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Lake Thunderbird State Park offers a variety of water activities and recreation. The park features two marinas (Calypso Cove Marina and Little River Marina), nine boat ramps and two swim beaches. Accommodations include over 200 RV sites with 30 full hookup sites, restroom facilities and primitive campsites. Lake Thunderbird State Park also features playgrounds, picnic tables and an archery range. A total of ten picnic shelters for groups and eight family shelters, as well as tent and RV campgrounds, can be reserved online.
Both the Lake Thunderbird State Park Discovery Cove Nature Center and equestrian trails are located in the Clear Bay area. The trails, which are open Wednesday through Sunday, cover four miles and feature 12 obstacles. Negative Coggins papers are required, and no on-site stables are available. An array of hiking, mountain biking and nature trails are also available in Lake Thunderbird State Park. Deer archery and waterfowl hunting are available in designated areas during the applicable seasons.
My wife and sons caught fish but I did not, afterwards there were airsoft aficionados and it felt awkward so we left.
Favorite swimming place to bring our pups!!! Plenty of room to run around. My friend and I went a few days ago with our dogs, we all had so much fun! It was great to see other people there too with their pups. There's only one picnic table, but that didn't matter. Everyone had there own spot carved out, blankets for sunning or simply relaxing. There were a couple of families there and we all intermingled with each other. It was like being at the dog park except NOT nearly as crowded, the lake is there to cool off, not only for the dogs but also for us. Someone had brought a speaker so we had terrific music going and, no one had any issues with dogs not getting along! Can't wait for another day off and the weather being perfect for a swim again!!!
Only thing I have to say is that, if you're deciding to go out to lake thunderbird, I'd definitely recommend that you get out there before the grass starts to dry out, it'll be nothing but stickers all over the place, not fun for the dogs, and not fun for your feet as well...
Which personally, I'm pretty bummed about seeing as it's the only place that I know of to get out and have some fun in the sun and swim for everyone. 😔
