Fairfield Lake State Park

Fairfield Lake State Park closed in 2023

Fairfield Lake State Park is about 8 miles from Fairfield and has three camping areas on Fairfield Lake (reviewed and given only 4 Texas Outside Stars). The Park has 128 water and electric sites and 36 with water only. All of the sites have lots of trees (shade for those hot Texas summers), wooden picnic table, fire pit, and a lantern holder. Most are very spacious with plenty of room to spread out and not cause your neighbors any noise problems. There are some great sites about 100 yards from the water – unfortunately, in May 2006 reservations could not be made for a specific site. Access to the water from the sites was limited due to the tall grass and cattails lining most of the lake. If you are driving a big rig, be very careful getting in and out of the pull through sites – I don’t think they were designed for anything over 30 feet or so. A lot of the sites can present challenges getting your rig level.

The trails are great for family and kid hiking or biking because they are relatively flat with only a few easy ups and downs – serious mountain bikers looking for a challenging and streneous ride will be bored stiff. In fact, on one of the trails (2.5 miles) we took a baby bike carrier with an 11-month-old boy and passed another family doing the same thing. The 2.5-mile loop trail winds through the trees and along the banks of Fairfield Lake and is a nice easy cruising ride and rated 4 Texas Outside Stars. There is a nine-mile hiking and biking trail along the perimeter of the Fairfield Lake State Park and a shorter 4.5-mile hike and bike trail near the entrance of the Park leads to primitive campsites.

Fairfield Lake is only 2350 acres so it doesn’t take long to cruise the whole lake. It is undeveloped except for the Texas Utilities Power Plant and the Fairfield State Park, so there isn’t a lot to see or do. Fishing is good (native largemouth and lunker Florida bass, hybrid white and stripped bass, channel catfish, and panfish) and the lake is home to a lot of fishing tournaments. If the winds not blowing, the lake would be good for skiing or boarding. There are also a couple coves that would be OK for anchoring and swimming.

From November through February, Fairfield Lake State Park is home to a number of bald eagles that winter in Texas.