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Lake Tawakoni State Park is an outstanding campground on the southwest side of Lake Tawakoni, which is about 70 miles or so east of Dallas. The park encompasses 376 acres with 5 miles of shoreline on the south west central side of the 37,800 acre Lake Tawakoni which has over 200 miles of shoreline.
The park offers a variety of activities including fishing for catfish, bass, and crappie; boating; geocaching; hiking or biking; birding; amphitheater programs; or just sitting around the campfire roasting marshmallows, singing, or telling stories. Lake Tawakoni State Park is also home to 40 acres of native tall grass prairie, a unique ecosystem for East Texas.
The sites are excellent, the restrooms are modern and clean, and the park offers several fun things to do. The park staff is friendly and helpful.
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When we stayed at Lake Tawakoni in August 2011, the Dallas area was on its way to setting a new record of over 33 days of over 100 degree days. And it was 109 – both days, which means we spent most of the day on the lake.
We found several different places to drop an anchor, run up on the shore, or tie up to a tree and float in the water. The grandsons were with us so we also spent a lot of time watching them glide across the water on the inner tube with huge grins on their faces! After 7 hours of this we took our sun burned and water logged bodies back to motor home for appetizers and dinner followed by some games in the air conditioned camper.
We cruised most of the southern end of the lake and didn’t find much of interest. The lake was down about 6 feet or more thanks to the severe drought conditions and we did run aground a couple different times – sure glad that the lake bottom is sand and clay.
One day we boated over to Kenny’s Landing on the north east side of two mile bridge for lunch. Kenny’s is a funky little area with a campground and a restaurant that serves some ok food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Burgers and BLT and fries are pretty good and reasonably priced.
We did try to venture out and hike one of the trails but after 5 minutes we were drenched with sweat – not only was it 109 but there was no breeze – so we immediately turned around to seek the shelter of the motorhome and the air conditioning, which was struggling to keep the temperate below 82!
Early morning was cool enough for breakfast on the picnic table overlooking the lake after which we played a couple games before having to cool off in the lake.
When we visited Lake Tawakoni, we only had time to explore the southern end of the lake below the two mile bridge - and we didn't find much to see or do. Here is a link to our clickable map of Lake Tawakoni to help you find stuff on the lake.
We haven’t explored the area nearby Lake Tawakoni State Park so we can’t help you much with nearby things to see and do. We did enjoy a good burger, BLT, and Philly cheese steak at Blue Bird Cafe In Wills Point – big burgers at reasonable prices of $3.25! They were good and large, but we still had room for some Blue Bell Ice Cream at Charlie’s, which is a couple doors down. On the southern outskirts of Wills Point is an upscale steak house that has an excellent reputation - Four Winds Steakhouse.
Here is a link to nearby golf courses if you like to golf. Canton isn't to far away and it's home to one of the World's largest flea markets on the first Monday of each month.
If you like fishing, why not have one of these Lake Tawakoni Fishing Guides meet you at the State Park and take you fishing. Or ret a jet ski, pontoon boat, or fishing boat and enjoy the lake - here is our list of Lake Tawakoni Boat Rentals.
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