Sanford-Yake Campground — Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

We came in late at night and had no problem setting up our truck and camping. The sunrise over the lake was bueateful.

Highly recommend! Coming from the east coast. Florida to be exact. This is the type of place I dreamed of when decided to start doing this. The view is breathtaking. I arrived on a Sunday evening and it’s pretty empty. There are others. Someone told me it was packed over the weekend though. There are free dry spots and pay sites with water and electric. As well as tent only walk to sites. There isn’t much signage and the site I chose I wasn’t sure if it was day use only or not. A ranger did drive through and verified I was good. Basically anything with wheels needs to be on pavement or gravel. Website to reserve/pay is http://www.wrightonlakemeredith.com/

Only spent one night here, but the park was very nice. View was amazing overlooking the lake. Spaces were nicely spaced apart. I think we paid about $30 for water and electric.

A higher area camp ground, nearest the dam.
It does have pads for RV’s This is a scenic over look site. As in the other areas, each site has an awning with picnic table, fire ring.
Restrooms with showers available. And they are free.

We had a wonderful stay! Beautiful area, warm showers, flush toilets, cell service, and stayed at a free site! Would definitely stay again.

This campground has paid and free sites.
Free sites are dry camping with no hookups. Most of the free sites are gravel and not level.
Our site was on the cliff overlooking the lake and dam.
A shelter is in each site and we spent time using it to get outside.
We were here on a Friday and Saturday in September and there were quite a few campers. It was not full. Great place for a few days

Such a beautiful view of Lake Meredith! Quiet and lovely. Paved circle road and gravel areas too! Lots of places to view the lake.

We booked a paid spot for 6 nights. Paved 100% level spot with electric & water, fire pit, & picnic table. All paid spots are on the internal circle of the loop. You have to book the paid spots through Wright on the Lake Marina for $24 nightly. The free spaces are surrounding the entire outer loop. They have picnic tables, fire pits, & tables. Those are pretty much a free for all.

There are 4 bathrooms with showers that lock individually. Plenty of trash cans throughout, and the most stunning views of the lake! Drive down to Cedar Cove for beach access and boondocking on the water! Photos are a little skewed because NPS did not notify us that we were showing up during a scheduled burn. It only lasted the first couple of nights though!

West Texas winds are no joke. Our site was great, lot of sandburs so stay on roads. No sewer hookup for us. Great views. No nearby beach / water access except boat ramp / check in area.

This is probably one of our favorite places to come. The sites are really spaced out and very affordable. The views overlooking the lake are gorgeous.

We stayed 2 nights. Limited number of cement rv pads with water vand electric hook ups. Great lake marina with helpful staff. RV sites were serounded by dry weeds, thorns, dirt, rocks. We couldn't walk our dogs here. We would not stay again.

Great free site. Nice views of both the sunrise and sunset if you get the right spot. Sites very spaced out. Only complaint is it smelled like natural gas later in the night which worried me but then we figured out there were plants near by.

This is a free site and has showers. We camped snuggled between two hills to be protected somewhat from some mighty winds. The waves on Lake Merideth were cresting and spraying almost as large as I’ve seen on Lake Superior way up north. Near sunset, the wind died and we were treated to a wonderful sunset. The baths were heated and showers were hot… check for spider webs under the shower benches… one bath had ALot of spider webs there. We chose a somewhat spiderless shower/bath. Great for an overnight!

This spot in Lake Meredith is truly our very first boon docking experience and it has been wonderful. We stayed our first night on Thursday but plan to stay several days. Numerous sites are open. There are 10 reservable sites with electric and water. Other sites accommodate various size rigs. We have a 50’ rig and had no problems. We do not have hook ups. Very peaceful, beautiful sunset, sunrise and night sky. It can be windy at times.

I stopped first down the road but didn’t really care for the sites. Thank goodness, I then found this gem. Very peaceful, quiet despite the other campers. I highly recommend this place.

Stayed at this campground on the way to New Mexico from Dallas, it was completely painless. There were some RV hookups and an abundance of free spots to choose from. Covered picnic table, fire pit, and grill with a bathroom pretty close by. The views were incredible! Great view of the lake and the sunrise in the morning.

Firstly. Data is only on top of hill sites. Most of our providers worked for voice, even Cricket & ATT. Visible could do 5 meg. With positioned antenna, I managed to double this for Visible. Verizon proper was 80 meg. T-Mobile 5G hotspot not exactly a screamer.

Has dump station and fresh water station for Boondockers. Paid sites up to 50amp + water. Seems to fill up on weekends. No shade, so air conditioning worked hard.

On dam, so bring boat & other toys. Did not use facilities so no comment

Me and two friends stayed here for a night on our road trip out west. We had no idea what to expect and after driving for hours through flat farmland, we were shocked to see the beauty and the scale of the lake. The sites are right on the cliff sides, offering stunning views, especially at sunset. Sites are good distance from each other. One con was it was pretty windy all night, but that wasn’t a problem, just remember to bring stakes for your tent!

We spent one night here on our way from Indiana to Valley of the Gods. Plentiful spaces, few people, pet friendly, flush toilets and showers. The best part is that all sites - except for 10 RV hook up sites - are free!!!

The campground was okay. The sites are pretty close together but it wasn’t busy when we were there. Toilets & showers were clean and it’s awesome that the whole thing is free. BUT (!!!) people had mentioned before that it gets windy there. And it sure does. We couldn’t get any sleep because our the wind shook our roof top tent all night long. It was incredibly loud. There are no trees or structures that block the wind.

This place is free and has some sites with both water/hookups and some dry camping. The views are so sick and I had no idea Texas had spots to offer like this (Midwesterner here lol). Fun to watch the deer down by the shore. Cool lil trails and loved the sunrises here, I parked right on the edge. I was at a site with hookups for a few hours (self converted camper van but sometimes I just hook up to the 20a/put my batteries on trickle charger). Some lady w a fifth wheel came up and said I was in her spot tho I’m pretty sure she duped me bc it’s free/aren’t reservations lol. Didn’t put up a fight. No problem camping dry with a better view!! Will be back when traversing TX again.

Nice free campground with hot showers

We were traveling north to Colorado and just had to pay a visit ot Lake Merideth, Sandford Yates campground. What stunning views! The pad was level the price was right at $9 with our National Parks Access Pass. We only spent one night here but would have no issues going back for more! I have two different videos of this park on my YouTube... DudeRV.com

This area is GORGEOUS! The bathrooms are dated, but clean and well maintained. The park is excellent, and a total gem, especially when you consider that you can boondock, or pay for a site with hookups. I'd definitely recommend.

This was a good spot to stop on our road trip - easy to navigate to, easy to reserve, very level spots, hookups. But we probably won’t return. It was very windy, so I wouldn’t really want to tent camp here. The lake looked nice but it’s very flat so not as geologically interesting as our recent stops on Utah and New Mexico. Could smell the oil/gas industrial sites nearby at times, but overall I wouldn’t say it was a deal breaker.

Great place to stay a few days! Some spots because of the power are charged a fee but the rest of the spots are free and the best because there are in front of the cliff looking or the lake! There is not entry to lake lake. They have trash cans, restrooms, covered picnic tables, potable water, fire rings and grills.

Cliffside sites with great views of the lake, opposing cliffs, and the dam. Grill, picnic table and shade shelter at each site. Most sites are first-come, first-served. Plenty of space between sites, but not much privacy by way of trees/etc. Bathrooms and showers were clean and functioned well. Can get very windy in the evenings/overnight which make it loud and chilly in a tent. Cell service was pretty decent with Verizon.

We visited Lake Meredith recently with plans to camp at Sanford-Yake. There were many FREE sites available during the week. Each site has a shaded picnic area, grill, and fire pit. We were able to find a spot away from other campers and fairly close to the bathhouse. We tried to find a trail to the water, but the most distinct path had washed away once we got closer to the lake. After a couple of hours of sweating and nearly being blown away at the same time, we decided that this was not a good fit for us and tent camping. Not even the gorgeous views and bathhouse could keep us there. All but one of the other campers had RVs.

The bathhouse was nice. I liked that the toilet and shower were together which would make shower time easy for families.