Best Glamping near Whitney Lake

Glamping Reviews near Whitney Lake

256 Reviews of 27 Whitney Lake Campgrounds

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  Napunani

  Legend

  Oct. 17, 2020

  Lake Whitney State Park Campground

  Quiet

  We made reservations 92 days prior to arriving Thursday of the Columbus Day weekend for Horseshoe Loop full-hook-up site, which is a nice elm tree grove. With the Texas State Park Pass, we paid$21/nightly. Our spacious pull-thru site was partially shaded, but there is no vegetation between sites in this loop, so not one site had any privacy from another. Site surface was mostly gravel from deteriorating asphalt. Our site had a deteriorating concrete picnic table on a concrete slab and a fire pit with a grilling grate. There is a possibility that trees make could make site access difficult to deploy slide outs. We witness larger rigs getting creative with pulling into their site because of close trees. Quiet campground with no highway noise. There is no gate closure overnight. This is an excellent dark sky campground, but unfortunately during our stay surrounding campers had excessive outdoor lighting illuminated throughout their site most of the night, which inhibited good star glazing and Draconid meteor shower viewing. Shower/toilet facilities for this loop were clean, but heavily worn and not ADA compliant. Besides a small step into the structure, the women’s had 3 equally sized toilet stalls and 2 equally sized shower stalls neither with any safety grab bars. There are no sites in this loop that are lake front. A few sites can just see the lake from a distance. Trash dumpsters are placed on roadway edge making safe rig egress tricky. AT&T 1 bar coverage in this campground loop. No wildlife sightings during our 4 night stay. Campfire wood available for sale from“lockers” at the Park Headquarters building. Closest restaurants, fuel stations and grocery stores in Whitney and Hillsboro. Waco is 40 miles southeast.

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  Napunani

  Legend

  Mar. 24, 2021

  Airport Park - Waco Lake

  Filthy women’s restroom

  This park is a short drive to all of Waco attractions including the famous Silos. We stayed Friday and Saturday nights. 

  Pros:

  • Very friendly gate attendant

  • Extremely quiet park except for arriving/departing aircraft at Waco Regional Airport

  • Great view of the lake as trees/shrubs are minimal

  • Clean campsite

  • Very clean campfire pit

  • Most sites had a nice distance from neighbor sites

  • Crushed granite surrounds the site’s asphalt parking pad so no muddy mess after rain

  • Pedestal BBQ grill, fire pit with grilling grate and aluminum picnic table at each site

  • Some sites had aluminum roof pavilion over picnic table

  • Some sites had lantern pole

  • Park roadways in good condition

  • Entrance gate locked at 10pm

  • Plenty of TP in women’s restroom

  • 4 bar signal AT&T 

  Cons:

  • Filthy women’s restroom. Human feces on floor. Two of the three stalls locked for days. One remaining stall the door would not close and latch. Sign posted on door that restrooms were cleaned Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, but the human feces were on the floor Friday night, Saturday all day and Sunday morning. Exterior door would not close completely.

  • No water to sinks in women’s restroom

  • No soap dispenser and no hand dryer in women’s restroom

  • Men’s restroom door locked Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning

  • Exterior door to one shower room was unable to be closed

  • Extremely low water pressure to campsite

  • No site privacy due to minimal trees/brush throughout the park

  • Low hanging tree branches over roadway and campsite pad

  • Our campsite pedestal BBQ grill was extremely corroded

  • No wildlife sightings- not even a squirrel

  • NOT A DARK SKY FRIENDLY CAMPGROUND! Boat launch lights across the cove lit up most of the campground. Large lights on the toilet/shower building that made it nearly as bright as daylight!

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  Doug D.

  Scout

  Dec. 28, 2020

  Meridian State Park Campground

  Meridian State Park

  Wish they would change the name to Meridian State Park instead of just Meridian on here.  Very nice, small, peaceful park.  There are 8 pull thru sites with full hookups, including 50 amp.  We were in on site 6.  Fairly level, but not much room to put a rug out.  They had 5 big rocks out to keep people from parking to close to the site.  Very close to the bathroom and shower room.  Very clean.  Right next to Park Office.  Lake was only 5 minute walk or minute drive.  Excellent swimming area  with picnic tables and grills.  Did not get a chance to fish there but heard it is very good.  Very quiet park.

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  Danielle R.

  Guide

  Sep. 15, 2016

  North Texas Jellystone

  Fun for all!!!

  We stopped by for the night after visiting the state park to meet up with some friends and I'm so glad we took the detour! The site was a little tight. We had one close to the cabins that you can rent and there was just enough room for all our vehicles and tents but not much more. There was the usual picnic table and fire pit. There was a communal spigot for water which is fine. Its more often a luxury for each site to have their own so I wasn't expecting that in this tent spot. but the campground was a different world. Yogi bear's world really.. My friends kids had a blast. There were scheduled activities all day long and the guys were able to go fishing in the nearby lake. We all had a blast. I would go back in a heart beat.

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  Katie P.

  Scout

  Mar. 17, 2017

  Lake Whitney State Park Campground

  A nice little getaway

  My husband and I desperately needed a getaway from our every day lives. We live in Cleburne so Whitney wasn't too far away and we were attracted to the lake's peaceful atmosphere. We arrived around 4:00 on Sunday afternoon, March 13th, got checked in quickly by the friendly staff and got to pick a lovely campsite right on the water. Our campground was water only but that's all we needed. We wished the water spigot was on our site but instead it was located in between ours and the site next to us. That was okay though we didn't need it too often with our trip being so short. There was a lot of rocks on our site...not much grass or dirt, but the view was worth it to me. Restrooms were reasonably close and stayed stocked with soap and toilet paper. Quiet hours were honored which was nice as there were many families camping during our stay. We hiked the Two Bridges Trail and was a nice little trail...clean and easy for us to navigate. We left on the morning of the 15th and had no trouble checking out. Overall, we really enjoyed our trip and look forward to visiting again!

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  Napunani

  Legend

  Apr. 19, 2022

  Airport Park - Waco Lake

  Lots of Aircraft Noise - Bring Ear Plugs!

  Pros 

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

  Friendly gate attendant 

  Level asphalt site surrounded by crushed granite 

  Grass neatly mowed throughout campground 

  Large aluminum picnic table that is moveable from site concrete pad

  BBQ grill, metal fire pit and lantern pole 

  Night sky friendly. No street lights 

  Spacious-space between each site but no privacy due to lack of vegetation 

  Very quiet Sunday thru Wednesday nights except for Waco airport aircraft approach and Space X rocket testing 

  Entrance gate locked 10pm-6am. Exit only permitted 

  Clean toilets and showers 

  Plenty of TP in restrooms 

  Trash can in toilet/shower facility 

  Sufficient trash dumpsters throughout park 

  Deer sightings at Park entrance only 

  2 LTE Verizon bars signal 

  Cons 

  Exterior restroom doors desperately need repaired. Have to move rock away from door to gain access. 

  Sewer connection at rear of parking pad. Bring the looooong stinky slinky! 

  Waco airport aircraft departing/arriving as early as 6am and as late as 11pm. One night we counted aircraft performing touch and go manuvers 42 times. Approach was directly over our campsite. 

  No patrolling host or ranger 

  No soap or hand towels in toilet facility 

  No playground, basketball or tennis or volleyball courts 

  No lake swimming area 

  No park WIFI 

  No hiking trails

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  Elise W.

  Scout

  Jul. 28, 2020

  Loyd Park

  Loved the tent sites

  We found this place when our other reservation got messed up, but boy am I glad we did! The tent sites have water and electric at each site. Sites feel secluded and spread out and our was covered by trees so the shade was great!

  There was a little litter around the campsite but my son and I tired to clean up as mush as we could before we left.

  There was a covered picnic table, fire pit, and grill, and lots of nails on the picnic covering table (although they are up really high, so if you’re short it’s hard to get to them).

  We plan on going back and taking advantage of the hiking trails and swimming spot!

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  Veronica S.

  Guide

  Jan. 5, 2022

  Dinosaur Valley State Park Campground

  Walk-in campsite with nearby amenities

  Stayed in the South Primative Camping Area, site 1. It was my first time doing a walk in campsite. While it is a relatively quick walk to the site from the parking lot, you should bring a folding wagon if you aren't traveling with backpacker gear. The site is large, with a lantern post (which I used as a hitch to secure my dog and as a bike rack), area for 2-3 tents, a fire pit with a bark-free log seat, and a picnic table. I found that the 2 trees in the center of the site are almost perfectly spaced for a hammock.

  I chose this spot so that I could avoid the hustle and bustle of a regular campsite, and also because my dog barks a lot at people walking past the tent. Unfortunately, one of the major trails goes right past the site, so I had my fair share of barking. I think this problem might be alleviated on its own when it isn't the middle of winter, as there appears to be a significant amount of foliage.

  With regards to nearby facilities - there is a trash can right across from the site on the main trail, and there is a port a potty behind the campsite, which appears to be part of the horseback riding trail.

  Despite how excellently arranged this site is, I was alarmed to see how dirty other campers had left it. Site 1 had trash everywhere including broken glass and cigarette butts.

  Trash aside, this is a wonderful campsite.

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  Chris K.

  Guide

  Sep. 4, 2018

  Thousand Trails Lake Whitney

  A Campground for full time RV..ers

  • Sites are first come first serve - there is no holding sites especially if you are going as a group
  • No open fires - only propane or charcoal
  • Bathrooms were nice, clean and air conditioned...definitely a couple of notches above the Texas State Parks   
  • No wildlife here...just the human kind
  • Nice shady sites but not a lot of elbow room (pretty cramped)
  • Take lots of allergy medicine if you are allergic to Red Cedar
  • 30 AMP sites with full hook ups
  • A lot of kids activities - water melon eating contest, face painting, etc.
  • Could see a lot of stars in the night sky
  • Don't hang anything from the trees..will get in trouble
  • No place to hang a garbage bag outside
  • Overflowing trash dumpsters
  • Propane filling station on the campground property
  • Cell service with T-Mobile was sparse. Verizon seemed to work fine.

  We got a free Thousand Trails membership from the dealership when we purchased our new camper so we decided to use it for Labor Day at Lake Whitney RV Campgrounds. We went with our camping buddies (theDyrt Ranger Jenny S and family) who also pulled their camper. The sites are first come first serve and there is no holding sites, so if you go as a group finding sites that are together is tough (several sites were bagged and not usable).  We picked Sites #6 and #83 on Loop B. Luckily these sites back up to each other and the kids could roam between the two sites. The sites were 30 AMPs with full hooks up and that part was nice. Didn't have to watch tank levels every time someone (kids) flushed. 

  The campsites were pretty shady with red cedar trees which created havoc with my son's allergies. Poor kid was stuffed up the entire time we were there. The sites were pretty cramped, we were not able to extend our awning without hitting the tree branches. The road inside the campground is pretty beat up with lot of bumps. The amenities were nice - a family swimming pool, shuffleboard, washers, putt-putt golf. The campgrounds had several activities for Labor Day such as a water melon eating contest, frozen T-shirt contest which kept the kids entertained.

  Don't hang anything on the trees. We had some LED light up and the park ranger had us take it down.  Was actually a little harsh about it. Following that encounter we took down the clothesline that we strung up to dry our swimming suits and wet towels. No place to hang a garbage bag either.

  Politeness in customer service was hit or miss.

  Our stay was free because of the Thousand Trails membership but otherwise each site goes for about $45/night. I'll do it again for free, if I have to pay...I will go down the street at Lake Whitney State Park for $25 with full hookups.

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