Website advertises a sandy beach cove. The park is more of a gravel pit with no sandy beach in site. The site also advertises shaded sites, but they trimmed the trees so high that they provide no shade. This resort is on a swampy, moss filled cove on Lake Texoma. We did not allow our kids to swim here due to the dangers. Showers and bathrooms were nasty. Sewage backed up on our 2nd day and they were not fixed by the end of the 3rd day. We were forced to use our travel trailer's bathroom. When we went to dump our tanks on our way out, the dump station was also backed up. There was feces and used toilet paper floating all over the place. We were very unhappy with our experience here. I rated it a 3 merely because of the reasonable price and it's NEAR good recreational facilities. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
We stayed one night at the Denison Dam site next to the river on the south side to visit with a dear friend who has been work kamping there for a while. Easy to locate, glad we got there mid afternoon to get a space as this is a small area. Enjoyed a lovely visit with our friend. I noticed late at night there were folks parked along the road next to river playing music and stuff making me feel a bit uneasy. Our friend said there had never been any problems. We do not camp in state or national parks that much so it was more us than the those parked by the water. The whole area is huge and interesting. Area we were in was very clean, tidy. Sewer dump was very clean also. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is a really nice state park. I have no idea for the older poor ratings. Asphalt pads, really long and easy to back into. We stayed in Bens Campground. Full hookups and easy satellite setup. Great view as the lake is on three sides. We would stay here again. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
I give this park a very low rating and would not even stay there as the campsites were too
close together and very hard to tell which site was available becuase there was no order to the sites that we saw and they were just very close. Absolutely no privacy whatsoever. We will not go back to this OK park. We traveled back to Texas just to stay in their State parks. Drove thru in Oct. 2003. Gave it a 3 just to give a liitle grace because I did not actually stay. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
There are 3 camp areas in the state park: Catfish Bay, Ben's, and Joe's. We stayed at Ben's. This area has full hook-ups, paved level sites, some shaded. The park has an 18 hole golf course, 4,000 foot airstrip, lodge with restaurant, nature center, full marina, and riding stable. Next to the park is an arcade with batting cages, putt-putt, and go-cart track. The lake is huge, and there are several sandy swimming areas, numerous boat ramps, and handicap accessible fishing docks. Fishing is great and guides are available at marina. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.