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Lofers Bend West Campground is located on Whitney Lake on the Brazos River in Central Texas. Over two million people visit Whitney Lake each year to enjoy the plethora of recreational activities and scenic beauty the lake provides.
Boating, fishing, swimming, canoeing and kayaking are popular activities at Whitney Lake. Anglers can fish for a variety of bass, crappie and catfish.
The campground offers 51 electric sites, one group site, and one day-use group picnic shelter with water and electric hookups. 23 non-electric sites are available, many of which have water hookups. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, a boat ramp and playground.
The park is situated on the lakeshore among rolling hills covered with cedar, live, and post oak trees. Many deer like to enjoy their stay at Lofers West along with the racoons and foxes.
From I-35 in Hillsboro, take Hwy 22 west 12 miles to Whitney, continue 7 miles past Whitney, and turn right before dam. Follow park road to 4-way stop. Turn left for West Lofers or right for East Lofers.
Absolutely love the place. First visit to Lake Whitney and this COE park. Only con was maintenance teams. 1st day mowed with small mowers for almost entire day. Next day mowed larger areas with 🚜 and third day woke up to crews pressure washing tables and pads. Gate crew were delightful.
Spent a couple of beautiful days at lofers bend west camping on the lake!
The first day was really windy and a little bit chilly but I was able to get a spot in the trees which was a little bit more protected because the park wasn’t completely full that night. The next day I moved to another campground that my friends had reserved and the wind died down enough so that I could get out on the kayak. The water was still pretty rough but I was able to paddle all the way out to the island we’re all the birds are and it was amazing. The scenery was beautiful the cliffs were beautiful and the sunset was amazing.
The next couple of days were not nearly as windy but the park was completely full because it was a weekend and the weather was so great. There were lots of kids around and the campground was very active but the noise was kept to a reasonable level and no one disrespected the rules by playing music too loud at night or anything like that which was very appreciated.
One thing I would recommend is that it’s better to get a campsite within the trees instead of closer to the boat ramp because the spots by the boat ramp or not protected by trees and are completely out in the open to the wind if it’s windy.
The campground was kept very clean and there were plenty of supplies in the bathrooms and trash cans around.
I would definitely return to this camp campground it was a great value for the cost and beautiful views!
We took the kids camping here last weekend this camping spot was one of the best that I've ever been to had a huge pavilion that we could use that had electricity definitely recommend camping here for sure. The lake as well as not very far from the camping spot and you can get to town and around 5 minutes so definitely recommend the spot.
What a great campground this could be. We've been here 3 days and have yet to see anyone in office even though there are 2 sets of volunteers at gate. No pamphlets or maps of facility to assist in locating site. Restrooms not cleaned regularly. 2 out of 3 showers not working in the 2 restrooms we checked out. We utilize COE parks whenever possible because of price and spaciousness but will not be coming back to this one due to lack of upkeep.
The campground is very we’ll maintained and clean. Clean restrooms and showers. The campsites are nice and spacious with a view of the lake. We loved it there and looking forward to coming back. We stayed on site 55.
