Camping in North Texas
- NYIrish83
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Re: Camping in North Texas
I'm glad I stumbled upon this thread, I'm thinking of checking out the area around mineral wells, as far as OK, I'm 20 minutes away from the border (Randlett, OK) and have been told there are some areas you can hike and camp around the red river.
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Re: Camping in North Texas
Mineral Wells State Park is beautiful but they don't have any primitive camping areas. You have to pay for H2O and electricity if you want to park your your car there at night. It can be really hard to get reservations at certain times of the year. I found a lot of really cool fishing coves that only a canoe could get to.NYIrish83 wrote:I'm glad I stumbled upon this thread, I'm thinking of checking out the area around mineral wells, as far as OK, I'm 20 minutes away from the border (Randlett, OK) and have been told there are some areas you can hike and camp around the red river.
Your not very far from Cross Timbers Trail at Texoma.
http://www.forum.txbushcraft.com/viewto ... f=41&t=191
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Re: Camping in North Texas
I will give that a go, I looked Mineral Wells, is cross timbers by vernon?
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Re: Camping in North Texas
Totally forgot about Cross Timbers but here's a map if it helps. It's the last left turn before you cross Lake Texhoma heading North on 377.
Park at the trailhead and prepare for some rough terrain.
Here's a map showing the trail and a topo is available on their website.
Just click on the pics to enlarge or visit the website. Fantastic place to hike and well worth the trip IMO!
Park at the trailhead and prepare for some rough terrain.
Here's a map showing the trail and a topo is available on their website.
Just click on the pics to enlarge or visit the website. Fantastic place to hike and well worth the trip IMO!
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Re: Camping in North Texas
It is right on Lake Texoma. It is near Gordonville, TX.NYIrish83 wrote:I will give that a go, I looked Mineral Wells, is cross timbers by vernon?
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I got to check out mineral wells today, it's alright, but the fire restriction kind of kills some of the fun (especially when you don't have a rocket stove)
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Re: Camping in North Texas
Grapevine Lake is the closest to that area. I was just there today, very cramped. but I did get to set up the tarp.