Full Disclosure: I haven’t been to all of these to test them out myself. This list is compiled from a Texas Camping Facebook group’s list of favorites.

Texas Waterfront Camping - Lakefront edition

If you’re anything like me, you love water (and trees). That tree part is probably a whole other list of campsites, but for the purposes of this blog post, let’s focus on water for today. What kind of water you ask? Does it matter? I love them all. I’ll take any RV camping spot as long as it’s on a lake, ocean, bay, river, or even a pond. There’s just something about adding water that takes camping to a different level for me. But for today, let’s just go with lakes because the list I got was overwhelmingly lakes.

When I saw a few different Facebook posts asking for waterfront campsite suggestions anywhere in Texas, I thought this would make the perfect blog post. Here’s what actual Texas campers shared with the group.

Texas Lakefront Campsites

Lake Mineral Wells State Park - Specifically Site 66 mentioned

100 Park Road 71
Mineral Wells, TX 76067

I know site 66 was mentioned, but this is 65 and it seems to have a better water view… if that’s your thing.

Wind Point Park on Lake Tawakoni

6553 St Park Road 55
Lone Oak, TX 75453

Lake Livingston State Park (Specifically Piney Shores loop Sites 53-71 mentioned)

300 Park Road 65
Livingston, TX 77351

Airport Park, Lake Waco

4600 Skeet Eason Rd. Waco, TX 76708

blog post from a recent stay at airport park in waco

Speegleville Park

3400 Over Flow Rd, Waco, TX 76712

Walleye RV Park on Lake Cypress Springs

County Rd SE 3122, Mt Vernon, TX 75457

Inks Lake State Park

3630 Park Road 4 West
Burnet, TX 78611

view of our campsite. Site 43. We only sort of fit in this site. Our 5th wheel is 39 ish feet.

blog post from a trip to inks lake state park

Lake Corpus Christi State Park

23194 Park Rd. 25
Mathis, TX 78368

Tyler State Park

The Boulders at lake Tyler

16822 McElroy Rd., Whitehouse, Texas

On the Lake RV Park in Onalaska

15152 US Hwy 190 West Onalaska, TX 77360

Hickory Creek on Lake Lewisville

1201 Point Vista Rd, Hickory Creek, TX

Martin Dies, Jr. State Park

634 Park Road 48 South
Jasper, TX 75951

Mill Creek Park, Sam Rayburn

Mill Creek Park Rd, Brookeland, TX 75931

The Vineyard in Grapevine

1501 N. Dooley Street, Grapevine, TX 76051

Pilot knoll Park, Lake Lewisville

218A Orchid Hill Rd.
Argyle, TX 76226

Brushy Creek campground, Lake O’ the Pines

2669 FM 726, Jefferson, TX 75657

Powell Park Resort and Marina, Lake Sam Rayburn

971 County Rd 459, Broaddus, TX 75929

Possum Kingdom State Park

3901 State Park Rd. 33
Caddo, TX 76429

Rockaway RV Park on Inks Lake

201 Co Rd 301, Burnet, TX 78611

Loyd Park

3401 Ragland Rd, Grand Prairie, TX 75052

Wolf Creek, Lake Livingston

21 Wolf Crk Pk Rd, Coldspring, TX 77331

Lake Bastrop South Shore Park

375 S Shore Rd, Bastrop, TX 78602

Looking back towards camp from the water

blog post from our most recent trip to Lake Bastrop

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We aren’t the “thou shalt not poop in the camper” kind of people (I mean, I didn’t pay what I did for a second home on wheels to not poop in my own toilet), but even I was curious about these bathrooms at Mother Neff State Park that every Texas camper on social media was raving about. Apparently they’re basically the Buc-ee’s of State Park bathrooms and you can find them southwest of Waco, Texas just outside a little town called McGregor.

Side Note: If you’re not from here and you don’t know what a Buc-ee’s is, may I suggest you stop at one if you ever come to Texas. It’s a gas station, yes, but it’s so much more than that. It’s one of those things you really can’t prepare someone for. They just have to experience it for themselves. A pee break will cost a minimum of $40 so just be prepared to be distracted by all the things and to go home with some of it.

So we decided to make Mother Neff State Park our January camping trip. I swear we didn’t choose it for the bathrooms, but rather for the availability, nice concrete parking pads, and full hookups. It’s also technically only 2 hours from the house, but in reality with traffic, weather, and bathroom breaks, it took us about 4 hours to get there. It may have been more actually, but I’m trying to forget that particular experience. It’s just lovely when you’re stuck in rush hour traffic on I35 in downtown Austin and your kid announces they really need to go to the bathroom.

Sorry y’all, but all this bathroom talk has me thinking it’s the perfect time to share what might be my favorite photo from the whole trip.

So were the bathrooms everything the internet promised?

It wasn’t until after we were hooked back up and ready to go home that I actually went in them and I’ve got to say, they are most definitely the nicest Texas State Park Bathrooms I have ever seen.

Would I still wear flip flops in the shower?

Yes, absolutely. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Did I take any pics?

No. That’s weird.

Mother Neff in a Nutshell

Clean, small, partially closed due to flooding, very nice campsites, full hookups, very easy to approaching moderate trails, great playgrounds, and overall just very kid friendly. There’s also a dog. Nobody lost him so don’t try to find his owner. He’s friendly and basically their mascot now.

Site Info

We stayed in site 15. It’s pretty private and backs up to those really nice bathrooms I was talking about. There’s a spacious crushed granite area with a picnic table and firepit and the parking pad was extra wide. I’d stay in that spot again, but I think we also want to try site 12 in the future. 12 is a really long pull through site that also looked pretty private. All sites have full hookups but some definitely seem more exposed than others. The in-laws stayed in 16 and I’d also recommend that one and site 14 as well.

Site 15. Firepit is just out of frame over to the left and you can kind of see the bathrooms through the trees.

The Trails

Let’s just be really real for a sec. This isn’t the kind of park we’re used to when it comes to scenery. The “scenic overlooks” were pretty anticlimactic (we legit had to look at the map to make sure we’d actually made it to the scenic overlook), but the upside is that the trails were super easy. The kids (age 4 and 6) had zero issues getting around and the only complaints while on the trails were regarding hunger (from Corbin obviously) and when we were going to get to the playground (both kids). About half the trails are pretty exposed and the other half are through treed areas.

The Playgrounds

We don’t go camping for the playgrounds, but I’ve got to admit, we love having them at parks. Mother Neff had two that were equally awesome in very different ways. The first was a Nature Playscape near the camping loop. I loved this concept which included a slide built into the hill, tic tac toe from wood, logs for climbing, and things of that nature. Get it? Nature, lol. The second was a regular ole old school playground which was just a couple minute walk from the other. This was my favorite for photographing the kids and is where most of my favorite photos from this trip came from.

What’s that noise?

It’s SpaceX. You can read about it over by the bathrooms, but I guess they do engine testing there. We actually didn’t experience anything other than a couple not so crazy booms, but it’s my understanding that if you’re not aware SpaceX is just right down the road, the booms can sometimes be quite alarming. It’s not like they’re keeping you up all night so it’s really not much of a bother, but something worth noting.

Other Pics From Our Stay

Have any questions about our experience at the park? Let me know.

-Monica