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Lake Tawakoni is the major water source for the city of Dallas, and Lake Tawakoni RV Camping Resort is the home of a quiet, peaceful RV camp in Texas. The park sits on a beautiful preserve where fishing, boating and bird watching are popular pastimes. Crappie, catfish, striped bass, and sand bass are some of the main species at our RV camp, and in Texas many guests take up the sport of fishing for the first time at our campground. A 20-slip marina in the main part of the park offers convenient access to the lake. Located in Rains County, the bald eagle capital of Texas, Lake Tawakoni RV Camping Resort is the destination for many who come to the area for its spectacular bird viewing opportunities. The nearby city of Emory has caf?0073002c grocery stores, clinics and drug stores that are convenient for visitors. People come from all over the state to visit nearby Canton and First Monday, the largest flea market in the world, held the first week of each month. Lake Tawakoni RV Camping Resort is in a rural part of the state, about 65 miles east of Dallas and 30 miles from Greenville. Come and discover this tranquil RV camp in Texas' northeast region. New Cabins/Cottages Have Arrived! Quiet RV Camp in Texas Whether you're planning a retreat for the whole family, a group of friends or a getaway for two, there's no shortage of unique activities to explore at Lake Tawakoni RV Campground. Plan activities upon arrival or visit this page before your departure to plan ahead. Looking for more? Our friendly staff can fill you in on all of the great ways to make your stay a memorable experience.
From the east: Take I-30 west to Highway 11/Highway 19 in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Take Exit 122 off I-30 and turn left (south) at the Highway 11 intersection. Travel on Highway 11 for a half mile, then Highway 11 will split into Highway 11 south and Highway 19 south. Continue on Highway 19 south towards I-69 in Emory, Texas. At the I-69 intersection, turn right (I-69 North) and continue towards to Highway 276. At the Highway 276 intersection, turn left (276 West). Continue on Highway 276 West to FM 47. At the FM 47 intersection, turn left (FM 47 South) and continue to the campground entrance on County Road 1470. Look for the Thousand Trails signs at the campground entrance which will be on the right.
From the north: Take I-69 to FM 47 in Point, Texas. Proceed on FM 47 south to the campground entrance on County Road 1470. Follow the signs to Thousand Trails.
From I-20: Take I-20 to Highway 64 in Canton, Texas. Take Exit 523 off I-20 and turn right at the Highway 64 intersection (64 West). Continue on Highway 64 west to I-80 in Wills Point, Texas. At the I-80 intersection, turn left (I-80 West). Continue on I-80 west to the FM 47/Fourth Street junction. Turn right onto FM 47 north. Follow signs for FM 47 north to the campground entrance on County Road 1470. Look for the Thousand Trails signs at the campground entrance which will be on the left.
Really beautiful park on Lake Tawakoni. Sites are large and many are right on the lake. 50 Amp can sometimes be hard to get, but lots of 30Amp.
Nice pools and amenities including a disc golf course.
Nice staff.
The water at the campsites here is awful!! Smelled bad, dirt in the cups we filled from multiple spigots throughout the campground! Smelled and looked like dirty pond water!! This is after all the park spigots were running for 7 days straight due to cold temps, not from non-use. Nearby place outside the park was under boil advisory. When husband contacted park staff multiple times about the issue suggesting there was a broken pipe causing the contamination both Connie and Laurie didn't seem to care and the one stated everything at her personal campsite was just fine so there was no issue with the water. During our 6 night stay we witnessed speeding, dogs running at large and doing their business everywhere, dog crap and trash in our site upon arrival, people parking RVs and cars outside of designated sites, someone living out of their vehicle and NOT in a camping unit or tent, and our neighbor many sites away blasting his music outside all day so our entire section could hear his music from INSIDE RVs. We gave up trying to convince Connie and Laurie regarding our concerns over the safety of the water. Then when I called to inform Laurie of 2 dogs running all over, not only in our section but the entire campground, she seemed to know exactly which dogs I was referring to and DID NOTHING! The dogs continued to run and do their business and no staff even entered our section. I only saw one staff golf cart pass by our site during our entire stay. In fact staff at Thousand trails campgrounds are supposed to make rounds, and not a single campsite was cleaned before or after guests in our section during our entire stay. Upon our arrival this park only had around 13% of the sites occupied (very slow time), but if this is the neglect happening when things aren't busy I can't imagine the chaos here during busy season. Before we arrived we'd read reviews complaining that the roads were dilapidated and bad, which is indeed true here and at most thousand trails we've visited. The lack of management we've witnessed once again is consistent with thousand trails across the country and this park is no exception. Got tired of boiling water and left early! Won't be back and NO I don't recommend!
We always enjoy our stay here!! It's one of those underrated thousand trails campgrounds! They have huge sites that offer you some privacy and there are a ton of hiking trails that our family loves hiking. The views of the lake are amazing. The roads aren't the best but none of the thousand trails parks are they definitely aren't the worst. Phone service through at&t is great and we had no issues.
Keep driving!!!! Do not even bother stopping by here. It’s run down, the staff are beyond rude and sites are a mediocre at best. We paid for the 14k membership. If we would have stayed here first, we would have NEVER bought it.
The first tell-tell sign should have been the torn and thrashed sign that once said thousand trails. (Should have took a picture of it) It is a great representation of how much pride they have there! The ‘club house’ if that’s what you want to call it, was run down, didn’t have much in it and the things that were there, were broken.
I tried to discuss this with management, but to my surprise they didn’t have any! I reached out to corporate and after several attempts with week long delays between my replies, they too had a very similar not-give-a-care attitude.
Just keep driving, you’ll be grateful you didn’t stay here.
Campground is suffering . Activities center are NOT open. But they do have a put put golf course, pool was not open, Only 1 small laundry on site. Very wooded, so larger rigs have trouble finding sites with fewer trees and easy in/out access. Firewood on site for purchase from an outside source needs better cuts of wood. ( old scrubby wood at $1.00 a stick) not really worth it.
