Lakeside Day Use in TX -- Campground & RV Camping in Texas
Lakeside Day Use in TX
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Lakeside Day Use Area sits near Ferrell's Bridge Dam along the shore of Lake O' the Pines in east Texas. Designed for large gatherings, the site features a 100-person group picnic shelter with electric hookups, a volleyball court, and swimming beaches. Boaters and anglers have direct access to the 18,700-acre reservoir via an on-site boat ramp and dock, with bank fishing options running along the shoreline and down Big Cypress Bayou. The surrounding pineywoods support deer, waterfowl, and wintering bald eagles, while the towns of Jefferson and Marshall sit a short drive away.
The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad. Overhead clearance here is posted at 8 ft -- the tightest site sets the limit.
The Lake O' the Pines shoreline is 0.1 mi off. Open country -- nothing named rises within 30 miles of here. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Jefferson, is 9.4 mi off.
September normals 65–89°F, 3.7″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.