Cleburne State Park Campground

We stayed at Poplar Point loop on the lake. A beautiful view out our bedroom window. It rained hard one night, but the steep grade toward the lake kept the sites from puddling. The Coyote Run hiking trail was moderately difficult and had a great view at the end. I’d give it more stars, except (1) most sites (at least at Poplar Point) are not level, (2) it’s not inexpensive, and (3) there is no cell service except for the occasional partial bar that we could text through. Great if you want to go off-grid, but it makes us very uncomfortable. Luckily the host was right across the way. They have cell booster infrastructure in place, but it was 3G and went down when AT&T stopped supporting it. I hope they upgrade it soon so we can go back.

Cleburne SP is one of our go to locations south of the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex.  Very nice spring fed lake with lots of hiking trails and fishing spots.   Poplar Point Loop has full hookups with some having lake front access.   North Creek Loop also has full hookups.   Electric and Water only loops are Cedar Grove, Shady Springs and Keyhole.

Once again Cleburne State Park has been such an amazing place to visit. If you get to go please try to get spot (46) it’s a full hook up and tent camping. That’s not the best part of it it it right on the lake with its own beach area. As the wonderful park rangers in the front said, “ the best view and camping spot in the whole park”.

Finally glad to be back camping and having fun.

Stay safe my adventures!

Alex from Adventure Co. Signing out!

Beautiful state park with lake. Several walking trails around the lake and easy to get lost.

Only 1.5 hours outside of the DFW area, Cleburne is a great choice to get away for the weekend. It is quite busy on the weekends being so close to civilization, so make reservations in advance. I picked spot 26 in the Keyhole section of the park. When I got there I found very little level ground. The other camp spaces around had plenty, so it was just bad luck on y part. The park rangers were efficient and helpful as most tend to be. All-in-all, I can recommend camping here.

Nice little State Park close to DFW. The park was quiet (as in not many campers) when we were there. Only complaint was the water was extremely dirty, but that could have been attributed to a large amount of rain the day we got there.

An easy drive from the dfw area. This state park was clean and well maintained. Our site was close to the water, and the morning sunrises and evening sunsets were beautiful.

Looks nice will add review at end of stay.

Camped here a lot in my teenage days. Nice place. Clean spots.

Nothing special

We decided to stay at Cleburne for spring break because it was one of the few Texas state parks with sewer hookups (which we wanted for a week long stay). We were pleasantly surprised!

The park is large in that its long and narrow. Most of the campsites are quite a ways for the main hiking area and kind of a roundabout way to get to the playground and lake area. Everything was bikable too, just a long bike ride.

We love to mountain bike but were disappointed that most of the trails are crushed gravel not suitable to the casual rider (or kids). However, the hiking was amazing. Lots of tree covered areas and maintained trails. And the highlight was the spillway off the lake and the resulting creek. Several series of "waterfalls" and little pools for the kids to splash around in. We visited the spillway each day of our visit.

The playground was a nice bonus. The lake had a nice swim area and dock. They should rent canoes/kayaks out like other state parks.

We'll be back!

Keyhole camp grounds are great! About 4-6 sites backing up to a creek. Great if you have a big group. Close to bathrooms and trailhead. Great Lake area too. But we went in November.

Cleburne State Park is one of those places that flies under the radar, until you happen to check it out and fall in love. It’s not big, but it is very peaceful and secluded feeling. The campsites are excellent and generally well shaded. The small no-wake lake is a fisherman’s paradise, and the playground and swimming beach are ideal for families. I have camped here a number of times, and explored the trails around the lake on foot and on bicycle. It’s actually popular with mountain bikers, and is worth even just doing a day trip to hit the trails of various difficulty levels. There is an old CCC bridge and the CCC built spillway is especially cool to check out, for any Civilian Conservation Corps architecture fans out there. In short, it’s not the biggest, flashiest, or most famous park out there, but I think that’s part of what makes Cleburne State Park great.

We were there in late fall (early November). We were able to do quite a bit of hiking and really enjoyed the variety of trails. We saw big cats on the trail at a distance and that was a thrill! Lots of other wild life too!

Such a beautiful place to camp. Our campsite was wooded and overlooked the lake. We were able to fish, hike, and kayak. We got two large tents at our campsite and had plenty of room. The trees were also perfect for hanging out hammocks.

If it's been raining, the spillway has several waterfalls and you can swim next to them! The lake is ok to paddle, but it's a little small. Watch out for poison ivy along the trails. It is everywhere! Nice that the trails go around the lake. You can spend the whole day hiking and swimming.

Came here with my husband for my birthday for one night. We had a great site on a loop close to the restrooms (which is a plus). We roasted hot dogs, played games, went hiking, and had an all around good time. We've also come here with our big group and rented a couple of the shelters. Unfortunately it rained almost the whole weekend but we still made the best of it. We will be back.

Not a huge park, but beautiful and quiet.