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Best Tent Camping near Spurger, TX

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Tent campers near Spurger, Texas can find multiple campground options scattered throughout the surrounding area. Po-Man Outdoor Collective R&R offers primitive tent sites with drive-in, hike-in, and walk-in access. The property is maintained much like public lands rather than a developed campground, with toilets and showers available. Bouton Lake Campground, located in Zavalla, features drive-in access to primitive tent setups in an area characterized by large pines and a small pond.

Most tent campgrounds in the Spurger region have basic amenities and varying degrees of accessibility. Sites at Bouton Lake include picnic tables and vault toilets but lack drinking water and electric hookups. Fires are typically allowed at most locations, with Po-Man and Hoot Owl Campground providing firewood on-site. Campers should prepare for self-sufficient stays, particularly at more remote locations like Bouton Lake. According to one visitor, Bouton Lake features "nice, small dispersed campground with several picnic tables, with room for more parking without tables" in an open field setting with large pines surrounding the area.

Areas farther from the main roads offer deeper seclusion for walk-in tent campers seeking solitude. Hoot Owl Campground provides a more developed option with drinking water, electric hookups, toilets and trash services while still catering to tent camping with walk-in sites available. A visitor noted that "the hosts are very welcoming and are knowledgeable of the area. There are hiking trails nearby and a little bakery next door." For those seeking more remote experiences, Angelina near Sam Rayburn Reservoir permits pets and offers trash service with access to water activities. Harvey Creek Park provides primitive tent sites with picnic tables and toilets but requires campers to bring their own water and supplies for extended stays.

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  • NThe Dyrt PRO User
    Nov. 25, 2021

    Willow Oak

    Lazy Days

    Fees:  $4.00 camping per day

                $2.00 per vehicle per day

    Limit:  up to 28 days (select sites)

    Sites:  1 RV and tent walk in sites

    409-625-1940

    No water or electric.  Drinking water, portable toilets, picnic table, trash, fire pit, water views, boat ramp and parking area.  This campground is set on the shores of the Toledo Bend Reservoir close to Hemphill.  The reservoir is 185,000 acres and provides a great outdoor vacation.  The fee is suspended at this time.  The road in is in good shape and travels through the pine forest.

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    Travel safe

  • Debbie J.
    Mar. 23, 2021

    COE Sam Rayburn Reservoir Twin Dikes Park

    Beautiful Setting, Average Sites

    There are only 43 sites at this park, but most have no hookups. Only 9 full hookups, which is what I prefer if staying more than a couple days. The FHU sites are really close together and not private at all. Our picnic table and fire ring were at our neighbors sewer connection. The water and electric sites are more spacious and private, but some were a long way from the restrooms. There are many beautiful sites at waterfront, but that is all dry camping.

    The sites are all paved, and all seem pretty sloped, so make sure you have levelers. All picnic tables have shade covers, and most sites have good shade. The grounds are well kept and the park very quiet and tidy. If you like to fish, there are plenty of spots for shore fishing. There is also a boat ramp. The lake is clean and beautiful, also huge.

    There is only one hiking trail, but it is not paved and seemed a bit overgrown so we did not hike it for fear of encountering a snake.

    This is a nice park, but not a “do over” for us because of the lack of space and privacy at the full hookup sites. Also you can hear some road noise at times, which is really a distraction, especially if you are a person who enjoys the peacefulness of a nature setting.

  • John H.
    Jul. 31, 2020

    Martin Dies, Jr. State Park Campground

    Tall Trees, Open Waters, Tired Trails

    Tent Camped 9JUN20- 1 night

    TO BE FAIR, this was RIGHT after everyone reopened and things were all weird. There was no one to check in with and the whole time we were there we never saw any park personnel. The park was MAYBE 25% camped, but might have been less than that. Sites were huge and well treed, no pads but good drainage, which was a blessing because it POURED overnight.

    Site 334 was on the water with great trees and soft ground to camp on. Our closest neighbor was 500 feet away, and they were the only other one on our loop.

    The park was empty and quiet with no canoes or anything available due to COVID.

    The bathrooms were older and pretty clean, but not overly tended to.

    The trails were a little rough and needed a lot of rotted wood replaced on the bridges and benches. Tons of birds and wildlife to see.

    Brought my dog but not a lot of good places for him to get in the water.

    It was the first time I had camped in 10 years, so this was the perfect place for a shakeout camp.

  • A
    Apr. 1, 2021

    COE Sam Rayburn Reservoir Twin Dikes Park

    Beautiful Sunsets

    Beautiful campground. Stayed in last loop camp 36. Was too close to 35. Not much privacy. Wish I would have chose 43, drive down the hill a bit to unload, had its own private beach. The last loop 35-43 is primitive campsites. Still has bathrooms though with flush toilets. Each loop has flush toilets, the first 2 loops has shower houses. Didnt check the water temp. Have my own hot water privacy shower. Dogs must be on leash. Quiet tim 10pm to 6am. Cute couple in matching shirts comes around on golf cart several times a day checking on guest. First 2 loops are for electric amps for RVs. But the primitive loop still has water hook ups as well. There is a dump station. And must Reserve Online only! No cash, cards, checks accepted on site. Boat dock is $5 a day with a credit card machine as soon as you go through gate. The gates do not lock at night. Was there for 2 weeks March 2021. Many fireflies,, which was like a fairytale,, through the forest and down by lake.. cell service was good for Verizon, Sprint, and Tmobile. Kinda slow but worked. Fire rings, and tables at each site. The primitive loop had no tent pads, just set up where you like. I paid $7 because I get half off with my American is Beautiful/interagency pass which is available online for $80 annually. Saves me %50 @ most parks. Price is $14 a night for the primitive loop. And goes up to like $40 depending on amp. They have 3 shelters, which is just a box with windows and electricity for $38 a night in the first loop. All sites are basically on the water, some are too close to one another, some are very private. Gotta look at the park map online. Only 1 walking trail with 2 benches through the walk. Very short, not much to see, kinda muddy. Trail ends at a picnic table by the water. There is a short cut if you follow the path to the boat ramps so you don't have to turn around and walk back out. No wildlife messed with our food out side. No coons. Saw red cardinals, blue Jay's, woodpeckers, white tailed deer, bunnies was about it. There are some fat dark brown squirrels tho. If you come out gates for gas/ice/food make a left. Twice the ice 16lbs for$2 is a mile on your right. As is food and ⛽ and doughnuts 🍩 😋. Being next to a major road and the giant trucks and boats driving through to get down by the dock kinda killed the forest, fireflies, lake, sunset ambiance for me a little. Very windy up on the primitive loop, mind you its a peninsula 30ft above the lake!

  • Trevor H.
    Oct. 25, 2020

    Ebenezer Park

    Decent

    There aren't many sites for basic tent camping here, maybe 10-15 tent sites, and the rest are equestrian. It's a pretty tidy looking campground. There is a park host that is usually hanging around if you need something. We ended up being neighbors with a large group that was using their fire like a bonfire so we let the park host know about it. Probably won't come back unless in off season. But it's good enough

  • Napunani
    Jun. 7, 2021

    Lake Livingston State Park Campground

    One of Our Favorites

    We arrived 151 days after making our on-line reservations for the very busy Memorial Day weekend in Piney Shore Loop campground. This was our fourth camping adventure at Lake Livingston State Park in the Piney Shore Loop. 

    Pros EXTREMELY quiet during the Memorial Day weekend. Even tho not backed up to 

    lake, nice view of lake from Site#55. Double concrete pad as it is an accessible campsite. Very level concrete pad; no need to do any type of leveling. Nice early morning shade onto Site#55 Very good privacy from neighbor Site#54 and Site behind#48 Park ranger drive-thru about every four hours Restroom/showers good working condition, clean, ample hand soap and toilet paper. Recently paved park roads very nice upgrade Mosquitoes were drawn to those who strung lots of lights throughout their site, so many did not use those lights which resulted in good dark conditions for night sky viewing. 1-2 bars AT&T cell service. Lowes, Walmart and small HEB close by n the town of Livingston Cons. Campers requiring mobility assistance may find this campsite very challenging, even tho it does have a double wide concrete pad. Site#55 labeled as accessible but is very accessible unfriendly as it is not close to campground toilet shower facilities, fire ring is up a gravel hill on driver side of camper. Piney Shore Loop sewer hook up required 20 feet of stinky slinky. No privacy from Site#56. No privacy from the campground road. Picnic table in mud hole nearly the size of the table and very unleveled with one end higher than the other end. Unable to move picnic table as it is chained to concrete pylon. Picnic table not wheelchair accessible. No afternoon-to-evening shade what-so-ever. Site#56 campers permitted their dog to run without a leash. No park WIFI

  • Napunani
    Dec. 6, 2020

    COE Sam Rayburn Reservoir Twin Dikes Park

    Weirdly Spaced FHU Sites

    We camped in Loop A during the week of Thanksgiving 2020 by making reservations 134 days prior to arriving. Very friendly volunteer gate attendants, but not sure when they work the gate as we tried to find them twice in one day and no one around and no info on how to contact/find someone, even tho there are four different campsites marked“attendant”. Overall, very quiet campground the week of Thanksgiving except for the highway noise from Highway 255, which was loud! Nine site FHU loop where sites are crammed together, weirdly and poorly laid out and spaced. No vegetation between sites so no privacy here what-so-ever! We could hear everyone’s conversations, even some that were inside their RV! Back-in site 12 was a tricky challenge to get into due to the terrain. First a dip before a narrow entrance over drainage ditch pipe, then a steep grade which almost had us scrapping the asphalt as we saw evidence of many that had previously. The narrow asphalt parking pad is deteriorating on the utility hook up side leaving a 6-8 inch drop off, so not very forgiving! Most asphalt site pads in this loop are in poor condition. Site 12 was not level side-to-side. Site 12 also has two wooden enclosures(wooden fence) that house utility panel boxes. At first, we thought we had our own outhouse! There is a slight view of the lake from Site 12. Recreation.gov states this site is"full shade", which we disagree. Our concrete picnic table on a concrete pad was fairly close to the parking pad. Our site also included a rotting shelter over the table, a rotting wooden bar-height prep table(aka fish cleaning table), a wooden lantern pole and a metal fire pit with a grilling grate that was one big tripping hazard due to the concrete slab the pit was placed on was broken up and huge hunks of concrete displaced around the metal fire pit. What a mess. Toilet/shower facility just for this campground loop fairly clean, but not serviced every day(during the week). Tent sites are along the lake in Loop A. There is a significant drop-off down to the water’s edge. Evidence of tent campsites that had been washed out/destroyed in recent flooding. Not a good stargazing location due to other close by campers with numerous outdoor lights burning all night! Super friendly squirrels that ate from our hands. No other wildlife sighting during our 4 night stay the week of Thanksgiving. Sam Rayburn Lake is beautiful. Park has a boat ramp and a large ramp parking area. No firewood for sale in this park. A bait shop, Valero fuel station, liquor store and a couple restaurants within a 5-minute drive of the Park entrance. Jasper has a Tractor Supply and a small Walmart. Lufkin has most chain restaurants, Lowes, Super Walmart, etc. Two bars AT&T signal

  • A
    Feb. 25, 2021

    Boykin Springs Recreation Area

    Spillway from Lake to Springfield fed creeks!

    Beautiful place! Host Jerry is cool guy, loads of information. Rides around once a night around sunset on his golf cart to see if everyone is okay. Been here 5 times. Sawmill trail is very cool. 2.5 miles to the old sawmill and 2.5 miles back out. Loads of deer here. Many interlacing creeks. Water from down under pumps into creek which you may see by the 3 bridges. Fire pits, grills, huge tent pads, lantern post, and giant picin tables are at each campsite. Very spaced apart. Lots of privacy. 1 vault toilet which is super clean, and a bathhouse in center of park. Showers are luke warm at best. Verizon works well here, sprint sucks. Never really busy here. Its $10 a day to camp, but I have the America is Beautiful interagency pass for $80 annually, saves me 50% off, so I only pay $5 a day! Decent roads in and out, barley any pot holes. Dogs must be on leash, rangers come by once a day to check. No reservations here, first come first serve. Many trees for hammock and I did kayak on the small lake for fun. Fished for days, caught nothing. Woodpeckers are here! As many other bird species. Loads of 🍄. All different kinds, bought a book to identify them! Store is a bit far about 8 miles east. They got a water filter and ice house to fill 5 gallon jugs and 16lbs of ice for $2.

  • Debbie J.
    Mar. 25, 2021

    COE Sam Rayburn Reservoir Twin Dikes Park

    Pretty Setting but Tight FHU Sites

    There are only around 9 full hookup sites and they are very close together in the group camping section. Very little privacy. All waterfront sites are nice and big, but no utilities. One section of the campground has a lot of private RV sites but only water and electric. There are 3 restrooms but only one has shower facilities. The group camp restrooms do not have showers even though the campground map indicates showers.

    The sites with utilities are paved, and most slope, so need those levelers. All sites have fire rings and covered picnic tables.

    Beautiful lake views and a boat ramp. Good fishing from shore. Lots of woods and birds. We saw a couple of eagles.

Guide to Spurger

Tent camping near Spurger, Texas offers diverse opportunities in the deep pine forests of East Texas. The area sits within the Angelina National Forest region with sandy soil conditions typical of the East Texas Piney Woods ecosystem. Primitive camping sites in this area range from 200-400 feet elevation with humid subtropical climate patterns that produce mild winters and hot, humid summers.

What to do

Kayaking and water activities: At ANGELINA (Sam Rayburn Reservoir Area), campers find accessible water recreation. "The lake was fun to kayak on. It was raining so not many people were there," notes camper Bonnie C. The reservoir provides year-round paddling with moderate current suitable for beginners.

Hiking nearby trails: The surrounding region contains numerous nature trails through pine forest terrain. At Hoot Owl Campground, visitors mention proximity to hiking options. "There are hiking trails nearby and a little bakery next door. Would definitely recommend swinging by if you're in the area," shares Samuel L. Most trails in the area range from 1-3 miles with minimal elevation gain.

Fishing opportunities: Several campgrounds offer access to fishing spots where bass, catfish and crappie can be caught. Bouton Lake Campground features a small pond for casual fishing, while other sites connect to larger waterways. Local regulations require a Texas fishing license, available at sporting goods stores in Woodville or Jasper.

What campers like

Helpful campground hosts: Personal attention from knowledgeable staff enhances the camping experience. "The hosts are very welcoming and are knowledgeable of the area," explains one camper about Hoot Owl Campground. This provides visitors with insider tips on local conditions and attractions.

Natural surroundings: The pine forest setting creates a distinctive camping atmosphere. At Bouton Lake Campground, visitors appreciate the natural environment. "On a small pretty pond. Open field, large pines," notes camper Rick H. The ecosystem supports diverse wildlife viewing opportunities including woodpeckers, deer, and various songbirds.

Uncrowded camping: Many campgrounds in the area provide solitude and space. "Nobody else was there when I stayed," reports Monte W. about Bouton Lake Campground. This low-density camping allows for quiet experiences even during peak seasons, with weekday visits offering the most seclusion.

What you should know

Weather considerations: Summer heat and humidity can be challenging in East Texas. "It was July when I was there so it was pretty uncomfortable as far as temperature and it started to rain," shares Monte W. about camping at Bouton Lake. The most comfortable camping seasons are typically spring (March-May) and fall (September-November).

Limited facilities: Many sites offer minimal amenities requiring self-sufficiency. Po-Man Outdoor Collective R&R operates with a different approach than traditional campgrounds. "This property is maintained much like public lands, no campground feel here," explains reviewer Ashley F. Campers should bring water purification methods and adequate supplies.

Wildlife awareness: The East Texas forests contain various wildlife including insects. "Spiders galore here, fair warning," notes Bonnie C. about Angelina camping areas. Proper food storage in sealed containers, insect repellent, and regular site inspection helps manage encounters.

Tips for camping with families

Playground access: Some campgrounds feature recreational areas for children. Angelina camping areas provide these amenities: "Roads are paved, kids can roam, lots of trails and some playgrounds," mentions Bonnie C. These facilities offer structured activities between nature exploration.

Multiple accommodation options: Groups with varying camping preferences can find suitable arrangements. "Came here with a big group of family. They were in an RV, I stayed in a tent," explains Bonnie C. about her experience at Angelina. This flexibility accommodates different comfort levels within a single group.

Local food options: Unexpected dining opportunities exist near some campgrounds. Claiborne West Park and nearby camping areas provide access to local food establishments. The "little bakery" mentioned by Samuel L. near Hoot Owl Campground offers convenient refreshments without lengthy travel.

Tips from RVers

Office availability: Check operating hours before arrival as some park offices maintain limited schedules. "No signage for where to camp, roads closed as well as the office," warns Patrick B. about Claiborne West Park. Call ahead to confirm registration procedures and campsite availability.

Road conditions: Access roads to some camping areas may present challenges. "It was a bit of a drive on a dirt road but the road wasn't too bad," explains Monte W. about reaching Bouton Lake. RVers should research road conditions before attempting access, particularly after rainfall when sandy soil can become problematic.

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