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Speegleville Park is perched on the south end of a scenic cove of Waco Lake. The park provides outdoor recreation options like boating, jet skiing, fishing, swimming and bird watching.
The main lake shoreline has a large amount of submerged timber, which typically holds fish year-round. Anglers will find plenty of catfish, crappie, large and smallmouth bass as well as sunfish. At least 51 species of fish inhabit the lake's waters, and a record flathead catfish weighed in at a whopping 59.5 pounds.
A four-lane boat ramp helps visitors enjoy the lake.
The park includes two screened shelters along with 30 campsites with water and electric hookups.
Waco Lake, located in central Texas within Waco city limits, boasts 79,000 acre-feet of water, providing irrigation and drinking water to residents of the Waco area. The lake is primarily fed by the Bosque River, which runs for 115 miles through central Texas.
Horseback riding, hiking and biking can be done on the 20-mile Lacy Point Hiking and Biking Trail. The trail is accessible from the Lacy Point boat ramp, which is a short drive around the cove.
From I-35, take exit 330B Hwy 6 N toward Meridian for about 6 miles. After passing over the Lake on the Twin Bridges, take the first exit toward Lake Waco/Speegleville Park. Take a left on the access road. You will continue past the Twin Bridges Park about a quarter of a mile until you reach Overflow Road. Turn right on Overflow Road and drive for about 1.5 miles until you reach the entrance on the left.
Has a lot of water access. Showers have more privacy than most campgrounds I've been to. Road construction has the main road in blocked off but there's a somewhat confusing detour that takes you through a privately owned campground and marina to get there. Nice campground though.
A very beautiful campground lawn and landscape kept manicured BUT RESTROOMS ARE AWFUL!!! Not worth $28 /night! I cringe and do NOT want to use the restrooms/showers because they are so gross. 😞
Some major repairs are necessary. Sweating or leaking toilets have puddles around them, beetles and flying things are everywhere including on, in and around toilets, dirty walls, sweating walls, no ventilation. One shower is missing the door another is missing the plumbing. A rock holds the door closed to the Ladies! Missing pieces of cement floor expose rebar, so watch your step! And don't slip in the puddles. The toilets and sinks may be cleaned but it is still gross! One can hope they have plans to renovate.
Had a good time camping! Our spot came with electric, water (don’t know if it was potable), trash hook, and a pavilion with dining table. It was pretty quiet, overall good experience! The shore was not the most walkable, there were lots of sticks sticking up from the ground. The bathrooms were stocked with TP, but no hand soap. The shower rooms did not seem functional. Shower heads missing, shower switches missing, some doors did not have locks. Most people come in a camper, so I suppose you might not need these, but for those without their own bathrooms, those are things to consider!
Went there to check out the place while visiting Waco on a day trip. Had to drive over a bridge to get there and the view of the lake was nice on both sides. Doesn’t look like there’s much out there, but it does look like a nice place to go camping or having a family picnic (plenty of covered canopies with picnic tables), and the view of the lake from there looks beautiful. This place was infamous back then for being the site of the Lake Waco murders in July 1982, as described in the book Careless Whispers by Carlton Stowers.
Top notch campground. Prompt, friendly check-in. Huge campsites. Very quiet. All sites paved and pretty level. Did not use bath house but looked inside and appeared well-maintained and cleaned. Picnic table and grill on all sites with shelter on most. We were here in winter so were not worried about shade. Took site #4 which does not have shelter but sits parallel to the lake so you have wonderful lake-front living room view of the lake. Haven't dumped yet, but walked by dump station and it look very clean; surprised to see that the two drains were covered by maybe 3'x 5' galvanized steel plate to keep everything nice and tidy. Best part...$15/night with senior pass.
