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Antique Capital RV Park

7 RV Sites

Antique Capital RV Park is a premier RV park in Gladewater, Texas, serving both short-term travelers and long-term guests. Located in the heart of East Texas near Longview, Tyler, and Kilgore, ACRV offers a clean, quiet, and welcoming setting with on-site management and amenities designed for comfortable stays. Guests enjoy full-hookup RV sites, spacious pull-throughs, a saltwater swimming pool, fishing pond, two dog parks, dog wash, laundry facilities, fitness center, resort-style private bathrooms, and an event center. Our premium long-term RV sites include hard-to-find features such as private fenced yards, storage buildings, carports, and covered RV sites. Gladewater is known as the Antique Capital of East Texas, with a historic downtown filled with antique shops, vintage finds, and small-town character. The area sits within the beautiful East Texas Piney Woods, where tall pine forests, mature hardwoods, rolling terrain, lakes, and rich red soil create a landscape that feels distinctly different from the wide-open image many people associate with Texas. The region is also shaped by the history of the East Texas Oil Field and is surrounded by some of the state's most scenic lakes and outdoor destinations. From antique shopping and small-town festivals to fishing, history, and exploring the Piney Woods, Gladewater offers an authentic East Texas experience. Whether you're visiting for a few nights, exploring the Antique Capital of East Texas, working in the Gladewater, Longview, Tyler, or Kilgore area, or looking for a quality long-term RV community, Antique Capital RV Park combines a convenient location, exceptional amenities, and a peaceful place to call home.

from $44/night

Island View RV Park

51 RV Sites

Island View RV Park in Jefferson, Texas, offers 51 full-hookup back-in RV sites on Lake O' the Pines, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet behind a gated entrance. A beach and direct lake access sit on an 18,700-acre reservoir in the East Texas Piney Woods. Fifty-one back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet. The 20-amp option suits smaller trailers and vans that do not need a full 50-amp pedestal, and the 50-foot capacity handles most mid-size coaches. A gated entrance controls access, which matters more than it sounds at a lakeside park where day traffic can otherwise wander through. Pets are welcome. The lake carries the recreation. A beach gives direct swimming access, with boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and paddle boarding from the shoreline and a pond on the property besides. Hiking and biking run from the grounds, and the dark sky over the reservoir makes for good stargazing and productive birding along the cypress-lined shore. Jefferson is one of East Texas's most historically layered communities. Antebellum architecture lines the streets, the town's nineteenth-century steamboat history still shapes its identity, and the cypress-draped waterways of the Big Cypress Bayou system have defined this corner of the Piney Woods since before the Texas Republic. The combination of an 18,700-acre reservoir and a genuine heritage town within minutes is unusual. The park serves guests whose visit splits between lake recreation and Jefferson's heritage tourism. Summer lake season and the town's festival calendar drive the heaviest demand — reserve ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $45/night

Stillwater RV Resort

149 RV Sites, 1 House

Stillwater RV Resort in Winona, Texas, offers 149 RV sites and a house rental across 92 acres of East Texas Piney Woods, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Waterfront premium back-in sites join premium, standard, and water-and-electric categories, alongside a saltwater lazy river, water park, and beach. One hundred forty-nine sites span back-in, back-in water-and-electric, premium back-in, premium pull-thru, pull-thru, and waterfront premium back-in categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with picnic tables. Confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer at the site. The waterfront premium sites are the ones to request. A house rental rounds out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. The saltwater aquatic complex is the signature — a lazy river, multiple pools, and a swim-up bar that function as a resort water park rather than a campground amenity. A fitness center, clubhouse, game room, pickleball, volleyball, horseshoes, golf cart rentals, biking, a lake, creek, beach, playground, and dog park fill the rest. Ninety-two acres just off I-20 between Tyler and Longview puts the resort at a scale most campgrounds in the region do not attempt. Summer drives the heaviest demand for a water resort, with spring and fall most comfortable in East Texas. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends.

Lake Murvaul Park & Marina

19 RV Sites, 5 Cabins

Lake Murvaul Park Marina in Carthage, Texas, provides a marina-equipped lakefront camping destination on Lake Murvaul in Panola County's East Texas Piney Woods, where a quiet 1,000-acre reservoir on Murvaul Bayou creates the protected boating, fishing, and swimming environment of a smaller East Texas lake without the boat traffic and commercial development that the larger East Texas reservoirs experience during peak summer season. Carthage's position as the Panola County seat and the birthplace of country music legend Tex Ritter—whose legacy the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame preserves in the county seat's museum complex—gives the Lake Murvaul area a cultural heritage dimension that distinguishes a visit to this corner of East Texas from pure lake recreation. The marina and campground's facility provides the complete lake access infrastructure for Murvaul's boating and fishing community: a marina, full hookup sites, a boat ramp, a pavilion, lake access for swimming and canoeing and kayaking in the reservoir's calm protected water, dining on site, playground, laundry, showers, bathrooms, and pet-friendly policies collectively serve the families and anglers whose Lake Murvaul stays center on the water's bass, catfish, and crappie fishing in the reservoir's timber and brush structure. The Wi-Fi and full hookup utilities provide the extended-stay infrastructure that the lake's fishing community values in the colder months when Lake Murvaul's catfish and crappie productivity peaks in the deeper water structure. Lake Murvaul's creation in 1958 on Murvaul Bayou in Panola County impounded a Piney Woods watershed of loblolly pine and mixed hardwood timber in a reservoir whose clear East Texas water and the surrounding timber company lands that limit shoreline development create the quiet lake character that small-lake fishing enthusiasts specifically seek out when the major East Texas reservoirs are crowded with recreational boaters on summer holiday weekends. The lake's timber and brush submerged structure from the original forest provides the crappie and largemouth bass habitat that sustains one of East Texas's more consistently productive smaller lake fisheries. Carthage, the Panola County seat approximately 8 miles from the lake, is home to the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame—a museum celebrating Panola County's remarkable contribution to country music history through native sons Tex Ritter, Jim Reeves, and Ricky Van Shelton in a county that has produced more country music recording artists than virtually any comparably sized rural county in the United States. The historic Panola County Courthouse and the downtown's commercial blocks reflect the timber and oil economy that built Carthage into the most prosperous small city in the Sabine River corridor's East Texas Piney Woods. Lake Murvaul Park Marina operates year-round in Panola County's mild East Texas climate, where the Gulf-influenced winter temperatures rarely drop below freezing for extended periods and allow the catfish and crappie fishing that Lake Murvaul's deeper structure sustains through December and February in the most productive cold-water fishing months. The spring bass spawn from February through April draws the tournament fishing community to Murvaul's protected structure, and the summer swimming and boating season brings the family recreation visitors who find Lake Murvaul's smaller scale and quieter character more appealing than the commercial intensity of the larger East Texas reservoirs on summer holiday weekends.

from $40/night

Jellystone Park™ Tyler

172 RV Sites, 99 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites, 3 Cottages, 1 Lodge

Jellystone Park Tyler in Texas offers 172 RV sites, 103 cabin, cottage, and lodge units, and four tent sites across 107 acres of Piney Woods, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Diamond Series and Platinum categories join a Water Zone, laser tag, and spa, open all year. One hundred seventy-two sites span premium back-in, preferred premium back-in, platinum back-in, and Diamond Series back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. The four-tier naming makes it easy to match site to budget. One hundred three cabins, cottages, and lodges and four tent sites round out an unusually deep lodging range. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The Water Zone anchors the summer, with an outdoor pool, water park, and splash features alongside. Laser tag, mini-golf, an arcade, jumping pillow, gem mining, craft room, spa, recreation center, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, and horseshoes fill the grounds, with a pond for fishing, walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, dog park, golf cart rentals, on-site dining, and a community fire pit besides. Pets are welcome. Tyler is the Rose Capital of America, and its municipal rose garden is the largest in the United States. Summer and spring rose season drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $60/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

Gods Country Resort

85 RV Sites, 7 Cabins, 11 Tent Sites, 1 Tipi, 2 Houses, 4 Wagons, 1 Lodge

God's Country Resort in Shreveport, Louisiana, offers 85 full-hookup RV sites, 10 cabin, house, and lodge units, 11 tent sites, and five tipis and wagons inside the Soda Lake Wildlife Management Area, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 105 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Covered and deluxe categories with covered picnic tables and swings join economy and extra-large tiers, alongside a lazy river, water park, marina, and casino. Eighty-five sites span back-in covered, back-in deluxe with covered picnic table and swing, back-in economy with picnic table, fire ring, and grill, and back-in extra-large categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 105 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. The covered sites and the deluxe tier with a swing are unusual touches, and 105 feet accommodates the longest coaches. Ten cabins, houses, and lodges, 11 tent sites, and five tipis and wagons make the lodging range exceptional. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The property is gated — call 318-309-4322 for an entry code before you arrive. A lazy river, water park, and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a marina, hot tub, disc golf course, jumping pillow, arcade, game room, golf cart rentals, playground, pavilion, dog park, casino, on-site dining, and a bar besides. Protected wildlife habitat minutes from Shreveport's riverfront casino district. Summer drives demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $40/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

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

Texas State Railroad Campground

55 RV Sites, 16 Tent Sites

Texas State Railroad Campground in Rusk, Texas, offers 55 full-hookup RV sites and 16 tent sites at the historic depot of the only state-owned heritage railroad in Texas, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. A splash pad, lake, clubhouse, and playground sit on a big-rig-friendly property in the East Texas Piney Woods. Fifty-five sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp in pull-through and group back-in configurations, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Sixteen tent sites cover simpler camping. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, and WiFi reaches the property. One vehicle is allowed per site; additional vehicles are $5 per night on arrival. On-site recreation suits families staying around the train schedule. A splash pad anchors the warm months, a lake on the property supports fishing, and walking trails, a playground, a clubhouse, and a pavilion fill out the grounds. Pets are welcome. The railroad is the reason most guests book. Its 25-mile steam and diesel excursion runs through the Piney Woods between Rusk and Palestine, and the campground sits at the Rusk depot, the eastern terminus — which means guests can walk to the platform rather than drive to it. The line was built in 1881 to haul lumber and supplies during the East Texas timber boom. In town, the Carnegie Library, the Museum for East Texas Culture, the Howard House Museum, and Veteran's Memorial Park are all close. Excursion schedules drive occupancy here. Check the train calendar first and book your site around it — running days fill well before quiet ones.

from $25/night

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

Wildwood Resort

Toledo Bend Reservoir straddles the Louisiana-Texas border for 185,000 acres of water that consistently ranks among the top bass fisheries in the United States, producing largemouth bass of a size and frequency that keeps professional anglers and recreational fishers returning season after season. Wildwood Resort occupies 40 acres of waterfront on the Louisiana side, offering lodging from full-hookup RV sites to cabins and multi-room lodges positioned to take full advantage of the reservoir's remarkable fishery and the dramatic piney-woods setting of Sabine County. The resort accommodates guests in two main configurations: 16 full-hookup RV sites with 30- and 50-amp electric service on back-in, 40-foot-friendly pads with security lighting, and 31 cabins and lodges ranging from intimate two-person retreats to large group units sleeping up to 24. The lodge options run from simple cabin accommodations to resort-style suites with full kitchens, making Wildwood a practical destination for fishing groups of any size. Three swimming pools serve guests during the warmer months, and a gift and tackle shop on the property handles last-minute gear and bait without requiring a drive to town. The fishing infrastructure at Wildwood is among the property's strongest attributes. A 300-foot fishing pier, lighted for night fishing and partially covered, extends from the shoreline into Toledo Bend's productive near-shore waters — an excellent option for guests who want consistent access without launching a boat. A private boat launch gives those with their own craft direct reservoir access, while three separate stocked ponds on the property provide catch-and-release fishing that doesn't require a Louisiana fishing license. Paddle boards, kayaks, and paddle bikes are available to all resort guests at no additional charge, making casual water exploration accessible regardless of whether guests brought a boat. Toledo Bend Family Adventure Park, directly across the road from the resort, adds a land-based entertainment component to the trip that extends the property's appeal well beyond fishing. The park includes water attractions, zip lines, and family activities that serve as natural afternoon programming after a morning on the water. Zwolle, the nearest town, is best known for the Tamale Fiesta, an annual October celebration of the area's Spanish and Adaes Indian heritage that has grown into one of the most distinctive local festivals in Louisiana, with tamale preparation competitions, music, and cultural programming. Bald eagles work the reservoir's edge in winter months, and the surrounding Sabine River country offers additional wildlife viewing throughout the year. Toledo Bend's bass fishing season never truly closes, but peak periods run February through May for pre-spawn and spawn activity and October through November in the fall feeding period. Summer fishing is productive in the early morning hours before heat sets in, and the resort's pools provide afternoon relief during the hottest weeks of July and August. The Tamale Fiesta weekend in October fills area lodging well in advance — book early if that event is on the itinerary. Winter is the season for bald eagle watching and quieter reservoir conditions, with cabin rates at their most accessible and fewer boats competing for the best water.