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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX

Mill Creek (Texas)

ReservableBookable through February 28; a peak season follows March 1 to September 30.

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: $26–$28Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 110All of them booked ahead

Photos · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

63 ftLongest rig

180 ftElevation

315 ftWater · an unnamed pond

3 miNE of Sam Rayburn, TX

46%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 15 notices

In the agency’s own words

Mill Creek Park is a large, comfortable campground on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir, also known as Lake Sam Rayburn, tucked in the piney woods of southeast Texas. The lake and the surrounding Angelina National Forest, provide a welcoming home for bald eagles in winter. The rare red-cockaded woodpecker also resides in the forest here. Keep reading

Recreation

Fishing at the reservoir is wildly popular, with frequent fishing tournaments. Catches include largemouth bass, crappie and catfish. Birding is also big, with chances to see warblers, vireos and other migratory songbirds. A resident population of wood ducks remains in the forest throughout the year.

Facilities

The park features 110 campsites with water and electric hookups. There's also a group shelter, boat ramp, designated swimming beach (open Apr-Sep), a playground, and volleyball court for family entertainment.

Natural Features

The campground is on the southeast shores of Sam Rayburn Reservoir. The lake boasts over 114,000 surface acres, making it the largest man-made lake that's completely located in Texas.

Nearby Attractions

From the eastern edge of the lake, hikers can embark on a 28-mile trail that heads east to the Toledo Bend Reservoir.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Camping is permitted at designated campsites only.

Rule

Camping fees are charged on a per site basis.

Rule

All park users (including campers) must register with the attendant prior to occupying a site.

Everything else this campground posts · 12

Rule

No golf carts or ATVs/UTVs allowed.

Rule

Use of developed sites for any reason (including picnicking) will require a camping fee.

Rule

The number of persons allowed per site is limited to ten (10).

Rule

Occupancy at each campsite is limited to two tents, or one tent and one trailer (including pop-up trailers, self-contained RVs and truck-mounted campers).

Rule

The number of vehicles per site shall be limited to two (2) per site. This does not include the camping unit. An extra vehicle tag may be purchased. America the Beautiful and Golden Age Passes do not allow entry into the park to visit a camp site.

Rule

Fires must be confined to fire rings.

Rule

All waste water, including gray water, must be properly disposed of at the park dump stations.

Rule

Quiet hours shall be observed between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Check-in time is 3:00 p.m. and check-out time is 2:00 p.m.

Rule

All pets must be on a leash under six feet in length.

Rule

Generators shall not be operated between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Rule

Fireworks are prohibited.

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 110
Hookups: 109 electric, 110 water
Longest rig: 63 ft
Paved pads: All
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

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

Facilities

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

Around the campground

On the water: Reservoir, Lake, Creek, Beach; Boating; Fishing; Hiking; Hunting; Swimming; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 46th 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

60 of 103 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:06 UTC

Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough February 28Bookable now through February 28, 2027, the end of the off-peak season. The peak season that follows runs March 1, 2027 through September 30, 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$26–$28plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$60–$64DerivedFriday 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

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

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 · 15

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$26–$28

Standard Electric 30 Amp$26

Standard Electric 50 Amp$28

Group areas, a night$50

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 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$34–$36

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$60–$64

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $26–$28 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 · Oct 1, 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 Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

111 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 110 mapped sites

80 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop MCRE DU1 137 ftLoop D 103 126 ftLoop B 060 126 ftLoop D 087 124 ftLoop E 031 113 ft

Least roomLoop E 035 47 ftLoop E 036 47 ftLoop E 041 50 ft

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

All 111 records

111 of 111 records located

RV / electric109Type not stated1Day use1

047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 064 065 066 067 068 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 DU1

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

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

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 109 of the 111 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


A	047	type not stated		30 amp		554 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir
A	048	standard electric		30 amp	67 ft	494 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	049	standard electric		30 amp	67 ft	447 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	050	standard electric		30 amp	71 ft	446 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	051	standard electric		30 amp	67 ft	399 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	052	standard electric		30 amp	71 ft	408 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	053	standard electric		30 amp	83 ft	362 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	054	standard electric		30 amp	83 ft	348 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	055	standard electric		30 amp	89 ft	347 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	064	standard electric		30 amp	57 ft	309 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	065	standard electric		30 amp	72 ft	261 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	066	standard electric		30 amp	80 ft	308 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	067	standard electric		30 amp	91 ft	229 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	068	standard electric		30 amp	69 ft	313 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	080	standard electric		30 amp	64 ft	336 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	081	standard electric		30 amp	60 ft	366 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	082	standard electric		30 amp	60 ft	416 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	083	standard electric		30 amp	92 ft	486 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
A	084	standard electric		30 amp	77 ft	495 ft	$26–$28
A	085	standard electric		30 amp	77 ft	517 ft	$26–$28
A	086	standard electric		30 amp	87 ft	485 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
B	056	standard electric		30 amp	91 ft	226 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
B	057	standard electric		30 amp	57 ft	282 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
B	058	standard electric		30 amp	71 ft	259 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
B	059	standard electric		30 amp	71 ft	208 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
B	060	standard electric		30 amp	126 ft	156 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
B	061	standard electric		30 amp	100 ft	44 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
B	062	standard electric		30 amp	100 ft	10 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
B	063	standard electric		30 amp	100 ft	119 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	069	standard electric		30 amp	68 ft	264 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	070	standard electric		30/50 amp	82 ft	168 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	071	standard electric		30 amp	63 ft	219 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	072	standard electric		30/50 amp	77 ft	141 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	073	standard electric		30 amp	63 ft	181 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	074	standard electric		30/50 amp	80 ft	105 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	075	standard electric		30 amp	66 ft	238 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	076	standard electric		30 amp	78 ft	185 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	077	standard electric		30 amp	71 ft	259 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	078	standard electric		30 amp	71 ft	324 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
C	079	standard electric		30 amp	88 ft	353 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	087	standard electric		30 amp	124 ft	106 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	088	standard electric		30 amp	50 ft	191 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	089	standard electric		30 amp	50 ft	229 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	090	standard electric		30 amp	61 ft	256 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	091	standard electric		30 amp	61 ft	272 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	092	standard electric		30 amp	69 ft	141 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	093	standard electric		30 amp	69 ft	180 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	094	standard electric		30 amp	103 ft	335 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	095	standard electric		30 amp	66 ft	230 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	096	standard electric		30 amp	66 ft	220 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	097	standard electric		30 amp	88 ft	305 ft	$26–$28
D	098	standard electric		30 amp	66 ft	206 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	099	standard electric		30 amp	88 ft	220 ft	$26–$28
D	100	standard electric		30 amp	92 ft	132 ft	$26–$28
D	101	standard electric		30 amp	59 ft	193 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	102	standard electric		30 amp	59 ft	178 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
D	103	standard electric		30/50 amp	126 ft	50 ft	$26–$28
D	104	standard electric		30/50 amp	81 ft	256 ft	$26–$28
D	105	standard electric		30/50 amp	81 ft	326 ft	$26–$28
D	106	standard electric		30/50 amp	64 ft	431 ft	$26–$28
D	107	standard electric		30/50 amp	64 ft	486 ft	$26–$28
D	108	standard electric		30 amp	104 ft	59 ft	$26–$28
D	109	standard electric		30 amp	88 ft	53 ft	$26–$28
D	110	standard electric		30 amp	88 ft	75 ft	$26–$28
E	001	standard electric	54 ft	50/30 amp	85 ft	386 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	002	standard electric	56 ft	30/50 amp	85 ft	318 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	003	standard electric		50 amp	97 ft	328 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	004	standard electric		30/50 amp	80 ft	243 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	005	standard electric		30/50 amp	97 ft	232 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	006	standard electric		30/50 amp	80 ft	171 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	007	standard electric		30/50 amp	80 ft	136 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	008	standard electric		30/50 amp	88 ft	93 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	009	standard electric		30/50 amp	93 ft	84 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	010	standard electric		30/50 amp	102 ft	244 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	011	standard electric		30/50 amp	85 ft	103 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	012	standard electric		30/50 amp	72 ft	207 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	013	standard electric		30/50 amp	85 ft	119 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	014	standard electric		30/50 amp	107 ft	110 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	015	standard electric		30/50 amp	72 ft	215 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	016	standard electric		30/50 amp	91 ft	115 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	017	standard electric		30/50 amp	73 ft	221 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	018	standard electric		30/50 amp	69 ft	88 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	019	standard electric		30/50 amp	93 ft	180 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	020	standard electric		30/50 amp	64 ft	66 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	021	standard electric		30/50 amp	93 ft	166 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	022	standard electric		30/50 amp	64 ft	65 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	023	standard electric		30/50 amp	52 ft	148 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	024	standard electric		30/50 amp	72 ft	63 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	025	standard electric		30/50 amp	76 ft	104 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	026	standard electric		30/50 amp	97 ft	90 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	027	standard electric		30/50 amp	52 ft	196 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	028	standard electric		30/50 amp	97 ft	102 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	029	standard electric	63 ft	30/50 amp	95 ft	207 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	030	standard electric	56 ft	30/50 amp	93 ft	113 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	031	standard electric		30/50 amp	113 ft	212 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	032	standard electric		30/50 amp	93 ft	106 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	033	standard electric		30/50 amp	108 ft	111 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	034	standard electric		30/50 amp	95 ft	210 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	035	standard electric		30/50 amp	47 ft	108 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	036	standard electric		30/50 amp	47 ft	115 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	037	standard electric		30/50 amp	79 ft	160 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	038	standard electric		30/50 amp	85 ft	245 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	039	standard electric		30/50 amp	79 ft	199 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	040	standard electric		30/50 amp	79 ft	278 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	041	standard electric		30/50 amp	50 ft	226 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	042	standard electric		30/50 amp	96 ft	284 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	043	standard electric		30/50 amp	50 ft	196 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	044	standard electric		30/50 amp	84 ft	195 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	045	standard electric		30/50 amp	96 ft	290 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
E	046	standard electric		30/50 amp	102 ft	382 ftSam Rayburn Reservoir	$26–$28
MCRE	DU1	day use		15 amp	137 ft	284 ft	$50

The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.

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 · Oct 1, 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 111 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

Coordinate31.15139, -94.00639

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone409-384-5716

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

San Augustine5.4 mi

Twin Dikes6.3 mi

Rayburn6.7 mi

Ebenezer Park9.0 mi Caney CreekAngelina National Forest · 15 mi Willow Oak: (409) 625-1940Sabine National Forest · 17 mi

Getting there

From Jasper, TX take US 96 N 18 mi to Brookeland, TX, then Loop 149 for 2 miles to the intersection w/Spur 165. Go west 1 mile to the park entrance.

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

Overnight52°Mostly Clear

Saturday71°Sunny

Saturday Night49°Mostly Clear

Sunday74°Sunny

NWS forecast for Browndell, TX

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

Typical weather

Typical October night 59°F, day 81°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 41°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: SAM RAYBURN DAM, TX (USC00417936), 8 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

Mill Creek (Texas) 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 →

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 110 of the 110 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 111 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: 0.35 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 place of any size: Browndell, TX, 1.3 mi NW. Straight line.

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