Johnson Creek Camp
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 22 of the next 30 nights read 16:03 UTC
- A night
- $18–$32Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 87All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices
In the agency’s own words
Johnson Creek Campground is situated along the banks of Lake O' the Pines in the in the Ark-La-Tex portion of the Pineywoods of east Texas near Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. Gate House Hours: 10am-6pm Monday through Saturday, 12pm-6pm Sunday. Address to get here: 580 Crestwood Lp. Avinger, TX 75657 Recreation Boating, fishing, water sports, and wildlife viewing are all popular pastimes at the campground. Hunting opportunities for white-tailed deer, waterfowl, and small game are available on nearby public lands. Keep reading
Lake O' the Pines fishing includes largemouth, spotted, and white bass along with crappie, catfish, and sunfish. In addition to boat fishing there are areas for bank fishing along the shore and below the dam along Big Cypress Bayou. Birdwatchers are also encouraged to bring their binoculars as numerous resident and migratory bird species inhabit the area. Bald eagle sightings are a common occurrence in fall and winter and they are occasionally sighted in spring and summer.
Facilities
Johnson Creek features 63 RV campsites with water and electric hookups. There are also 22 tent campsites, 10 of these sites have electricity available. A group camping area is also available which features a covered picnic shelter with restrooms and showers and 12 RV campsites with water and electric hookups. Restrooms with showers are located in each section of the park. Trash receptacles are located throuhout the park. A boat ramp, playground, swimming beach, and sewer dump station are also provided.
Natural Features
Lake O' the Pines includes about 18,700 acres of water and 9,000 acres of land, encompassing an area so large it spans five counties. The lake was created by the construction of the Ferrell's Bridge Dam on the Big Cypress Bayou. The reservoir was originally created as part of the overall plan for flood control in the Red River Basin below Denison Dam in Oklahoma, and has now become a recreational oasis for outdoor enthusiasts.
Nearby Attractions
Other historic and tourist attractions are nearby in the towns of Jefferson and Marshall, and Texas Wildflower Trail routes are located along the roads surrounding the lake.
What the agency tells you
No off-road vehicles permitted
Click Here to learn more about the Lake O' the Pines
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 87 · 17 tent-only, 5 walk-in, 1 group
- Hookups
- 75 electric, 63 water
- Longest rig
- 70 ft
- Paved pads
- 77 of 87
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 87 campsite records
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- SHOWERS on 1 of 87 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 1 of 87 campsite records
- Dump station
- Yes
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Water sports
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 78th darkest of 154 in TX
- Bortle 4
66 of 168 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:03 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $18–$32 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:03 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
87 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 57 mapped sites2 sites share one published coordinate and are left out of the rankings.
All 87 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 87 of the 87 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| GCAM | G015 | group standard electric | 30 amp | 2305 ft | 282 ft | $175 | |
| R1 | E101 | rv electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 658 ft | $28–$32 | |
| R1 | E102 | rv electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 50 ft | 577 ft | $28–$32 |
| R1 | E103 | rv electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 590 ft | $28–$32 |
| R1 | E104 | rv electric | 58 ft | 30 amp | 50 ft | 531 ft | $28–$32 |
| R1 | E105 | rv electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 55 ft | 543 ft | $28–$32 |
| R1 | E106 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 500 ft | $32 |
| R1 | E107 | rv electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 506 ft | $28–$32 |
| R1 | E108 | standard electric | 51 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 468 ft | $32 |
| R1 | E109 | rv electric | 43 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 456 ft | $28–$32 |
| R1 | E110 | standard electric | 53 ft | 30 amp | 63 ft | 418 ft | $32 |
| R1 | E111 | standard electric | 53 ft | 30 amp | 74 ft | 402 ft | $32 |
| R1 | E112 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 64 ft | 361 ft | $32 |
| R1 | E113 | standard electric | 52 ft | 30 amp | 173 ft | 426 ft | $32 |
| R1 | E114 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 173 ft | 259 ft | $32 |
| R2 | E201 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E202 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E203 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E204 | rv electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E205 | rv electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E206 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E207 | rv electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E208 | rv electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E209 | rv electric | 32 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E210 | rv electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E211 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E212 | rv electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E213 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R2 | E214 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R3 | E301 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 215 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E302 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 141 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E303 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 79 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E304 | rv electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 48 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E305 | rv electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 29 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E306 | rv electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 61 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E307 | rv electric | 33 ft | 50 amp | 46 ft | 106 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E308 | rv electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 46 ft | 130 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E309 | rv electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 172 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E310 | rv electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 262 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E311 | rv electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 40 ft | 219 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E312 | rv electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 40 ft | 179 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E313 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 34 ft | 137 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E314 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 64 ft | 180 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E315 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 34 ft | 106 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E316 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 100 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E317 | rv electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 50 ft | 144 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E318 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 50 ft | 165 ft | $28–$32 |
| R3 | E319 | rv electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 229 ft | $28–$32 |
| R4 | E401 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E402 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E403 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E404 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 658 ft | $28–$32 | |
| R4 | E405 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E406 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E407 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E408 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $32 | ||
| R4 | E409 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E410 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E411 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E412 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E413 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E414 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E415 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E416 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| R4 | E417 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | $28–$32 | ||
| T1 | T101 | tent only nonelectric | 102 ft | 118 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T102 | tent only nonelectric | 67 ft | 89 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T103 | tent only nonelectric | 54 ft | 95 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T104 | tent only nonelectric | 54 ft | 67 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T105 | tent only nonelectric | 64 ft | 39 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T106 | tent only nonelectric | 64 ft | 27 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T107 | tent only nonelectric | 102 ft | 24 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T108 | walk to | 112 ft | 48 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T109 | walk to | 112 ft | 34 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T110 | walk to | 172 ft | 62 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T111 | walk to | 139 ft | 28 ft | $18 | ||
| T1 | T112 | walk to | 155 ft | 12 ft | $18 | ||
| T2 | T201 | tent only electric | 15 amp | 193 ft | 39 ft | $20 | |
| T2 | T202 | tent only electric | 15 amp | 142 ft | under 10 ft | $20 | |
| T2 | T203 | tent only electric | 15 amp | 142 ft | 121 ft | $20 | |
| T2 | T204 | tent only electric | 15 amp | 128 ft | 153 ft | $20 | |
| T2 | T205 | tent only electric | 15 amp | 78 ft | 69 ft | $20 | |
| T2 | T206 | tent only electric | 15 amp | 78 ft | 127 ft | $20 | |
| T2 | T207 | tent only electric | 15 amp | 91 ft | 114 ft | $20 | |
| T2 | T208 | tent only electric | 15 amp | 91 ft | 24 ft | $20 | |
| T2 | T209 | tent only electric | 15 amp | 96 ft | 142 ft | $20 | |
| T2 | T210 | tent only electric | 15 amp | 96 ft | 48 ft | $20 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
25 of 87 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Alley Creek Camp2.6 mi
Brushy Creek3.2 mi
Buckhorn Creek3.9 mi
Malden Lake Campground36 mi
Rocky Point(Wright Patman Dam)41 mi
Piney Point42 miFrom Jefferson, Texas, travel 3.8 miles northwest on Highway 49. Turn left onto FM 729 and continue for 8.5 miles to the park entrance on the left..
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Pine Harbor, TX
Typical weather
Typical October night 52°F, day 79°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 34°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Johnson Creek Camp is in Texas’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Nathaniel Moran (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →