andrew h.
Yelp
Lake Texoma State Park was a great place for a quick and cheap weekend getaway from Dallas. The park isn't huge but there are plenty of tent campsites right next to the lake. There are also designated RV areas, but every time I go camping I prefer staying places where RVs aren't allowed. Call me old fashioned but when you bring your generator, satellite dish and air conditioned home on wheels, you're missing the point altogether!
We camped in the Catfish Bay area and it was great! While I sweated my balls off and the heat caused the park rangers to impose an open fire ban, a floating cooler of beer and some inner tubes were the perfect cure to the heat.
Now, don't be shocked as you drive in through the older part of the park where there are old, dilapidated cabins (circa 1952) that belong in a horror film more than a state park. They sit quietly on the property but are an eye-sore to say the least; not to mention they are just really creepy. Each time we went by we expected Leatherface to jump out with a chainsaw.
Overall great experience though. There's a nice swimming/beach area that's big enough to accommodate plenty of people and, who are we kidding, the people watching at Oklahoma state parks is priceless. I look forward to going back in the fall and/or winter to see how crowded it gets. We had plenty of space to ourselves in the 90-100 degree heat.
Oh, and if you forget anything important, there's a Wal-Mart about 15 miles away in just about every direction!