Canoeing/Kayaking

Inez Spring Riverfront RV Park

On 24 acres along the Leon River just off Interstate 20 at Exit 343 in Eastland, Texas—in Eastland County on the rolling Cross Timbers landscape where the Leon River's spring-fed tributaries create the swimming holes, fishing access, and wooded riverside environment that the I-20 corridor between Fort Worth and Abilene has lacked in a quality campground until Inez Spring provided it—Inez Spring Riverfront RV Park offers 79 spacious RV sites including premium pull-through and cliff-side positions with full hookups and 30 and 50-amp service on big rig-friendly level gravel pads, 10 tent sites with picnic tables and fire rings near the spring-fed pool and the riverfront, a 250,000-gallon spring-fed pool open Memorial Day through Labor Day, direct Leon River access for kayaking and fishing, shaded picnic areas with BBQ grills, hiking trails, and wildlife viewing in a riverside park whose combination of spring pool and live river access makes it the most genuinely refreshing overnight on the I-20 Cross Timbers corridor. The spring-fed pool is 250,000 gallons. The river is at your doorstep. All 79 RV sites are full hookup with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer on level gravel pads—premium pull-through sites accommodate 40-foot coaches, and cliff-side positions provide the elevated Leon River view that the limestone bluff topography creates. The 10 tent sites, including three riverfront positions and eight near the spring-fed pool, provide the non-RV camping alternative with picnic tables, chairs, and fire rings at each site. The 250,000-gallon spring-fed pool—the park's centerpiece amenity—provides the cold, clear swimming that the Texas summer demands in a managed pool environment whose spring water source maintains temperatures that no outdoor pool heated by summer sun can replicate. The Leon River's kayaking and fishing access, the shaded picnic areas with BBQ grills, the hiking trails through the riverside woodland, and the wildlife viewing that the 24-acre property's riparian corridor enables extend the daily activity inventory beyond the pool and the hookup pad. Eastland sits in Eastland County on the Cross Timbers ecoregion's eastern edge, in the post oak, blackjack oak, and cedar landscape that transitions between the eastern Piney Woods and the western Palo Pinto and Callahan Divide's more open terrain. The Leon River drains the Callahan Divide's limestone watershed through Eastland County on its way to Proctor Lake—the Army Corps of Engineers impoundment on the Leon's lower reach provides the lake fishing and boating alternative that supplements the riverfront park's moving-water recreation. Cisco, 10 miles west on I-20, provides the daily service infrastructure and the Cisco Lake recreation area whose small lake and park facilities serve the eastern Eastland County community. Abilene, 60 miles west, offers the regional urban experience with the Frontier Texas living history museum, the Grace Museum's art and history collection, and the Abilene State Park's buffalo pasture and frontier recreation area. The Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, southeast of Strawn, will add to the regional recreation inventory when its development is complete. Inez Spring Riverfront RV Park operates year-round with the spring-fed pool operating Memorial Day through Labor Day in Eastland County's warm temperate climate. The spring and fall months provide the most comfortable conditions for the riverside hiking and the Leon River kayaking that the pool-season summer crowds thin during the shoulder period's quieter weeks. The winter months bring the migratory waterfowl to the Leon River corridor in the duck populations that east-central Texas river systems host from November through February. Reserve your site at Inez Spring and let the I-20 Exit 343 turnoff, the 250,000-gallon spring pool, and the Leon River's Cross Timbers riparian corridor deliver the riverside Texas overnight that the highway's billboard deserves.

from $34/night

Willow Beach RV Park & Marina

52 RV Sites, 7 Cabins, 3 Tent Sites

Willow Beach RV Park and Marina in Graford, Texas, offers 52 full-hookup RV sites, seven cabins, and three tent sites on Possum Kingdom Lake, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. A waterfront back-in 50-amp category joins pull-through and water-and-electric tiers, with a water park, mini-golf, and fitness center. Fifty-two sites run in back-in water-and-electric 50-amp, pull-thru 50-amp, and waterfront back-in 50-amp categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet. Confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer at the site. The waterfront category is the one to request. Seven cabins and three tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, firewood, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a beach supporting swimming, boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. Mini-golf, a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, and dog park fill the rest, with live music, wine and beer tasting nearby, and productive birding. Possum Kingdom's blue-green water and limestone bluffs give it a character no other north-central Texas reservoir matches. Possum Kingdom State Park is five miles, Hell's Gate eight, and Palo Pinto Mountains State Park twelve. Summer lake season drives demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $29/night