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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX

LIBERTY HILL (Navarro Mills Lake)

ReservableBookable through October 31; an off-peak season follows November 1 to February 28.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:06 UTC
A night: $18–$40Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 10198 on recreation.gov

Photos · Megan Dunagan

150 ftLongest rig

460 ftElevation

1,004 ftWater · Navarro Mills Lake

2.7 miN of Dawson, TX

0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices

In the agency’s own words

Liberty Hill Park is located on the southern shore of Navarro Mills Lake in central Texas. Visitors can enjoy a view of the lake from the facility and participate in popular outdoor actives like camping, boating, fishing and picnicking. The lake area provides the perfect setting to get away from it all, especially for city-dwellers from the nearby Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. Keep reading

Recreation

Birdwatching is a favorite year-round pastime for lake guests. Many species of songbirds, hawks, great blue herons, ducks, geese, other shorebirds and even an occasional bald eagle visit the area. Fishing is also popular at Navarro Mills, and the lake holds the current state record for white crappie. Fishermen come from near and far to sample some of the best crappie fishing anywhere. 2 multi-lane boat ramps and a fishing pier are available within Liberty Hill Park. There are also healthy populations of channel and yellow catfish, and hefty hybrid stripers are often caught below the dam when water is being released. Swimming is available at the designated swim beach from April 1- September 30 for day users and year round for registered campers. No lifeguard on duty and swimming is at your own risk. Life Jackets are available to borrow from the gatehouse.

Facilities

Liberty Hill has just over 100 campsites, most of which have electric and water hookups and several have sewer hookups. Five sites have screened in shelters that include sinks. Two multi-lane boat ramps, a fishing pier, swim beach, playground, group shelter and dump stations are provided within the facility.

Natural Features

Liberty Hill is also a favorite viewing area for wildflowers. The brilliant array of native flowers draws visitors from all over to the lake area during the spring. Bluebonnets, paintbrushes and a myriad of other native plants transform the often-bleak winter landscape into an incredible palette of colors. A wide variety of habitat provides a home and abundant food supply to diverse wildlife. Visitors might stumble across squirrels, rabbits, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, white-tailed deer, raccoon or armadillo.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

This facility is open year-round 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Rule

Gatehouse is open from 10 am to 6 pm; a night exit is available for campers who leave after 10 p.m.

Rule

Park Hosts live on-site and are available 24 hours/day in case of emergency.

Everything else this campground posts · 9

Rule

Day Use hours end at sunset and campsite visitor hours end at 10 pm.

Rule

Off-road vehicles: ATV's, UTV's and golf carts are not permitted.

Rule

Day Use Fee: There is a $5 CARD ONLY day use fee per vehicle for fishing, swimming, and using the boat ramp or dump station. Day Use hours end at sunset for day users that are not registered campers. This includes swimming, fishing and drive throughs.

Rule

Visitors must park in overflow parking.

Rule

Pools: Small pools are permitted but must remain on the pavement or sand impact zone. Pools cannot be placed on the grass. Slip-n-slides are prohibited.

Rule

Fireworks: Fireworks are not authorized at any time.

Rule

Bounce Houses authorized at group shelters by permit only. Contact the lake office for more information (254) 578-1431.

Rule

Fires are restricted to designated areas only. - 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. - Dead branches and sticks found on the ground may be used.

Rule

Argentine Ants: Please be advised that Argentine ants exist in our parks. They are listed by the World Conservation Union as one of the world's 100 worst invasive species. There is currently no reliable treatment or chemical available to effectively control Argentine ant populations, but we are aware of the problem and are working with pesticide applicators, other agencies and partners to find an effective means of control, so we may provide pleasant, safe, and healthy recreation opportunities for you and other members of the public. You can help during your visit to Navarro Mills Lake by following these steps: - Do not leave food and drinks sitting around. - Keep sites free of trash. - Hang trash bags off the ground during the day. - Do not leave trash bags out overnight. - Spread (Argentine) ant poison around the tires and jack of your campers, as well as power and water connections.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 101 · 1 tent-only, 1 group, 5 cabin
Hookups: 95 electric, 98 water, 14 sewer
Longest rig: 150 ft
Paved pads: All
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: 100 of 101 sites

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Drinking water: Yes; WATER SPIGOT on 1 of 101 campsite records
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, Beach; Boating; Fishing; Kayaking; Swimming; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 86th darkest of 154 in TX: Bortle 4

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

39 of 186 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:06 UTC

recreation.gov lists 98 of the 101 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough October 31Bookable now through October 31, 2026, the end of the peak season. The off-peak season that follows runs November 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027; recreation.gov releases it on its own schedule, so check there before counting on those nights.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$18–$40plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$44–$88DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

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We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 17

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$18–$40

Standard Nonelectric$18

Tent Only Nonelectric$18

Standard Electric$30

Standard Electric-Sewer$35

Standard Electric-Double$40

Group areas, a night$35–$95

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Mar 1, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$26–$48

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$44–$88

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $18–$40 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.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

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

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:06 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

101 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 98 mapped sites

90 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLIBERTY HILL GS 300 ftLIBERTY HILL 029 275 ftLIBERTY HILL 022 213 ftLIBERTY HILL 038 209 ftLIBERTY HILL 092 204 ft

Least roomLIBERTY HILL 098 54 ftLIBERTY HILL 099 54 ftLIBERTY HILL 007 59 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 101 sites

101 of 101 sites located

Standard2Tent only1RV / electric89Group1Cabin or shelter5Type not stated3

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 GS

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

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The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 98 of the 101 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


LIBERTY HILL	001	standard electric	75 ft	30 amp	85 ft	387 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	002	standard electric	75 ft	30 amp	85 ft	328 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	003	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp	86 ft	254 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	004	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp	86 ft	177 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	005	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp	75 ft	41 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	006	standard electric	65 ft	30 amp	75 ft	106 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	007	standard electric	80 ft	30 amp	59 ft	145 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	008	standard electric	80 ft	30 amp	59 ft	186 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	009	standard electric	65 ft	30 amp	112 ft	275 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	011	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp	94 ft	173 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	012	standard electric	70 ft	30 amp	94 ft	93 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	013	type not stated	40 ft	30 amp		132 ft
LIBERTY HILL	014	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp	108 ft	79 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	015	standard electric	60 ft	30 amp	108 ft	51 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	016	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp	177 ft	78 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	017	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	111 ft	93 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	018	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	111 ft	157 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	019	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	108 ft	132 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	020	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	119 ft	52 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	021	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	108 ft	161 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	022	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	212 ft	83 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	023	type not stated	60 ft	50 amp		377 ft
LIBERTY HILL	024	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	83 ft	353 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	025	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	110 ft	385 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	026	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	139 ft	466 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	027	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	110 ft	488 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	028	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	83 ft	436 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	029	standard electric	60 ft	30 amp	275 ft	631 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	031	standard electric	70 ft	30 amp	126 ft	421 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	032	standard electric	70 ft	30 amp	126 ft	338 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	033	standard electric	120 ft	30 amp	113 ft	408 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	034	standard electric	100 ft	30 amp	113 ft	313 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	035	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp	85 ft	267 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	036	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp	85 ft	216 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	037	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp	104 ft	156 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	038	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp	209 ft	74 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	039	overnight shelter electric	30 ft	30 amp	111 ft	264 ft	$35
LIBERTY HILL	040	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp	97 ft	247 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	041	overnight shelter electric	50 ft	30 amp	91 ft	278 ft	$35
LIBERTY HILL	042	overnight shelter electric	50 ft	30 amp	114 ft	372 ft	$35
LIBERTY HILL	043	overnight shelter electric	40 ft	30 amp	91 ft	351 ft	$35
LIBERTY HILL	044	overnight shelter electric	70 ft	30 amp	101 ft	355 ft	$35
LIBERTY HILL	045	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	147 ft	224 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	046	tent only nonelectric			147 ft	281 ft	$18
LIBERTY HILL	047	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	80 ft	436 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	048	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	80 ft	412 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	049	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	89 ft	522 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	050	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	100 ft	454 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	051	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	89 ft	558 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	052	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	112 ft	477 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	053	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	112 ft	531 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	054	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	95 ft	335 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	055	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	95 ft	247 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	056	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	86 ft	151 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	057	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	86 ft	113 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	058	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp	88 ft	185 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	059	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	114 ft	67 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	060	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	78 ft	102 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	061	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	88 ft	255 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	062	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp	78 ft	111 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	063	standard electric	90 ft	50 amp	67 ft	130 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	064	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	67 ft	117 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	065	standard nonelectric	30 ft		98 ft	67 ft	$18
LIBERTY HILL	066	standard nonelectric	30 ft		98 ft	42 ft	$18
LIBERTY HILL	067	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	68 ft	936 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	068	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	92 ft	853 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	069	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	91 ft	860 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	070	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp	68 ft	962 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	071	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp	69 ft	916 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	072	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp	79 ft	848 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	073	type not stated	60 ft	50 amp		754 ft
LIBERTY HILL	074	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp	91 ft	775 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	075	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	63 ft	838 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	076	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	63 ft	781 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	077	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	71 ft	716 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	078	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	68 ft	646 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	079	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	67 ft	581 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	080	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	67 ft	516 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	081	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	78 ft	876 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	082	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	78 ft	804 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	083	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	78 ft	725 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	084	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	78 ft	670 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	085	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	72 ft	603 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	086	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	72 ft	564 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	087	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	90 ft	503 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	088	standard electric	150 ft	30 amp	122 ft	602 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	089	standard electric	75 ft	30 amp	125 ft	610 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	090	standard electric	120 ft	30 amp	115 ft	505 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	091	standard electric	100 ft	30 amp	115 ft	393 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	092	standard electric	90 ft	30 amp	204 ft	294 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	093	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	74 ft	213 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	094	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	71 ft	162 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	095	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	71 ft	127 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	096	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	70 ft	108 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	097	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	70 ft	98 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	098	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	54 ft	129 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	099	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	54 ft	144 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	100	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	67 ft	138 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	101	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	67 ft	142 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	102	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	82 ft	142 ft	$30–$40
LIBERTY HILL	GS	group standard electric	80 ft	30/50 amp	300 ft	117 ft	$95

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

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 101 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate31.94615, -96.71671

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone254-578-1431

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

PECAN POINT PARK (Navarro Mills Lake)2.0 mi

OAK (Navarro Mills Lake)2.0 mi

WOLF CREEK (Navarro Mills Lake)2.4 mi

Mott21 mi

High View23 mi

Love23 mi

Getting there

From Waco or Corsicana, Texas, take State Highway 31 to Dawson, turn north onto FM 709 and travel about 4 miles to the park entrance. Google may try to route you to go across the dam on FM 667, however this road is closed to the public and you will need to access the park by driving through Dawson and turning onto FM 709.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight47°Clear

Saturday68°Sunny

Saturday Night46°Clear

Sunday71°Sunny

NWS forecast for Dawson, TX

Source: National Weather Service, FWD forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 55°F, day 79°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 35°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

100°30°

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.

Measured at: NAVARRO MILLS DAM, TX (USC00416210), 2 miles away and at about the same elevation

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

LIBERTY HILL (Navarro Mills Lake) is in Texas’s 6th congressional district. Its representative, Jake Ellzey (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 30 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 98 of the 101 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 101 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.89 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 154 rated federal campgrounds in Texas · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026