Boating

Big Bass RV Park & Boat Storage

80 RV Sites

Big Bass RV Park and Boat Storage in Yantis, Texas, offers 80 full-hookup RV sites on Lake Fork, with 30 and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 50 feet behind a gated entrance. Categories publish exact site dimensions — 45x12 back-in and 60x12 pull-through gravel sites, both with picnic tables — alongside a marina, boat ramp, boat rentals, and 32 enclosed boat storage units. Eighty sites run in 45x12 back-in 30/50-amp full hookup gravel and 60x12 pull-through 30/50-amp full hookup gravel categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with picnic tables. Publishing width and length by the foot removes every guess about whether your rig and slide-outs will fit. Accessible sites are available. A boutique shop, laundry, restrooms, showers, and 32 enclosed boat storage units handle the practical side. For weather warnings, the park map shows where to shelter — worth reviewing on arrival in East Texas. A marina, boat ramp, and boat rentals open the lake for boating, water sports, and fishing, with a pond, pavilion, walking trails, hiking, dog park, on-site dining, and productive birding filling the rest. A golf course and wine tasting are nearby. Lake Fork's reputation among bass anglers is outsized relative to its 27,000 acres — the reservoir has produced more Texas record largemouth than any other water body, and enclosed boat storage on site is exactly what that market wants. Spring bass season drives the sharpest demand. Reserve well ahead for tournament weekends.

from $30/night

Anchor Inn Marina and Resort

86 RV Sites, 4 Cabins, 3 Motel Rooms, 1 Mobile Home

Anchor Inn Marina and Resort in Quinlan, Texas, offers 86 RV sites and eight cabin, mobile home, and motel room units on 175 acres of Lake Tawakoni shoreline, with 30 and 50-amp electric service in standard and waterfront categories. Two boat ramps, a marina, fishing piers, and a fish cleaning station sit 50 miles east of Dallas. Eighty-six back-in sites run in standard and waterfront categories, carrying 30 and 50-amp electric — plan tank capacity accordingly, as the sites are electric rather than full hookup, and confirm water availability with the resort before you arrive. The waterfront category is the one to request. Eight cabins, mobile homes, and motel rooms round out the lodging, including seven lakefront cabins and 11 motel rooms. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The marina anchors the property, with two boat ramps, fishing piers, and a fish cleaning station opening the lake for boating, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. Walking trails and shaded RV sites fill the rest, with a state park nearby. Pets are welcome. One hundred seventy-five acres and two miles of shoreline make this a genuine lakefront resort rather than a campground with lake access, and the multi-element property serves anglers, boaters, families, and corporate retreat groups from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Lake Tawakoni's catfish reputation is among the strongest in Texas. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand from the metroplex, with spring and fall fishing strong. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends, and confirm hookup details for your rig when you book.

from $40 $35/night

Sunset Resort

83 RV Sites

Sunset Resort on Lake Tawakoni in Quinlan, Texas, offers 83 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet, behind a gated entrance an hour from Dallas. Waterfront back-in sites join premium and standard back-in and pull-through categories, with a boat ramp, fishing pier, outdoor pool, and general store. Eighty-three sites span standard back-in, standard pull-thru, premium back-in, premium pull-thru, and waterfront back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet. The waterfront back-in category is the one to request — lake frontage at the site rather than a walk away. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and a gated entrance handle the practical side. A boat ramp and fishing pier give direct lake access for boating and fishing, with an outdoor pool alongside. A pavilion, playground, and cabins fill the grounds, with a creek on the property and a state park and water park nearby. Pets are welcome. Lake Tawakoni is one of the largest and most productive reservoirs in northeast Texas — 36,700 acres on the Sabine River drainage with a catfish reputation strong enough to earn it the informal title of Catfish Capital of Texas. Quinlan sits in Hunt County between the Dallas-Fort Worth metro and the East Texas Piney Woods, an hour from downtown Dallas. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand from the metroplex, with spring and fall fishing strong and considerably easier availability. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends and holiday periods.

from $55/night

429 Marina & Resort

124 RV Sites

429 Marina and Resort in Quinlan, Texas, offers 124 full-hookup RV sites on Lake Tawakoni with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Deluxe and premium waterfront back-in categories join standard and pull-through sites, alongside a marina, outdoor pool, and on-site fishing guides. One hundred twenty-four sites span standard back-in, premium back-in, premium pull-through, premium waterfront back-in, and deluxe waterfront back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet. The waterfront tiers are the ones to request. Cabins round out the lodging. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, RV storage, and personal mailboxes handle the practical side. A marina gives direct lake access for boating, water sports, and swimming, with on-site fishing guides available — a genuine advantage on a lake this size. An outdoor pool, clubhouse, dog park, and biking fill the grounds, with planned activities through the season and wine and beer tasting nearby. Pets are welcome. Lake Tawakoni stretches 36,700 acres across Rains and Hunt Counties on the Sabine River drainage, and its blue, channel, and flathead catfish populations have earned it the informal title of Catfish Capital of Texas. Summer lake season and the spring and fall fishing runs drive demand. Reserve ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $40/night

Ladera RV Resort

41 RV Sites

On Loop 301 in Sulphur Springs, Texas—in Hopkins County in the northeastern Texas Piney Woods and Blackland Prairie transition where the historic downtown courthouse square, the Southwest Dairy Museum's agricultural heritage, Cooper Lake State Park's 19,000-acre reservoir, and the Lake Fork bass fishing corridor to the south create the deep East Texas rural landscape that the Dallas market's two-hour commute has turned into the weekend outdoor retreat that Hopkins County's quiet authenticity still provides—Ladera RV Resort delivers 105 full hookup sites on concrete pads with private designer RV slips, paved internal roads, a dog park, walking trails, on-site bar and dining, a catch-and-release fishing pond, community fire pits, and WiFi across 48 manicured acres that the resort's "boutique" designation describes through the private slip design and the landscaped grounds rather than through conventional campground infrastructure. Concrete pads. Designer slips. Cooper Lake is 11 miles north. The 105 full hookup sites on concrete pads—private designer slips with paved access roads on 48 groomed acres—deliver the boutique RV resort experience that the Sulphur Springs corridor has previously lacked at this design and infrastructure standard. The private-slip concept, which creates the visual separation and the outdoor living space that most RV parks forgo for density, positions each site with the intentional privacy that the boutique designation reflects in operational reality. The on-site bar and dining creates the social gathering point that the resort's design infrastructure centers on as the evening amenity, and the dog park, walking trails through the 48 acres, catch-and-release fishing pond, and community fire pits create the daily recreation and social activity that the boutique resort guest expects alongside the hookup standard. Sulphur Springs sits in Hopkins County on US-67 between Dallas and Texarkana, in the county seat community whose 1895 Hopkins County Courthouse—the ornate Renaissance Revival landmark on the downtown square—anchors the historic district that the Sulphur Springs downtown's independent restaurants, antique shops, and the renovated Carnegie Library serve. The Southwest Dairy Museum, adjacent to the CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital campus, preserves the heritage of Hopkins County's dairy farming culture—the region's milk and butter production and the cooperative dairy industry that Hopkins County's pastures sustained through the 20th century create the agricultural identity that the museum's equipment and artifact collection documents. Cooper Lake State Park, 11 miles north on FM-71, provides 19,000-acre Cooper Lake—the largest lake in northeast Texas—whose largemouth bass fishing, the South Sulphur Unit's camping and hiking on the lake's southern shore, and the Doctors Creek Unit's equestrian trails and boat ramps create the public outdoor recreation infrastructure that complements the Ladera's private boutique identity. Lake Fork, 30 miles south via US-69, provides the 27,690-acre reservoir that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has managed for trophy largemouth bass production—Lake Fork holds 58 of the top 100 largemouth bass ever caught in Texas—and the bass fishing tournament circuit that the lake sustains year-round. Ladera RV Resort operates year-round in Hopkins County's temperate northeastern Texas climate, with the spring and fall seasons providing the most comfortable outdoor conditions for the outdoor social and fire pit culture that the boutique resort's evening atmosphere depends on. Reserve your designer slip at Ladera and let the concrete pads, the on-site bar, and Cooper Lake's 19,000 acres make the Sulphur Springs boutique experience the northeast Texas weekend getaway that the Dallas market has been driving two hours to find.

from $55/night

Dallas NE Campground - An Open Road Resort Property

14 RV Sites, 8 Cabins, 1 Tent Site, 1 Cottage

Finding a campground that actually feels like a resort — not just a parking lot with hookups — within practical range of a major Texas city is harder than it sounds. Dallas NE Campground in Caddo Mills, operated by Open Road Resorts, solves that problem with a clean, thoughtfully equipped property that gives metropolitan Dallas campers a genuine outdoor escape without a three-hour drive. Located roughly 45 minutes east of downtown in Hunt County, this is the campground you come to when you want a proper amenity package, a fishing lake, and the practical advantage of easy city access on the same trip. The campground accommodates 105 full-hookup RV sites with water, sewer, and electric connections alongside 10 rustic cabins for guests who prefer lodging. Clean restroom and laundry facilities are maintained to a high standard throughout the property, and the retail store, propane fill station, and community fire pits handle the convenience-layer needs that make a stay work smoothly. The gated entry and attentive management create a security and cleanliness atmosphere that elevates the overall experience above typical highway-adjacent campgrounds. The amenity package covers the full spectrum of family outdoor recreation. A swimming pool with a splash pad provides warm-season cooling in the Texas summer heat. The 5-acre catch-and-release fishing lake is a genuine highlight — well-stocked, requiring no fishing license for campground guests, and located on the south side of the property with nearby picnic areas. A fitness center supports health-conscious travelers. A game room and playground entertain all ages through the less outdoors-oriented hours, and the dog park ensures that traveling pets are covered. Sports courts and dining options round out the daily comfort list. Lake Ray Hubbard — one of the Dallas area's premier recreational lakes — is about 20 minutes west of the campground, adding boating, water skiing, and additional fishing to the regional activity list. Lake Tawakoni State Park, a short drive east, offers shoreline hiking and access to one of East Texas's most distinctive lakes. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is fully accessible for day trips — from the Dallas Museum of Art and AT&T Stadium to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science and the vibrant Deep Ellum entertainment district. Dallas NE Campground is open year-round, and Texas's climate creates a long effective camping season stretching from early spring through late fall with relatively mild winters. Weekends fill quickly for this region's most popular family-camping destination, so planning ahead is worthwhile. Families visiting Dallas for sports events, family gatherings, or business travel will find it a practical and comfortable alternative to traditional hotel accommodations. Come for the fishing lake, stay for the splash pad, and use the strong highway access to make the most of the greater DFW region. Hunt County's growing wine trail and local farm markets add a distinctly Texan flavor to day trips from the campground.

from $40/night

Lake Hawkins RV Park

50 RV Sites, 2 Cabins

Lake Hawkins RV Park in Texas offers 50 full-hookup back-in RV sites and two cabins across about 55 acres on one of the clearest lakes in East Texas, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. A boat ramp, fishing pier, white-sand beach, and boat storage sit on 1,800 feet of shoreline. Fifty back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. A single back-in category keeps things simple, and every site gets a fire pit and picnic table. Two cabins round out the lodging. A general store, dump station, restrooms, showers, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. Check in at the main office during working hours or go directly to your assigned site; call the office if you need help after hours. A boat ramp, fishing pier, and nearly 700 feet of white-sand beach anchor the recreation, with boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, water sports, swimming, snorkeling, and fishing all on the water. Snorkeling is worth noting — the lake is spring-fed and clear enough to make it worthwhile, which is genuinely rare in East Texas. Walking trails, hiking, volleyball, a pavilion, and playground fill the grounds. Pets are welcome. The white sand and clear water give the property a distinctly coastal feel in the middle of the Piney Woods. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $30/night

Big Al's Barefoot Bay Marina and RV Resort

65 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 8 Tent Sites

Big Al's Barefoot Bay Marina and RV Resort in Pittsburg, Texas, offers 65 full-hookup RV sites, five cabins, and eight tent sites on Lake Bob Sandlin, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 120 feet. Lakefront back-in, Sanctuary back-in, Grand pull-through, and Trailhead categories join classic and convenient tiers, with a full marina, boat rentals, and on-site dining. Sixty-five sites span classic back-in, convenient pull-thru, Grand pull-thru, lakefront back-in, Sanctuary back-in, and Trailhead pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 120 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. One hundred twenty feet is among the most generous capacities anywhere, and the named categories tell you what you are getting. Five cabins and eight tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A refundable security deposit is required at check-in on all sites and cabins. The marina anchors the property, with boat docks, a boat ramp, boat rentals, and kayak rentals for boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, and swimming. A clubhouse, game room, arcade, billiards, horseshoes, golf cart rentals, a playground, pavilion, dog park, on-site dining, and a bar fill the rest, with live music and planned activities through the season. Lake Bob Sandlin is a 9,400-acre Corps reservoir with 120 miles of piney woods shoreline and a strong largemouth reputation. Summer and the spring bass season drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $16/night

Old Rooster Creek RV Park

Old Rooster Creek RV Park occupies a family-friendly property in Princeton, Texas—a rapidly growing Collin County community about 30 miles northeast of Dallas where the agricultural character of the Blackland Prairie is giving way to the suburban expansion driven by the DFW metropolitan area's relentless outward growth. The park's 52 covered RV sites, event barn, and combination of pet amenities and recreational infrastructure make it a practical choice for both Dallas-area weekend campers and interstate travelers moving through the US-380 and US-75 corridors in northeast Texas. Fifty-two sites—some with side yards with mature trees—provide full hookups with 30 and 50-amp electric service, water, sewer, and WiFi, all under covered structures that shade both the vehicles and the outdoor living space from the Texas summer sun. A fitness center, dog park, pet washing station, laundry, bathrooms, and boat storage handle the practical daily and trip-end needs. The park's 2,500-square-foot party barn with a full kitchen, covered patio, and restrooms accommodating up to 200 guests provides private event infrastructure that makes it a venue for reunions, celebrations, and group gatherings alongside the standard RV camping operation. A weekend flea market on Saturdays and Sundays generates on-site activity and browsing entertainment during the primary camping days. Princeton sits in Collin County on the US-380 corridor between McKinney and Greenville, in a landscape that has transitioned from the cotton and grain farming of the Blackland Prairie through several decades of accelerating residential and commercial development following the DFW metroplex's northeastern expansion. The city's rapid growth—one of the fastest-growing communities in Texas through the first quarter of the twenty-first century—reflects the same exurban pressure that has transformed Collin County from agricultural into one of the most economically active suburban counties in the United States. The park's location in this growth corridor gives it convenient access to the full DFW commercial infrastructure while maintaining the quieter, less congested character of a community still on the fringe of the metropolitan edge. Lake Lavon, a US Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the East Fork of the Trinity River, is the primary outdoor recreation draw within easy reach of the campground—a 21,400-acre lake in Collin and Rockwall counties that provides bass, crappie, catfish, and white bass fishing alongside the swimming beaches, boat ramps, and hiking trails of the Corps-managed Lavon Lake District parks. The lake's position in the Collin County exurban ring makes it the closest major lake recreation venue to the northeastern DFW suburbs, and the campground's position between the lake and the US-75 corridor makes Old Rooster Creek a natural staging point for Lavon Lake day trips from the Dallas area. Old Rooster Creek RV Park operates year-round in the north Texas climate where the Collin County spring and fall seasons—April through May and September through November—deliver the most comfortable outdoor conditions for camping, and summer heat from June through August makes the covered site structures and shaded outdoor spaces essential daily amenities. McKinney, one of Texas's most consistently ranked mid-size cities for livability, is about 15 miles northwest and provides the full commercial and cultural infrastructure of a rapidly developing Texas city with a preserved historic downtown square.

from $33/night

Shiloh on the Lake

71 RV Sites

Shiloh on the Lake in Malakoff, Texas, offers 71 full-hookup RV sites on Cedar Creek Lake with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Premium back-in, pull-in, and pull-through categories at both amperages join basic tiers, with boat docks, kayak rentals, a recreation center, and cabins. Seventy-one sites span basic back-in, basic pull-in, premium back-in, premium back-in 30-amp, premium pull-in, and premium pull-thru 30-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Every site gets a fire pit, picnic table, and BBQ pit, which is not a given at this price point. Cabins round out the lodging. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Boat docks and kayak rentals give direct lake access for boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and swimming. A recreation center, sports courts, volleyball, horseshoes, hiking, a playground, and dog park fill the grounds, with planned activities and productive birding along the shoreline. The property also operates as a wedding venue, which shapes its weekend character in the warmer months. Pets are welcome. Cedar Creek Lake covers 33,750 acres in Henderson County — one of the closest large reservoirs to the Dallas metro and a long-established weekend destination for East Texas fishing and boating. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand from Dallas. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends, and check the event calendar if you want a quiet stay.

from $55/night

Pine Gardens RV Park

12 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 3 Tent Sites

Pine Gardens RV Park occupies lakeside property in Tool, Texas, on the western shore of Cedar Creek Lake—a 35,000-acre reservoir in Henderson County that draws bass fishers, boaters, and summer campers from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in numbers that make it one of the most consistently busy recreational lakes in Texas. The park's position directly on the lake, with a boat ramp providing immediate water access, makes it a natural choice for visitors whose primary agenda involves time on the water rather than the amenity-heavy resort experience that characterizes some of the region's larger campground properties. Full hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service, water, and sewer accommodate RV campers, and the park's accommodation roster extends to cabins in multiple sizes, yurts sleeping up to four guests, and primitive tent sites for those who want the simplest possible camping experience on the lake. A swimming pool, playgrounds, coin laundry, showers, and a convenience store handle the daily practical needs. A meeting hall provides space for group gatherings and private events, and volleyball courts add a game option for afternoons when the lake is too windy for boating comfort. WiFi is available throughout the property. Cedar Creek Lake occupies a meandering reservoir basin in the cedar and post-oak landscape of Henderson and Kaufman counties, where the reservoir's irregular shoreline creates the coves, points, and submerged creek channels that largemouth bass use as structure and that experienced anglers learn to read as systematically as a topographic map. The lake is consistently rated among the top bass lakes in Texas and has produced numerous trophy catches—including some of the largest largemouth bass recorded in the state's modern fishing history—from the timber-studded flats and bluff-lined coves that characterize its less accessible arms. Crappie, white bass, and catfish fishing round out the species options across the full range of Cedar Creek's 320 miles of shoreline. The town of Tool sits in the southwestern Henderson County lake country alongside Mabank, Kemp, and the other small communities that developed as service centers for the Cedar Creek Lake recreation economy that emerged after the reservoir was completed in 1965. Athens, the Henderson County seat about 30 miles south, provides the full commercial infrastructure of a mid-size East Texas city alongside the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center—an aquarium and fishing complex operated by Texas Parks and Wildlife that is one of the better freshwater fish interpretation facilities in the South. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is approximately an hour northwest via US-175, making Cedar Creek Lake one of the most accessible major fishing lakes in the DFW regional radius. Pine Gardens RV Park operates year-round on Cedar Creek Lake, where bass fishing season peaks in spring (March through May) and fall (September and October) when water temperatures and spawning cycles drive maximum largemouth activity. Summer brings the boating and family camping demand that fills the lake's public ramps and private parks through Labor Day. The combination of a working boat ramp, multiple accommodation types, and lakeside proximity makes the park a practical choice for fishing-focused stays that benefit from immediate water access without driving to a launch facility each morning.

from $27/night

Flat Creek Marina and RV Camping

37 RV Sites, 2 Cabins

Flat Creek Marina and RV Camping in Chandler, Texas, provides a full marina-equipped waterfront camping destination on Cedar Creek Lake in Henderson County, combining boat docks, a marina, fishing guides, kayak rentals, and cabin rentals with a gated, full hookup RV park environment on one of East Texas's most popular reservoir fishing and boating destinations approximately 75 miles southeast of Dallas. The marina's comprehensive boating services—boat storage, boat ramp, boat docks, and the fishing guide operation that connects visiting anglers with local expertise—make Flat Creek a genuine fishing base camp as well as a recreational camping property for the lake-lifestyle visitors whose Cedar Creek Lake weekends center on the water. The marina and camping operation's facilities reflect the waterfront lifestyle of Cedar Creek Lake's boating community: a gated entrance, full hookup RV sites, cabin rentals, beach for swimming, golf cart rentals, kayak rentals, boat storage, boat ramp, boat docks, a marina, fishing guide services, a general store and snack bar, laundry, showers, dump station, and open year-round operations provide the complete infrastructure for both weekend boat owners and visiting anglers who want turnkey lake access without trailering their own equipment. Canoeing, kayaking, and paddling on the lake's protected cove areas supplement the motorized boating activity, and the stargazing and bird and wildlife watching in the lake's natural shoreline add natural recreation dimensions. Cedar Creek Lake's Chandler area on the reservoir's southern arm provides some of the most sheltered and least boat-trafficked cove fishing habitat on the lake, where the creek arms and timber structure that form the southern lake's underwater framework sustain largemouth bass populations in the shallower habitat that smaller boats can access without the open-water exposure of the main lake body. The fishing guide operation's local knowledge of the Chandler arm's productive bass and crappie locations gives visiting anglers the competitive advantage that distinguishes a guided lake trip from independent exploration on a 33,000-acre reservoir whose productive zones are not obvious to first-time visitors. The Cedar Creek Lake corridor between Mabank, Gun Barrel City, and the surrounding lake communities has developed a commercial infrastructure of marinas, restaurants, and vacation properties that serves the large weekend and seasonal population of Dallas-Fort Worth lake house owners who account for the majority of Cedar Creek Lake's recreational usage. The wine and beer tasting venues in the surrounding East Texas counties and the golf courses accessible from the lake area extend the recreational options beyond the water for guests whose lake visits include upland recreation alongside the fishing and boating that define the property's primary identity. Flat Creek Marina and RV Camping operates year-round on Cedar Creek Lake, with the spring bass spawning season from February through May and the summer family boating and swimming season together representing the two most active demand windows on a lake that maintains meaningful fishing productivity in every month of the year. The Chandler area's year-round mild climate—Cedar Creek Lake rarely experiences the freezing conditions that close northern lake marinas—sustains open boat ramp and dock operations throughout the winter fishing season that attracts the most dedicated bass anglers to the lake's structure fishing in the cold-water period. Reservations for summer holiday weekends and the spring bass tournament season are recommended.

from $26/night