Lavonia

So many problems with this park!

Many of the sites have an extreme grade, so much so that I was never able to get even close to level (even with jacks and helper blocks, the house was uncomfortable off-kilter). I experienced severe voltage drop in three different sites...sometimes down below 80 volts, which is low enough to damage or simply kill air conditioner compressors, and was enough to cause my computer to shut down a few times while I was working. On days when the park was mostly empty, the voltage drop was less notable..usually remaining above 100V, which is safe enough for most things. But when it filled up, it was downright hazardous. To be fair, it was very cold, and so I assume folks were running extra space heaters, etc. (I was running one space heater, but even without anything running, voltage was too low and unreliable to safely run my AC in heat pump mode). I've rarely come across a park with power this weak in 11 years of traveling.

Most of the sites have sewer hookups, which is great and rare for a CoE park, but I happened to end my stay in a site without one as it was too close to the water...only to find that the dump station was locked for seemingly no reason and with no signage indicating it was closed or for what reason (just a lock on the hookup), so I was stuck carrying around full tanks until my next destination. And, due to the extreme grade, when I was in a site that did have sewer hookup, it was still impossible to fully empty the tanks.

There are sites in the southern section of the park that have less severe grade, some are even close to level, so if you can get one of those, it's probably OK (though voltage might be a problem there, too, I don't know).

The redeeming characteristics are that the sites are big and nicely spread out, the park is quiet, and there's plenty of room to walk and enjoy the lake. Nearby East Fork or Hickory Creek are where I'll stay next time I'm in the area.

Gorgeous view! We had site #15 with a bit of a leveling challenge. Noticed that many of the sites were also considerably sloped. It was good for us to learn! We were only there for a night. Would absolutely return!

We have been here for 10 days and have enjoyed each day. This time of year (Jan, Feb) the campground is quiet and well cared for. The bathrooms/showers are very clean and warm. There is a small staff of volunteers who are working hard keeping up with all the must do work!! Highly recommended

It was hard to find a fairly level campsite.

This is a beautiful park, great location, and the heated bathroom shower combo area was so convenient! We plan to come back for that exact spot again in a few weeks.

My favorite camping spot in Texas , great friendly gate attended and always clean facility . Love this spot .

Quiet. Great gate Keepers. Very clean. Roads rough but manageable. Enjoyed

The road leading to the park needs some serious work, very pot holed and rough. I don't like being locked in at 10:00 PM. If we had to leave for any reason after 10:00 we could not get back into our trailer without walking and leaving our truck outside the camp ground. This is not acceptable!
You have power to the auto-gate surly you can put in a key pad so people can come and go to the park on there schedule. Also what is the process if there is an emergency in the camp ground, how does EMT's and emergency personal get into the park after the 10:00 shut down. Park grounds are well kept but it is not up to standards that we have seen at other state parks we have visited.

My only issue is the entrance doesnt open till 10am. Our 1st visit left the park at 730am to go get coffee and had to way till 10am before i was able to get back to my site. 2nd visit i should of known but didnt about it left early Sunday morning to go get breakfast tacos and again could not get back in till 10am breakfast was served cold, and this last time forgot all.about the 10am thing left to go get bait and had to park my vechicle at the entrance and be picked up to get back to camp ..... So really a park that offers day use camping and fishing and opens at 10am it just kinda gets in the way. But other than that we enjoy our stay every time

The gate attendant was very friendly. Made our stay very memorable. Very clean park.