sight. There is an electrical outlet inside as well as a light, and there is an outlet outside as well. Small lock on inside, watr spigot and doIble lantern hook nearby as well as a wooden/metal picnic table (good condition). I slept in Shelter #6 and it was a few yards away from the water’s edge. Great views of a small lilly-pad laced bay and we caught 7 catfish using normal nightcrawlers as bait. Fried them up for lunch the next day and they tasted like heaven! But, everything tastes better when you’re camping. We had also set up 4 tents around the area (not disturbing local flora/fauna) and we slept to the deafening croaks of frogs. Only 1 raccoon came upon our camp area to a spot where someone had thrown a corn cob, otherwise, we take all the necessary steps to avoid crossing paths with those relentless nighttime furry bandits. Shelters 7-9 are also located in great areas of the lake nearby, there is the power plants across the lake and for some reason, we like to believe that it was the reason we had ZERO mosquitoes! Many house flies and the non-biting ants were everywhere but not to the point of insanity... they list this ant as an issue on their website I do believe. I’d take this shelter over a hotel stay ANY TIME!

  Read More