Huntsville Texas State Park

Here’s another a beautiful place to take your travel trailer; Huntsville Texas State Park. January is a great time to be camping in Texas!

One thing I really think Texas has done right, is their State Parks. These are probably the nicest places to camp in the state. The pull through sites are simple curves off the main camping loop. These sites have a huge amount of space and the parks are well maintained. We have not been disappointed with a Texas state park yet.

One thing I noticed about this park is that it is quite hilly compared to most. In fact the loop that we were in had a pretty nice slope to it. As a result, the first few sites in our loop are far from level. In fact, our first site was #1; there was no way to level our trailer due to the pitch. We were 19” too low in the front to begin with. I blocked and raised the front end of the trailer we were still 6″ from being level; and that just doesn’t work. So we called the office and switched to site #2; much better! The Rangers at the office could not have been easier to work with.

We were not the only campers that were struggling to level off at the top of the loop, there were others. However, on the lower end of the loop the sites were not only level, but with a nice view of lake Raven. Since the park has signs about alligators in the park, I was fine with being up and away from the lake. The only critters we saw while we were there was an abundant amount of squirrels. They were everywhere.

There was a Camp Host that came by and asked if we needed anything. That was a first for us. He volunteered to bring wood blocks to us if we needed them for leveling, and apologized for not getting to us sooner. I noticed later that he was making sure breakers were turned off at the electrical boxes of departing campers. This guy is a keeper!!!

The CCC (civilian conservation corps) created Huntsville State Park in the 1930’s. Little has probably changed at this park since its creation. They have 21 miles of trails throughout the park, and this seemed to be a popular attraction given the number of visitors cars.

At Huntsville State Park, you can camp like we are (160 campsites), hike, bike, picnic, fish, and swim. Or maybe you just want to rent a boat and paddle on Lake Raven. Either way, It’s a fantastic place.

This beautiful Park is located about 60 miles north of Houston about ten minutes south of Huntsville, Texas. It took us about three and a half hours to get here from the Dallas area. If you think there’s not a lot to do it in this area you would be wrong.

I want to get near Houston so we could go to the Johnson Space Center. Tammy wants to see the Huntsville Prison Museum. So this park really works for us. However, there’s more to do than that! We also added a trip to the Samuel Houston Family home and museum, located in Huntsville.