Texas is a big state. BIG. Really big. I mean, hard to drive it in a day, fill up your gas tank three times kind of big.
So stopping at a host of Texas state parks and campgrounds is likely to happen if you are moseying your way from the Central region over towards New Mexico and Arizona.
The great news though, is that Texas has a lot of great parks. In less than two years, we have already stayed in quite a few of them. Some of our favorites include Taylor Park Campgrounds at Granger Lake, Jim Hogg Park and Cedar Breaks Park at Lake Georgetown, Live Oak Ridge Park at Belton Lake, Yegua Creek at Lake Somerville, Lake Brownwood State Park, and San Angelo State Park at Fisher Lake.
And boy, were they all different and unique. From Austin through San Angelo to El Paso, we managed to camp in piney woods, cedar stands in the hill country, woodlands lakes, prairie grasslands, and in the outskirts of the Chihuahua desert.
And the best thing about all of these places was that all of the sites we visited were very generous and spacious, particularly since they were all reasonably priced and all had at least power and water, most were full hookup.
My only advice for making such a trip, though, is don't do it in the heat of summer! We started out in the middle of May and it was already hot. By the time we got into New Mexico, the daytime temperatures were hitting the triple digits by noon.
If we had it to do all over again, I think we probably would have made our move to travel in early April so that we would be able to enjoy the outdoors in Arizona a little more. But, with a little planning, we still managed to have fun in all the spots we stayed anyway. Live and Learn.