Double Lake Recreation Area

The entrance and interior roads were all asphalt and provided easy access to the campground. Site 36 is a pull-through, but even the back-ins were very generous in size and left plenty of room between sites. Each site has a nice patio with an extra long picnic table, lantern pole, and fire pit. Our site had 50 amp Electricity, Water, and Sewer hook-ups - all utilities were very conveniently located and in good working order. Not all sites have full hook-ups, but there is also a dump station available. There were several sites that I would call “buddy sites” meaning they were very intentionally side by side for friends or families to share space.
The lake is small, but offers nice kayaking, fishing, and has both a swim beach and lakeside trail. The trail is in need of some maintenance as the asphalt has deteriorated and has several places where felled trees have uprooted the trail causing it to be unusable. There were other trails for hiking and biking that were forested earth pathways that were lovely. All trails had wildlife throughout.
Due to CoVid, all group facilities are closed temporarily and we did not use the restrooms which were open, so I can not speak to those facilities. This campground is in the forest - we did not even try to use our Dish Satellite. Verizon and AT&T - two bars.
Coldspring, only a few miles from the campground, is a real “Mayberry” kind of town. Saturday we attended the farmers market on the square on all sides of the county courthouse and listened to the Bluegrass played from one of the quaint antique stores just across the street. We had lunch on the square and poked around the great little shops.

Peaceful, clean, with all the flora and fauna you want. We had a Piliated woodpecker along with 20 or so other species of birds in our campsite. Camp Hosts were very helpful and friendly. I have recommended this park to several of my family and friends.

Campsite was excellent with access to the lake and trails.

Double Lake is a hidden little gem deep in the Sam Houston National Forest. I'm 38 years old now and remember camping at Double Lake with my parents when I was around 3! Growing up my dad would tell me wonderful stories of camping in Double Lake as well as Big Creek trail next door. I always enjoy the peace and quite every visit. The hiking is perfect for those just starting out or longer trails for those of the more experienced. I will always hold a special place in my heart when it comes to Double Lake. Thank you for keeping it beautiful to all that work so hard to do so.

Sincerely,
Christopher Conrad Muilenburg

Cleaner than expected restrooms with hot water showers. Beautiful scenery and helpful staff!!! Will definitely go again!

No staff appeared to be at the location, including the check-in office, with the exception of the camp host. Deferred maintenance is an obvious problem. But it was a great weekend in a beautiful location; likely to come back in the future.

#2 tent campsite was large and level next to lake

My sister, granddaughter, close friend and myself had a wonderful girl's camping trip!! Mr. Craig came by frequently as did the staff who take care of the facilities. It was nice to stay more than 2 days which is our usual timeline. And it was nice and peaceful which we all needed. We will be returning soon!!

Beautiful quiet park. The camp hosts at site 10 (I didn’t ask their names and should have!) were attentive and hard working!! They were always around cleaning restrooms, picking up sites, or just checking to see if anyone needed anything. Great place and people!