Tejas Park

A clean primitive camping tent site with no electricity. There are Toilet port-O-Potty's available but no showers or sinks. Water can be collected behind the park hosts campsite for hauling to your campsite. The campsites all come with crushed granite platforms and grassy areas around you. Most have large trees for shade as well. Each camp site comes with a grill and picnic table and a dedicated metal pole for hanging your water or shower apparatus. There is no way to park beside your campsite so you must park in the provided areas and haul in from the parking lot. This can be a long walk so bring a suitable wagon or other way to haul in your camp gear.

The North Fork of the San Gabriel river is feet away and you can kayak, fish and swim in the water down under the bridge. Kayaking may or may not be optimal based on rain fall and lack of rain fall can make the river very shallow and only ankle deep in some spots and too rocky to Kayak on. One mile down stream from the bridge will lead you into Lake Georgetown. Fishing is fun and easy in most spots but it is recommended you leave the small fish and crayfish for only "catch and release".

There is a very long shaded walking path you can use that can be quite nice to walk with your dog. Remember that the temperatures in June/July/Aug/Sept can be about 112F on some days so don't forget to hydrate and wear very good sunscreen. The primitive camping is tough to do when the temperatures are high and this location may be be more fun to access in the later months of the year to be able to experience grilling, camp fires and cool fresh air for comfortable sleeping. RV's are not permitted here, just tents.

There is on onsite caretaker on the property all the times. Please be kind and respectful to him. Check in's with Rec.org DO NOT require you to talk to the onsite caretaker so please don't bother him during your check-in. Simple, use this site to book your campsite, pay for it and go directly to it and set up your camp.

This campground is WALK IN ONLY. This is not evident until you arrive onsite. Check in time was posted as 3pm, but the camp host was not on duty at that time and nobody was available to consult regarding opening gates to drive up to the campsite. The phone at the information board went direct to Recreation.gov, but has an estimated hold time of 52 minutes before somebody might answer the line. Recreation.gov charges $$ in reg fees but does not staff its phone lines.

The toilets were horrendous. They obviously had not been cleaned properly, as the smell was overwhelming. Bring your own toilet paper!

The only running water was very close to the camp host, and we felt like we were intruding on their space when accessing the hose bib.

Very beautiful place to camp. And very nice and helpful camp host!!

Very clean. Very quiet. Dog friendly

Great campsite with easy access to hiking trails

The place is, in general, nice. However, the lack of showers makes it difficult to stay there more than two days for those for those not traveling in RV. Also there should be someone in charge present in place to give indications, and to whom ask questions.

I was not able to spend the night due to severe thunderstorms. I tried to reschedule, but it was not an option. I will try to go again in a couple of weeks.