11 campgrounds with availability next weekend
Lewisville Lake in north Texas features multiple developed campgrounds with both lakefront and wooded sites. The Vineyards Campground & Cabins offers cabin rentals alongside traditional camping, while Hickory Creek and Willow Grove Park provide a mix of RV hookups and tent camping. Several campgrounds around the lake maintain water and electric hookups, with most sites being accessible year-round. Twin Coves Park and Hidden Cove Park & Marina also offer cabin accommodations for those seeking alternatives to tent or RV camping.
Camping areas around Lewisville Lake generally require reservations, particularly for weekend stays and during summer months. Most campgrounds feature paved or gravel sites with varying degrees of levelness and shade. Weather remains mild year-round, though summer temperatures often exceed 90°F, making waterfront sites especially desirable. The proximity to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex means these campgrounds balance natural settings with suburban convenience. Several campgrounds have gates that close in the evening, affecting late arrivals. A camper noted, "The front gate gets locked at 11pm. If you don't make it, you have to park outside and walk in."
The developed campgrounds near Lewisville Lake consistently receive praise for their waterfront views and spacious sites. Willow Grove Park stands out with reviewers mentioning "lots of space between campers" and "beautiful views everywhere." Several visitors highlighted the peaceful atmosphere, with one describing "hearing ducks, geese and cranes on the lake at night." Camping experiences vary between weekdays and weekends, with some parks experiencing higher traffic and noise levels during weekends. Site selection proves important, as shaded spots are limited in certain areas, particularly for larger RVs requiring 50-amp service. Despite their suburban location, these campgrounds provide a surprising amount of natural scenery and wildlife viewing opportunities along the lakeshore.
"Lewisville Lake has some of the best restroom and shower facilities we’ve seen. Always clean, accessible (not cramped) and the showers have a large dressing area."
"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."
Available next weekend
from $14 - $30 / night
"A 3-lane boat ramp to Lewisville Lake, rental paddle boarding, full marina, and swimming area. Seasonal restaurant with indoor & outdoor eating areas."
"Stayed here as a group traveling to the Frisco, Texas area for a college football game. We spent 2 nights in a RV. Was within close distance to where we were attending the football game."
"Pros: Well maintained, great layout, great location, on the water. Cons: My only criticism is that our site positioned the sewer connection uphill from our trailer. A bit tough to use."
"Immediate access to the lake and a beautiful view! A great little escape from the city."
from $64 - $99 / night
"In the hot month of July 2020 I loaded up Little Red and headed out to spend several days camping at the Isle Du Bois Unit of Ray Roberts Lake."
"68 year-old solo camper getting ready to travel around the country, car/tent camping primarily."
Available next weekend
from $15 - $60 / night
"It’s close to my home but makes me feel like I’m camping far away from home. Lots of trees, many spots right on the water, great kayak launch, has hiking trails and decent distance between sites."
"Nice RV sites, close to the water. Campground close to town but away from the noise. Nice boat ramp/dock and day use areas too. Recently renovated bathrooms. Staff friendly."
from $20 - $35 / night
"The walk-in to P07 was quite lengthy, but P11 had parking spots right next to camp."
"The lake was warm and there was a little "beach" for swimming- I would recommend water shoes and floaties! There are picnic tables and benches all over and tons of parking."
from $15 - $25 / night
"Awesome park, great lake and a discgolf course within walking distance!!"
"Family friendly and there is a lake and playground within walking distance. The staff is courteous. We did not use any of the facilities, except dump station."
"My two boys 4/5 had a blast at the site, walking the trails, and finding spots to throw rocks into the lake."
"Lake front, kayak rentals with a great cove to paddle around in. Walking trails galore. Nice bathrooms, with showers."
"Park layout and lake access is great. Several sites are water adjacent. Staff is all very friendly and helpful."
"Learn from our mistake or you have a long walk."
"Convenient location. Pool, laundry, WiFi, rec room, playground. Shaded RV spots. Very green and well kept. One of the best places we’ve stayed at."
GuideThe KOA is clean and well maintained. There is lits of space for the pull throughs. Dog park is amazing, host are friendly and kind. They are very welcoming and the store is small, but clean with a little bit of everything for everyone! We will definitely be back!
GuideNice park with water, electric hookups, and showers. Located right on the water. Spots are plenty large enough for multiple cars and there are two hiking trails. Solid spot for RVs and vans that want a beautiful lake view.
TravelerSuper easy in and out. Pretty much every amenity that you would want at a very modern campground.
TravelerDisappointing and unnecessarily confrontational experience.
I booked and paid for a campsite at The Vineyards in my self-contained Sprinter camper van. I checked in without issue and had already spent one night there when the park manager, Lisa, approached me while I was relaxing inside my van to inform me that my vehicle was not welcome.
She stated that the city requires RVs to have hookups and be commercially manufactured. However, the campground’s published policies explicitly allow management to approve converted camper vans (and I am fully self-contained). It also allows for truck campers, which I suppose theoretically could have sewer hookups, but I assure you my custom converted Sprinter is more aesthetic than a truck camper, if that was her concern (no offense to my truck camper friends).
I also could not find the city ordinance she was referring to.
I understand that campgrounds have rules and that management has discretion to enforce them. What I don’t understand is why my reservation was accepted, why I was allowed to stay overnight, or why the situation needed to be handled so confrontationally.
When I offered to leave if they would refund my unused second night, Lisa told me it was too late for a refund and that I might as well stay.
So apparently my van was prohibited until refunding my money became the alternative.
I wasn’t causing a disturbance, requesting special accommodations, or asking to use facilities I hadn’t paid for. I was simply enjoying a campsite I’d reserved and paid for.
The campground itself is lovely, which makes the experience even more disappointing. A straightforward, respectful conversation about their policies would have been entirely reasonable. Instead, I was made to feel unwelcome at a place where I was already a paying guest.
If you’re traveling in a self-contained converted camper van, I’d strongly recommend getting written approval before booking, regardless of whether your reservation is accepted. And given that I am now reading other complaints of the staff being rude, I might avoid this spot altogether.
TravelerRed River RV Resort (Deluxe) in Thackerville OK is a hot mess to be polite. The entire campground is covered with goathead sand burrs. It's impossible to go outside and enjoy any part of the campground. If you do go out you have to be very careful not to bring any of the sand burrs into the camper. The property owner / management knows of the campground issues but they're not doing anything to fix the issues. The pool and hot tub are disgusting, both have green slimy water with leaves, dirt and whatever else blew into it. The community room is locked and you have to ask at the office to get access. The community room has multiple TV's but none if them turn on so whats point in having them. On the good side it has two nice pool tables so its has some purpose. The gym area is packed with equipment but looks more like a storage locker than a gym.The campground has a good laundry room and okay WIFI. The showers are okay, older facilty but it all works. It has a fenced dog park but again It's covered with sand burrs so its unuseable. There's several empty/abandonded campers through out the campground. We went down the street to the local public park, sadly the park is unuseable as well due to the sand burrs being everywhere. It appears sand burrs are a bigger issue in the area and just not only at the campground. The campsites have full hook ups, some of the sewer hose tubes have caps while others don't. The neighboring campsite sewer connection didnt have a sewer cap and it has a huge wolf spider living in it.... we had planned to stay the full 14 days but leaving early due to the 8 billion sand burrs. Our dog is unable to walk in the grass, dirt, pavement without a paw full of sand burrs. I'm very disappointed C2C thinks this is a deluxe campground, I would be embarrassed to be in any way connected to it. There's other campgrounds in the area that have similar nightly cost ($40 - $50) if I was to pay outside of the C2C members rate with useable grass yards, clean useable swimming pools and community rooms. This could be an amazing campground if someone would fix the issues. As it stands now I would avoid this campground at all costs.
ScoutO boy o boy will you be in for a surprise at this supposedly resort style RV PARK. No trees, no covered sites, no pool or hot tub, bathrooms are covered with bugs. Office is never opened. New management sucks and get ready to sign your life away on long term contracts
ScoutFalse advertisement. Owners are not accommodating. Pool and hot tub (not a heated hot tub at all) haven’t been opened since we got here. Absolutely nothing “resort” about a residential pool with no heat in a hot tub that hasn’t opened).
Owners changed rules (require a 12-month lease that is very in depth and doesn’t pertaining to living in a RV park but more like leasing a house or apartment), pricing and everything else in a matter of 2- month. They are so bad; our property manager resigned after only 3- months here. Google reviews are all fake reviews. No trees, no covered sites, no guest/overflow parking. Dumpsters are always overflowing and owners have no one on property during the hours they have listed as their “open” hours. Photoshopped pictures on their website, I would stay clear of this place.
ScoutWe had a great time here. Lots of shade, privacy and great view of lake
GuideFolks want different things out of campsites. For me, it's scenic beauty, quiet for work and mental health, and nice places to take my dog. This checks all the boxes!
None of my reviews will be useful for amenities or activities because I just don't use them. I can't tell you about bathrooms, fishing, etc. I can tell you the water is very soft and feels slick or soapy even after you rinse. I have onboard reverse osmosis and wouldn't recommend drinking city water anywhere in Texas. There's too much oil production here and gas and chemicals are all over.
The staff at the gate were pleasant and said, "You must be David," when I pulled in, which was very nice and made it easy and welcoming.
Texas has many undiscovered and wonderful public lands, whether you're really camping or just working remote, watching the deer, or seeing the sunrise over a lake from your bedroom window. Get out here and come see them!
Lewisville Lake campsites sit within a suburban setting of north Texas, surrounded by multiple municipalities of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Seasonal water levels fluctuate significantly, with spring months often seeing higher water that can impact shoreline access at certain campgrounds. The lake spans over 29,000 acres with 233 miles of shoreline, creating numerous cove areas popular for overnight camping.
Kayaking and paddling access: Pilot Knoll Park offers calm water areas in protected coves perfect for beginners. "We stayed in spot#5 right at the end of the cove. Calm water, large lot land area and clean, easy access to walk right into the lake to swim, and space to dock your boat make the cove side of the park an excellent score," notes a camper at Pilot Knoll Park Campground.
Hiking options: Ray Roberts Lake State Park provides trail systems connecting camping areas. A visitor explained, "The primitive sites in the Hawthorne campgrounds are spaced a good distance apart and really give you a feel of isolation. Sites on the perimeter all have lake access where you can pull a boat up. We have car camped on a few occasions here and each time we saw plenty of deer around camp." Isle du Bois Campsites offers additional hiking opportunities just north of Lewisville Lake.
Swimming areas: Many lakeside campgrounds maintain designated swimming spots. At Twin Coves Park, "There are a few places to swim, but none of them shaded. Saw lots of paddle boards and kayaks along with the boats," according to a tent camper. Twin Coves Park also offers kayak rentals for exploring the cove.
Spacious sites: Willow Grove Park receives consistent praise for site separation. A reviewer notes, "Beautiful place and a lot of space between sites." Another camper describes the experience: "Super beautiful, clean, modern campsite. The wifi is not very reliable. The bathrooms and showers work, and are clean (other than the bugs obviously)."
Waterfront accessibility: Many campers prioritize direct water access at Hickory Creek. "We hopped over for a one night trip and had a blast! Our site was right off the water with a fun view (at night) of the lake Lewisville bridge. Sites were large enough for us (tent campers) without feeling too close to our rv/camper neighbors!" shares a family camper.
Wildlife viewing: The suburban setting surprisingly supports diverse wildlife. At Hickory Creek, a camper describes: "This definitely isn't wilderness and as another reviewer pointed out, the campground can be noisy. It's located adjacent to I-35, just west of the Lake Lewisville bridge, so there's traffic noise depending on how close you're camped to the road."
Gate restrictions: Several campgrounds implement evening closures. At Lake Park Campground, a visitor warns: "Front gate get locked at 11pm. If you don't make it, you have to park outside and walk in."
Traffic patterns: Being close to urban areas means vehicle flow can impact quietness. At Willow Grove Park, a camper mentioned, "No 5 stars because anybody can access in and out at anytime, that makes it not very quite do to traffic driving around."
Security considerations: The suburban setting presents unique challenges. One solo female traveler at Willow Grove noted: "The park is technically closed at 10pm but there's no gate and technically anyone can drive in any time. I saw the police drive through often, but it still didn't feel as secure as other campsites I've been to."
Playground facilities: Multiple campgrounds offer play areas for children. At Hidden Cove Park & Marina, "The day use area on the lake was quite busy, but the 'beach' gave the kids a great way to cool off and burn off some energy."
Cabin options: For families wanting more comfort, several sites offer cabin rentals. The Vineyards Campground provides high-quality accommodations: "Check-in was very easy, sites were very clean and well maintained, playground was amazing with an awesome 'roller-coaster' swing that the teenagers even loved."
Wildlife interactions: Children often enjoy the wildlife encounters. One parent at Hickory Creek shared, "Our 5 & 4 year old boys loved running around, throwing rocks in the lake, and the park host dropped by and gave them a frisbee to play with!"
Hookup positioning: Be prepared for some challenges with utility connections. At Lake Park Campground, a visitor warned: "Connections for water and electric aren't in best spots but able to reach. They offer extension cords."
Parking regulations: Several campgrounds enforce strict parking rules. "They are strict about parking; I got woken up around 1:30am by local police because I parked in an area I wasn't allowed to and also forgot to print a permit to put on my dash," reports a camper at Willow Grove Park.
Dump station locations: Not all sites offer sewer hookups at individual sites. A new RVer at Hickory Creek noted: "The only 'negative' I found is that the sewage hook up is not at the actual site. There are dump stations in different places. It was a bit nerve wrecking to use the dump station while people waited behind me."
Frequently Asked Questions
What camping is available near Lewisville Lake?
According to TheDyrt.com, Lewisville Lake offers a wide range of camping options, with 209 campgrounds and RV parks near Lewisville Lake and 6 free dispersed camping spots.
Which is the most popular campground near Lewisville Lake?
According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular campground near Lewisville Lake is Hickory Creek - Lewisville Lake with a 4.5-star rating from 34 reviews.
Where can I find free dispersed camping near Lewisville Lake?
According to TheDyrt.com, there are 6 free dispersed camping spots near Lewisville Lake.
What parks are near Lewisville Lake?
According to TheDyrt.com, there are 19 parks near Lewisville Lake that allow camping, notably Grapevine Lake and Lavon Lake.
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