Harbor Bay — Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

Easy to pick a spot anywhere, although there are not too many spots. You can camp on the beach if your vehicle can handle it. Our 2WD van cannot. Lots of trash receptacles around (great!) but sadly, there was trash everywhere. Tons of tiny thorny thistle-like dry hidden clusters in the grass that stuck to our feet and hurt my pup’s paws.

It’s pretty good. It has picnic tables under awnings, fire rings, grills, bear proof trash cans and plenty of dumpsters all around. It does have a toilet. No shower.

It’s beautiful here. We are at the bottom of the lake and not at the cliff where most pictures are taken. We have a dog and it felt safer here. It’s very very windy, temperature swings Yand there is absolutely no reception. The connection of the Starlink is fair so if you have one you can go with that. Its a drive away into nothing but there is a Walmart 25 minutes away suprisingly.

FCFS 

FREE 

The boat ramp is open and great for "small" boats. Beautiful sunsets, picnic table, shade shelters, grills, trash cans, fire ring. There is no water, no flush toilets. This campground is more suited for tents but there is an area by the boat ramp where folks could boondock. 

Thank you Texas, you are amazing. 

LNT 

AIS Clean, Drain, Dry 

Travel safe

Nice, Clean and Free. There are two trails nearby. No potable water. Only pit toilets. They do however have picnic tables w/ roof/shade , fire ring pits and grills. Transhcans. Easy access to the water and a boat ramp. Pretty view. However, no potable water.

We camped at site 3 in Harbor Bay. HB3 is in a small loop off the main access road with a vault toilet nearby. The FREE campsite had two other sites close by but no one else was in either of the sites the night we camped. Each site has a covered picnic area, grill, and fire pit. We had a beautiful view of the lake and easily walked down to enjoy the sunset. Other visitors were swimming, but keep in mind that the lake here has muddy access and not a sandy beach.

We came on a Saturday morning were able to find a sweet single back down road ( which was not the best ) but we were fine in our Subaru , everything else in the area was packed in with campers and boats . Our site was small but we car camped and were great ! Great swim area enclosed by brush making nice private area. Major con is no trees for shade ! Free to camp though !!

Tucked into a low valley on the eastern shore of Lake Meredith, this campground offers tons of space for tent and small RV campers, with just a few sites that can accommodate a larger RV. There are several vault toilets and trash receptacles, but no drinking water – so plan accordingly. Sites are FREE and first-come, first-served.

The nearby boat launch is just down the hill, with a huge parking lot (our guess is that the lake gets BUSY in summer), offering some great fishing and water sport opportunities. There were a few hiking and mountain biking trails, more seemed to be on the less developed, western shore of the lake. 

The town of Fritch is less than 3 miles away with a few restaurants and a small grocery store and gas stations. Be sure to check the Alibates National Monument, just 10 miles south of town. It is super cool!