lake tawakoni state park

A great family outing for the family and kids loved going from camp site to site, and the story time was great

Lots of walking trails, nice facilities and good service. Really a nice park, to bad the lake is so far down. About the only good thing about the lake being down is that you have some really nice, firm soft sand to walk around on. We were also able to find some old Pepsi bottles from 50 years ago that had not been broken since they were under water, pretty cool actually.The campsites were pretty good as well, some really close together and some with a little bit more privacy. Better get reservations during the summer, I bet it fills up fast.But a park pass, support our parks! 5.00 entry fee..:>)

Nice fishing, great trails to walk. Staff is friendly and helpful. Get a park pass ands enjoy all the state parks.

I've visited many state parks in Texas and this is one of the newer ones, so the roads and facilities are better maintained than say Cedar Hill State park or one of the older ones. The campsites are wooded with a little privacy in between. Most people these days bring their RV's or travel trailers and go inside at night so it really doesn't matter. If you are a tent camper, you can expect to see tons of lights on at night. I don't know why RVers feel the need to light up their campsites like it's daytime and then go inside and shut their blinds, but they do. No need for flashlights here! And no campsites at all with a view of the lake.The trails are nice and well maintained. Great Geocaching in this park!The loop we were in had 46 campsites. There were only 4 unisex restrooms in the loop. So there was always a line. One group had 27 people in it (we counted). I think they were all sharing 2 sites. So it was really very crowded. Hundreds of people sharing 4 bathroom stalls.Both mornings well before dawn rangers rolled through with high powered flashlights, shining them into every vehicle and looking around the campsites. If they found an infraction (like no tag on the windshield or on the campsite post) they made sure to wake everyone up in the immediate area to get to the bottom of it. Very rude and disruptive. The girls at the front office though were quite the opposite.. Very friendly and helpful.So I would recommend the hiking trails and the day use areas quite highly. Camping is fine if you are in an RV. Tent campers should sites wisely. The sites are level and nice large tent pads. Very sandy though.

Nice paved roads and fish cleaning station. Great atmosphere. The only drawback is there are no campsites with a lake view.

We enjoyed the hike throughs the nature trails as did our small dog. Since we also have a motorhome we checked out the RV sites and would definitely camp there. Long pull throughs with all the hook ups you need, even sewer, which is unusual for most state parks. We were a bit disappointed that the National Parks Senior Pass we have didn't work in this park, however did get a senior pass for Texas parks for a reasonable fee. The park appears to be well maintained, the restrooms at the boat launch area were fairly clean, and we saw campers taking their dogs out for a stroll on leash. Overall a lovely park where we would definitely visit again.

We recently went to Lake Tawakoni State Park to camp and attend “Boo” in the park for my child. We arrived Friday night after the office was closed. Earlier that day, my husband called the park to ask if we could pick any campsite that was available when we arrived since we would be arriving after the park closed. The person at the park office said yes and that we could register the next morning. So we did just that set up the tents and unloaded all the camping gear. The next morning my husband went to the office to register and was told that we took the wrong site and we had to move. Apparently they assign sites at that park and you cannot choose your site. The site they assigned us to was a handicap site with no trees and no tent pad. We started packing up and the park ranger stopped to tell us that we needed to register and asked why we were in the wrong site. My husband tried to explain that he had just came from the office and we were moving into the site that they assigned us to. The ranger was very rude and kept interrupting and finally said to my husband so you’re telling me that you’re refusing to go to the office and register. I politely said No, sir. What he is saying is that he just went up there, but if we need to go again we will. So at that point we chose to get a refund and leave the park. We will not be going back to that park again. Also, all the bathrooms were filthy and disgusting. Most of Texas state parks restrooms are very well maintained. This state park was not. The campsites are all very close to each other so you do not have any privacy.

We mainly stayed there while attending First Monday Trade Days. There are FHUs as well as tent and W/E sites. There are full length concrete pads -- smooth & level! Lots of woods between sites. Also lots of boaters & fishermen -- but my son was surprised to find NO fishing docks! You can walk down to the muddy shoreline if you don't have a boat but it's less than ideal. Very quiet & non-busy park.

As soon as we arrived with our fifth wheel we were greeted by a park ranger, and we noticed for some reason this stare park is better taken care of, as well as more money spent on it than most we have been in, and we have visited a lot of them. Our particular site was big, and we had full hookup, but no grass. One of our next door neighbors didn't keep their dog on a leach, so that wasn't good when you have two nervous dogs and so thus a nervous owner. The park was packed, and everyone seemed to visit around more than some others. Didn't see many full timers who had been there for some time like in some parks. So it was a good experience.

Better than some parks I've visited. This park apparently has special appeal for the boater or fisherman (I am neither). The facility however was nice. Not a ton of camp sites. About 70 which is not a lot for a park of this size, I like that however and keeps it feeling cozy. The spaces were separated nicely and there were a good amount of trees around. We happened to be there when quite a few boy scout troops were there so an inordinate amount of kids were on each lot so it did make it a bit noisier than I think it normally would be (before they arrived it was very serene and I suspect that is likely the norm). If we were to go back we would take lot 18 or 22 if possible as they appear tucked back the furthest. We took all the trails and liked them a lot. Not very challenging but nice and scenic. Tons of wildflowers and some pretty sites of the lake at some points. We literally had the trails completely to ourselves and saw nobody on the trail the whole time. The bathrooms closest to the campsites are adequate. They are cleaned regularly and have 4 separate unisex bathrooms. If you want something nicer however you have to go up to the main park area where the restrooms are a bit nicer. Up in the main park area they have the boat ramp, a swimming area, a general store and an amphitheater for groups. The general store has wood for sale. If you need ice however that is at the front gate/ headquarters. I didn't understand why they weren't both located together. There were a lot of park rangers around and more than the normal amount of park hosts. They drove by a whole lot. The lake is down (like all the lakes in Texas) and we were told the fishing was still very good considering.