Texas campgrounds: how hard are they to book?
We track 64 reservable Texas campgrounds on Recreation.gov. Across the 5 measured so far, an average of 60% of weekend (Friday and Saturday night) site-nights in the next 90 days are already reserved, and 2 rate Hard or Very hard. The toughest right now is Chisos Basin Campground (Big Bend, Tx).
| Campground | Difficulty | Weekends booked | Open dates (30d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chisos Basin Campground (Big Bend, Tx) Big Bend National Park | Very hard | 99% | 13 |
| Rio Grande Village (Big Bend, Tx) Big Bend National Park | Hard | 83% | 18 |
| Hickory Creek (Tx) Lewisville Lake | Easy | 52% | 27 |
| Airport Park Waco Lake | Easy | 42% | 30 |
| Potters Creek Park Canyon Lake | Easy | 23% | 30 |
| Jim Hogg Park Georgetown Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | 0 |
| Big Bend Backcountry Camping Big Bend National Park | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Pine Springs Campground Guadalupe Mountains National Park | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Holiday (Texas) Benbrook Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Cedar Breaks Park Georgetown Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Cagle Recreation Area National Forests and Grasslands in Texas | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Rocky Point(Wright Patman Dam) Wright Patman Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Cedar Ridge (Tx) Belton Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Clear Springs (Tx) Wright Patman Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Live Oak Ridge Belton Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Rocky Creek (Somerville Lake) Somerville Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Lakeside (Tx) Hords Creek Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Midway Waco Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Sandy Creek Steinhagen Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Yegua Creek Somerville Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Liberty Hill (Navarro Mills Lake) Navarro Mills Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Cranes Mill Park Canyon Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Johnson Creek Camp Lake O' the Pines | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Buckhorn Creek Lake O' the Pines | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Brushy Creek Lake O' the Pines | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Wilson H Fox Granger Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Speegleville Park Waco Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Cottonwood (Big Bend, Tx) Big Bend National Park | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Mill Creek (Texas) Sam Rayburn Reservoir | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Lofers Bend West Whitney Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Oak (Navarro Mills Lake) Navarro Mills Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| East Fork (Tx) Lavon Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Magnolia Ridge Steinhagen Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Mccown Valley Whitney Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Double Lake Recreation Area National Forests and Grasslands in Texas | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area National Forests and Grasslands in Texas | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Hanks Creek Sam Rayburn Reservoir | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Juniper Point Lake Texoma | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Copperas Creek Proctor Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Twin Dikes Sam Rayburn Reservoir | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Union Grove Stillhouse Hollow Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Lavonia Lavon Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| High View Bardwell Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Sanders Cove Pat Mayse Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Alley Creek Camp Lake O' the Pines | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Sowell Creek Proctor Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Willis Creek Granger Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Rayburn Sam Rayburn Reservoir | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Cedron Creek Whitney Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| San Augustine Sam Rayburn Reservoir | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Kimball Bend Park Whitney Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Westcliff Belton Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Pat Mayse West Pat Mayse Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Mott Bardwell Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Ebenezer Park Sam Rayburn Reservoir | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Plowman Creek Whitney Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Malden Lake Campground Wright Patman Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Dana Peak Stillhouse Hollow Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Clear Lake (Tx) Lavon Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Piney Point Wright Patman Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Lofers Bend East Whitney Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Reynolds Creek Waco Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| White Flint Park Belton Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
| Russell Park Georgetown Lake | Not measured yet | n/a | n/a |
Sorted by difficulty score. Snapshot data; history accumulates daily. Methodology.