Martin Creek Lake State Park - Primitive Camping Area in TX -- Campground & RV Camping in Texas
Martin Creek Lake State Park - Primitive Camping Area in TX
TX State Parks allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Primitive camping area within Martin Creek Lake State Park in East Texas, 20 miles southeast of Longview among pine forests at 385 feet elevation. The park centers on Martin Creek Lake stocked with largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, and sunfish with year-round warm water. On-site amenities include a lighted fishing pier, boat ramp, fish cleaning station, and nearly 4 miles of hiking and biking trails including the Harmony Hill Loop tracing a historic trade route through a National Register historic district.
Grounded in tpwd.texas.gov · read August 24, 2026The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad. Sits on broad, near-level ground.
The Martin Creek Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off. Private here -- the nearest through road is 1.3 miles off. Night skies measure Bortle 4 -- a rural sky with a glow on the horizon. Open country -- nothing named rises within 30 miles of here. The nearest town, Tatum, is 4.0 mi off.
September normals 66–89°F, 3.5″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.