Rocky Creek (Somerville Lake)

Rocky Creek ACE in TX: We just stayed over one night. Folks relaxing and fishing.
(Scale 1- bad, 5-Very good

(71 yr olds in 17’ trailer.)

Overall Rating: 4 Price 2023: $ 14w interagency pass Security: Yes Site Privacy: No Site Spacing: Good Pad surface: Blacktop Reservations: Yes Campground Noise: Quiet. Outside Road Noise: No Through Traffic in campground: None Electric Hookup: Yes Sewer Hookup: No Dump Station: Yes Potable Water Available: Yes Bathroom: Very nice ones Showers: Very nice Cell Service (AT&T): Okay Sites: I took pics of some nice sites. Nice park

Nice COE park on a lake. Beautiful views, but lots of fire ants.

Low tree branches just after the gate. Scratched the sides of our rig (full body paint). Some lower tree branches on corners. Use caution with a rig greater than 12’ high around corners.

Campsites are in great condition. The lake is very very low. Lots of deer. But don’t try to get in early. They are very strict and won’t allow any check ins until after 2:00 pm.

This campground has reopened recently after sustaining some serious flood damage after Harvey and other storms in the past few years. A number of lakefront sites have been permanently closed, but a couple of RV loops are reopened and the park isn’t in too bad of shape. There isn’t a ton to do if you don’t have your own boat, but it’s a relaxing spot even though pretty crowded on weekends.

Enjoyed the Deer, trails, and wildlife. The dump station on the wrong side of the road was a surprise.

This is a wonderful very well maintained Corp of Engineers campground on Lake Somerville. RV sites are level with plenty of spacing, lots of people tent camping. Sites have water and electric and there is a dump station. Clean bathrooms, well maintained trails and miles of accessible shoreline. Great AT&T and 2 bars T-Mobile reception. Some areas are closed because of previous flooding. Tons of deer wandering around every evening. Highly recommend for a relaxing place to stay.

We had a great lake front site. The sites are long and most are wide. Fairly level Granite gravel sites, with grassy areas between sites.

Type of Park: COE 

Check In: 3p Check Out: 2p 

Site#144- Back-In

💲28 per night

• Water

• 20/30/50 amp- pedestal looks pretty new

• Grill- good condition

• Fire Ring with flip over grate

• Metal mesh picnic table with cover, far enough away so awnings came out fully

• Site Pad: Level, crushed granite. Slopes up at the roadside.

👍🏻 Pros:

• On the shore of the lake facing west

• Trees for some shade• Covered picnic table

• Close to restrooms/showers

• Plenty of room between sites

• This site is aligned perfectly. Sit at the picnic table and watch the sun go down between the trees

• Extra parking area across from site(mostly unused and starting to grow up)

👎🏻 Cons:

• No sewer hookups

• Site slopes off steep on edge of site. Watch small children

• Some of the trees around the site have been cut down. They still show on Google maps though.

• Watch for ants

📝 Park Notes:

• Gates closed and locked from 10p to 6p- can get out, but not back in

• 2 Dump Stations- the one closest to the entry gate has you facing into the park

• Restrooms/ Showers

• Playground

• 3 miles of Nature Trails

• Boat ramp is closed- under reconstruction

• Group shelter for rent

• Lots of dumpsters throughout the park

• Sites on the east side of this loop are closer together

• 60s-90s loop was pretty full

• There are Munzees and a Geocache here

🐦 Wildlife:

• Birds: Cardinals, Mockingbirds, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets

• Quite a few deer

I recently went on a camping trip solo (minus the hubby) with my old-man dog here. We tent camped at site #177. This is a beautiful park on a beautiful lake! Here are some of the pros: friendly couple at check-in/entrance shack, friendly rangers driving around checking on folks, deer everywhere(!), beautiful lake view, well-maintained grounds, good shade trees, trash dumpsters within walking distance, electricity/water hookups worked great, picnic table/fire ring/grill, gorgeous sunsets(!), very quiet at night, cute and clean little beach/swim area to hang out in. The cons for me were: getting to the water from my site was not as direct as it looked on the map, circular bricks with holes on the shore were not dog friendly (not human leg friendly either), bathrooms/showers were closed in our area/circle due to Covid-19. I would ABSOLUTELY return to this park!! 

I really appreciated the hospitality shown here! They recognized that I was a lone female (but a very confident/independent one) with an old man-dog and, respectfully, went out of their way to make sure that we were okay!