Huntsville State Park Campground

I've camped at this park for the last 2 years while running the Rocky 50k trail race. 

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It is really close to our home so even for short trips it is amazing. Biking, hiking, fishing or just relaxing this park has all.

I stayed two nights on the primitive camping side(coloneh campground I believe). This was my first time camping at Huntsville State Park. I got the change to hike the Chinquapin trail. It was a beautiful hike. The campground had plenty of areas with showers.

Overall great place for families or small groups! Amazing swimming area and lots of beautiful trails to hike. Have grown up coming here and will continue to bring my future family here!

I love this park—it’s well maintained, lots of trails, functional clean bathrooms, and the staff are all very kind and helpful.

This is a nice park jot far from where we live, we really enjoy staying here

I was totally surprised at the beauty of this park. I stayed in a screened shelter site with a view of the lake. The weather was cold, but I came prepared and setup my tent in the shelter. The park has many trails and view points. The staff at check-in were extremely helpful and you could tell they love their job. Ended up purchasing a Texas Parks Pass because I am quickly learning that Texas has some of the best camping in the country.

Great place for camping in the peace and quiet!! The park was surprisingly full! But it seems everyone was just enjoying nature and the peacefulness that you feel while in the park, it was great! We will be visiting again.

This is a beautiful park about 3 hours from Dallas. Spent 2 nights at the park camping in a RTT while supporting friends running in the races. There’s an extensive trail network, clean facilities, easy to access park store and plenty of activities for the family.

We loved this park has a lot of things to do, a great nature center, sites with shelters, a place to swim in the lake and the trails for mountain bikes are nice.

We went for one day (Christmas Eve) it was surprisingly packed. Hiking was great and there’s definitely alligators. The bathrooms are so clean and the trails are very well kept. The sites are clean and have pretty good space between them. We will definitely be back!

This is a lovely site, but regrettably the best campsites were prebooked by "ghost campers", folk w enuf $ to book sites BUT NOT USE THEM. This hurts camper fams & retirees

on a budget. Richy Rich Has Reservations 4 Whole Planet!

beautiful family weekend with places to walk and places to ride a boat beautiful lake and a beautiful forest, usable bathrooms with shower, I will come back any time

We had a great time at Huntsville State Park. Will definitely be returning as it’s so close to Houston. Park was jam packed and it seemed like rangers were a bit nervous as they drove through the grounds multiple times. Our site had direct water access and my husband floated a bit but we saw an alligator (small) just off in the distance. I think we had one of the better sites, but the one to the left of ours looked fantastic too. Overall great time.

Site 51 Raven Hill /

We stayed for a total of 3 nights and it was pretty awesome. The site we chose was enough room for my 30 ft camper and mega cab next to it. It was a tight fit but I know next time a 35 ft campsite does not mean you can fit a camper up to 35 ft. It’s total feet including your rig. But the surrounding camp area given is very large space for activities picnic table, fire pit kids to play. We had a mega pour down while we were there and the next day there was no standing water anywhere. Great drainage. There was a slight incline and was mostly level. I would definitely visit again but would most likely choose another site for size and for sewer hook ups.

fabulous place to relax, with many things to do as a family and enjoy the tranquility of nature, my family and I really enjoyed it, we were there from April 24 to 26, 2021🤗

This is our go to park because it is really close to where we live and it is a nice park with trails and the lake

I hadn't been camping in years but decided to go for it. My first stop of many was Huntsville State Park. It's the beginning of spring so no fish were biting, bugs fly after dark was crazy so once I'm in my tent I had to kill bugs. I used a spray but once they are in they're in. Beautiful lake, friendly staff but If you go for ice at the main gate watch your step, there's an unmarked drop (for handicap) don't tumble and fall like I did. Overall, I enjoyed staying and sure to be back.

I like Huntsville State Park campground for a long weekend getaway.  It is about an hour north of Houston not far off Interstate 45, so very easily accessible.  They have a large campground section which is only campsites, and also another section on the other side of a cove that is more of a recreational section which has a swimming beach, cabins, screened shelters, etc.  This state park gets very crowded in the summertime, with campers as well as lots of day use folks enjoying the water.  It is hard to get a campsite reservation, so plan ahead!  

The sites are spacious as in most Texas state parks, and there are many shaded sites.  The waterfront sites are tiered.  The upper tier is where you park your rig.  Then there is a retaining wall and steps to walk down to the lower tier where the picnic table, fire ring, lantern post, etc.. are located.  We really didn't ever go down to the lower part of our site because it was inconvenient.  It was a good place to walk the dogs though.  The campground does slope slightly and the sites are not all real level, so be sure to bring your "legos" if you don't have a leveling system on your rig.  The grounds did not seem to be as well maintained as some other state parks I've been to.  We couldn't use the picnic table because it was surrounded by tall weeds and had a lot of spider webs under it.  Bath house was not well maintained and kind of dingy.  It was also not ventilated well and felt like a sauna as it was so humid in July. 

There is a nice fishing pier and several places to fish off the bank.  A ranger told me there are alligators in the lake, so be careful.

The only part so would add to the other reviews..is the unlevel spots. We stayed in Raven and every spot has a minimum of four inch incline. Some forward and some to the side. The hosts are great at helping level and have extra wood. The park is beautiful and nice enough to deal with the large spots. Will be back!!

Nice relaxing and quiet. Camping great fishing not so much.

This is our favorite local (2hous from home) park. We’ve been coming here almost every year for close to 20 years. We’ve done primitive tent camping, tent camping with power, shelter camping and just recently became glampers!😂 Site 142 in the prairie branch loop is our favorite site. It’s on the water and at the trailhead. It’s recently been designated Accessible so our last two trips we chose the shelter sites 10 and 11. These sites are also on the water and have lots of space. The showers on this side are individual rooms as opposed to the semi private (too small shower curtain) ones in the big restroom. The water is nice and hot but I suggest bringing a broom or you will be sharing with some pretty big spiders. Overall the restrooms are clean but the campgrounds are busy lately so I’m sure it’s difficult to keep up. Staff are super friendly. Firewood is on a suggested donation basis and is available most days before 5pm.

Very peaceful campground. Spaces were spread out nicely. Saw some alligators and raccoons! Cloudy night when we stayed but overall a new local favorite!

I’m so surprised I hadn’t been here yet, but it’s just gorgeous. Pine needles everywhere, beautiful lake. We tent camped and we weren’t too close to the people around us. Completely surrounded by huge trees. The bathroom had a lot of spiders but I’d expect that. The showers drained super slow but you just have to take a quick one. I appreciate the parking at your spot a lot. A nice cold front (and storm) came in during the night and blew out the humidity and it just got that much better. We went on the long trail in the evening and heard coyotes which was cool. We turned around though lol.

Beautiful park with lots of sites on the water. We saw many gators swimming up close to the banks. Would recommend.

Tent camped 23JUN20, 1 night

I love Huntsville SP. It’s my “home park”. So many great memories of family and scout camping here, all the way back to my youth. The tall trees and lake make for a “summer camp” feel.

It literally rained every second I was in camp except for a little while when I was loading out. For the most part it was a quiet heavy rain that I enjoyed from my covered hammock!

I always forget there are alligators there, but they don’t seem to care too much about people. It is a bit disconcerting to be standing on the fishing peer 2 feet over the water and look down to see one just chilling under your feet.

Site 139 was large, had complete shade coverage and was right off the trail. It also had the unfortunate attribute of being at the bottom of the hill and kind of where all the water from everywhere seemed to be headed. Not a problem unless it’s raining a lot. Fortunately I realized this and set up my tent on the end of the parking space. Have you ever driven a tent stake into asphalt with a hatchet? Good times.

The bathrooms were clean and updated. The fishing was non existent due to the rain and I’ll go back soon to hike.

Did I mention that it rained? A lot?

Theres plenty more to do at this park. If you want to stay on land, you will never exhaust the amount of trails this place has. I have a lot of great memories at this park, including group hangouts, fishing, hiking, and swimming. The park has a great, huge lawn for a picnic and a game of frisbee. Check yourself for ticks after hiking the trails though. Its a thick forest.

Well maintained camping sites with lots of space to each site. Wonderful facilities and activities around the park. Will definitely be coming back

Great park with great programs! Had such a fun time as a family here! Gator program, Pond-life exploration program, guided hikes, bird watching, etc! So fun! Also, virtually no mosquitoes, due to the prevalent BeautyBerry plants!

Beautiful state park with lots to do. MTB, kayaking, hiking, swimming, etc