#Lake somerville state park full#
#Lake somerville state park license#

From US 290, go North from Burton (coming from the east) or North from Giddings (coming from the west). The address is 6280 FM 180, Ledbetter, TX 78946. You can find more information on the Nails Creek Unit on Texas Parks and Wildlife's Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway page. We always have a great time meeting people on the road. I snapped the picture from the point where our RV pad met the street!) The entire park (including the restrooms) was spotless during our stay.īefore we forget, we'd like to give a shout out to some of the nice folks we met during our stay at Nails Creek: our 'next door neighbors' for the weekend, Bob and Gayla Land from Houston (thanks again for the extra firewood!), and our park hosts, David and Connie Slatter from San Antonio. Our 29 foot rig fit into our site with PLENTY of room to spare! (Don't believe us? Take a closer look at the picture of our campsite near the top of this story. But we found the sites to be spacious and level.

#Lake somerville state park full#

There are no full hook-up sites here (unless you are a park host). Walk-In campsites, and Electricity and Water sites. Other campsite options include Hike-In Primitive sites on the Somerville Trailway. Equestrian campsites are available in the Bent Tree Camping Loop. Horseback riding is allowed on some of the trails as well as on the Somerville Trailway.

#Lake somerville state park license#

Remember, you do not need a fishing license to fish in Texas State Parks! Even if you have trouble accessing the lake, there is a Family Fishing Pond right next to the Cedar Creek Camping Area. When water levels cooperate, the park offers canoe and kayak rentals, and participates in the Tackle Loaner Program. For us, biking was a fun way to explore this park. Most of the trails are wide and flat and there are not a lot of significant changes in elevation. We are far from experts, so Nails Creek is a good fit for us. Our favorite activity during our stay here was mountain biking. The deer, rabbits and birds spent a lot of time in the 'lake' area right behind us! The lower water levels meant a lot of critter activity near our campsite. The wildlife we saw here includes cardinals, woodpeckers and a variety of land-loving birds and waterfowl, deer, rabbits and a coyote.

We also enjoyed bird watching, mountain biking and hiking during our stay. (UPDATE: The drought has ended in this region of Texas! On the contrary, the Lake Somerville area received too much rain in 20.)Įven without access to the water, we had a great time at Nails Creek! The geocaching here is a lot of fun, with some very cleverly hidden caches. So hopefully, we'll continue to pull out of the drought and the water levels will return to normal soon.

Park hosts told us that that the water was even further away prior to the rains we received at the end of October. While our site was designed to be near the lake, in reality we could see water about a half a mile away. They have lost many trees in the Cedar Creek Camping Loop and the boat ramp was closed during our visit. This area has been hit pretty hard by the drought of the last several years. We tent camped at the sister park, Birch Creek, years ago, but had not been to this side of Lake Somerville. so now to the fun part! This was our first trip to Nails Creek State Park. For the best way to get there from where you are, take a look at the directions on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Lake Somerville website or call the park office at 979.289.2392. But it's a road we will avoid in the future. Somehow we survived the trek with everything in place. You absolutely do NOT want to tow anything on CR 132! As we drove it, we were jostled about so badly that we felt like the entire contents of every cabinet would be in the middle of the rig by the time we reached our destination. But unfortunately for RVers, this trek includes several miles on County Road 132 also known as 'hemorrhoid road'! To say this road is in bad shape is the understatement of the century! Before giving us directions to Nails Creek, the ranger at Birch Creek asked how big our rig was and if we were towing anything. The two parks are accessible to one another via a 30-minute shortcut.

Our GPS took us to the posted coordinates (and yes, I triple checked them).and we ended up at Birch Creek on the opposite side of the lake. (The Birch Creek Unit is across the lake.) Before we tell you about our stay, we have a CRITICAL piece of advice: Do NOT use the Latitude/Longitude coordinates provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife to get to this park. More specifically, this is the Nails Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park. On the Southwest shore of Lake Somerville, between Houston and Austin, lies Nails Creek State Park.