lake whitney state park

This state park has camp sites and small cabins. It is kept clean and sits on beautiful Lake Whitney

Lake Whitney State Park has a piece of my heart. I love this place. We have camped here many times over the year. Beautiful place.

We camped here Labor Day Weekend with some friends and again after we picked up our new RV at the end of the month. This is a nice quiet park with a couple of hiking trails. The cleanest bathrooms I have EVER seen at a park. Only complaint is that the water pressure is so hard, the shower was almost an assault! It wasn't crowded, even Labor Day weekend. The swimming area is nice, but be warned: the water in this section churns up the red clay and it will stain your swimsuit.

We stopped by on our way to Dallas to get the state park geocache. I am so glad to see Lake Whitney have alittle more water than when we saw it 2 years ago. The park rangers were nice.

Fantastic lake for boating and swimming. Not crowded even on July 4th and 5th. Beautiful cliffs and clean clear water

We took our two dogs and visiting this state park just for the day. Hiked both trails and ate lunch at the first beach area. This park is VERY well kept and clean. We will bring our sons back next time to swim and hike.

This was the worst camping experience I've ever had in my life, and considering the amount of Texas State Parks there are, I would recommend going ANYWHERE but here. I'm a photographer and wanted to take some photographs of the May 23rd meteor shower (during memorial day weekend). I quickly made a reservation for a covered shelter for my group of 5 + dog for only one night. A friend and I got there around 5:30 PM, and the rest got there a short time later. After moving our bags into the covered shelter, we were sitting around the campfire and the members of our party who were of age were drinking beers. The park rangers pulled over at 6:30 PM to inform them of the public consumption and dog leash laws, which we were unaware of. We followed their instructions and the drinkers poured out their drinks and we put the dog on a leash. However, the rangers then decided that since we're young people (18-22), we were suspicious and proceeded to insist on an extensive search of ALL of our bags and cars until 9 PM (2.5 HOURS!), even interrogating me about an empty pill case keychain in my car that had residue in it from Tylenol. We had not done anything wrong and the extensive search was completely unnecessary - we were there to see the stars and weren't causing any trouble whatsoever. When we got there, we thought the shelter and the view were great, but being hassled and having mine and my friends' privacy violated by the rangers completely ruined the first and only trip I'll be taking there. The park rangers are out to get you for even the most innocuous violations, and I am appalled by the experience I had.

We stayed one night at this park, arriving early afternoon. The park is big, beautiful, lots of trees, sites on the lake if you want, grass at some sites, wildlife, and it was peaceful when we were there. Found a level pull-thru with nice views with water and electric. There is a lot of space between some of the sites, very forestry. Full hook-ups are available, but there were more campers there, so we opted to be by the water. Restrooms were clean with hot water. We stayed in Sunset Ridge Campground Loop, space 126. We saw deer and wild turkeys running around. We would definitely stay again. We travel in a motorhome with tow vehicle.

This was my first trip back to Whitney in 20 years and it was much better than my memories. We loved the screened shelters, spaced a good 100 to 200 feet apart proving privacy. Great view of the lake in units 8 and 9. We enjoyed the hiking, an easy mile, perfect for the grandkids. The staff were friendly and very helpful too!

Lake Whitney is a well managed state park. The trails are short, less than 3 miles, so perfect for kids 10 and under. Beautiful clean lake with lots of shore line. However, not exactly my idea of camping. Designed more like sleeping outside. Sites are close together with hardly any trees. Tent sites are lined one after so there is no real quiet, relaxing, wildlife watching opportunities. If you want a more woodsy feel, this is not the place.

A no-nonsense well managed State park with beautiful sunset views of Lake Whitney. We camped in a 36 foot motorhome in the electric & water only (full hookups an option in other areas of the Park) Sunset Ridge area in space number 130. It may be the best spot for an open view of the lake in this campsite, with space number 128 the best for a combo of shade and lake view. Both are right on the lake edge. We rode our own bikes and walked several of the provided trails. With all the mature live oak trees, it was smart that we brought our portable Dish satellite. Next time, we'll bring a boat! The grounds and restroom/showers are very clean. Plenty of Bluebonnet flowers already this mid-March. Picture perfect. There were several park ranger drive though visits, but they were not obtrusive and simply waived hello each time. We will return!

We just returned from a great camping weekend at Lake Whitney State Park. The park was outstanding with lots of camping loops spread around the shore of the lake. The drought in central Texas is clearly evident, as the lake is barely visible around the peninsula near the Horseshoe Camping Loop and Two Bridges Trail.A unique feature of this state park is the 2000 foot paved airstrip for small aircraft, located in the middle of the park. We only got to hear a single plane take off during the entire weekend. I was actually hoping to see more so my girls could watch them takeoff and land. Adjacent to the taxiway for the airstrip is an R/C airfield, as well. Park Road 47 makes a large loop around the airfield. The road is paved and in great condition. The traffic was light since cooler weather deterred many from the lake. The road was great for riding our bikes on and made a nice 3 mile loop for our rides. All of the camping loops extend from this park road, 8 in all, including 1 loop for day use and screen shelters.Horseshoe Camping Loop, with 51 pull through sites is the only loop with sewer hook-ups. This was where we camped. The sites were pretty level side to side and generally level front to back. I could see a few campers with maybe a lego block under one side of the camper, but most sites were sufficiently level without them. The loop is heavily treed around the perimeter with a wide open meadow in the middle. The park rangers were very helpful in helping us pick out a site for our camper. Some of the sites do vary quite a bit in length, and the rangers keep a detailed description of each site, including info on when shade is present, the existence of trees that could impede awning or slide deployment as well as overall length and width of the parking pad. All the sites have a concrete picnic table and benches. Some of the sites also have a metal shade structure over the picnic area. All sites also have a fire ring.Sunset Ridge Camping Loop is another popular choice for big rigs. Water and Electric are available on this loop, but no sewer. The sites in this loop had a great view of the lake, and as the name would imply, the sunset. This loop sits probably 10 feet or more above the lake on a ridge, so it is probably better for views than for lake access. Road Runner camping loop is the only other water and electric loop. The sites here are probably best suited for smaller trailers and pop-ups, but they might do in a pinch.There are two hiking loops at Lake Whitney State Park. The first is Two Bridges Trail, an interpretive hiking trail loop. This trail is just under one mile in length. The trail could have been better marked, but the path is worn enough to follow without too much trouble. It appears that MOST people have done well to keep to the trail, although there is a clear path that is unmarked that extends from the Group Hall to the lake shore. The second trail is Towash Forest Trail. This trail is designated as a hike and bike trail. I didn't get to check this loop out, but the map indicates it is just over 1 mile, and also makes a loop.As I mentioned, we really enjoyed this State Park. For us, the only real drawback was the distance. At about 2.5 hours away, it's quite a distance for a quick, weekend camping trip. Part of this is the fact that we live in the Austin area and are surrounded by fantastic state parks, many less than an hour away. For this trip, we were meeting family, who was coming down from north Texas, so this was pretty close to meeting the middle. If this park doesn't make it on our list as a regular favorite, it will only be because we are so spoiled by closer gems.

We stayed for a long weekend at Lake Whitney State Park and it was very nice. Early October and it was pretty busy. We stayed in our travel trailer in lot 130 and it was right on the lake. Many people swimming and fishing but we didn' t do either. We rode our mopeds through the park exploring all of it. If you have a trailer, 5 wheel, or bus the only area with sewers is Horseshoe campground. It us however quite a ways from the lake and that is the area which has the dump station for the entire park. The staff was excellent. We arrived on Friday and the ranger station wasn't busy....but by afternoon and all day Saturday it was wass to wall campers checking in.We will be back.

We stayed in the full hookup loop. Not very attractive and bathroom is very dated. It is also no where in sight of the water. But the services were good.There is another loop, I think it is called the Sunset Loop which has about 7 spots total. It is very close to a water entry and there is a boat ramp. This loop is much nicer. It has water and electricity, no sewer. But of course there is a dump site.The female park ranger we met was very nice and helpful when we checked in on August 30th, 2013.

When I looked up pictures of Lake Whitney I was excited to go, there were cliffs that you could jump off of into the semi clear water. When we got to the state park there was none of that. I probably should have researched it more. What is there is an average state park, it is clean and the people are friendly. The beach is a mixture of sand and red clay, the water has a reddish tent that is by no means clear at all. There was also no cliffs at all in the swimming area, or anywhere in the SP that I could find. If you live close by and want to go swimming, its a good place. Me we drove 2 hours to swim and I will not do that again. I will say that there was NO smell like there is at other lakes. For my time I will just go to Tyler State Park, clear water, and closer.