North Park
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- Sites
- 2019 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices
In the agency’s own words
North Park is only open Friday at 3pm until Sunday at 2pm April 1 - Sept 30. The Park is a primitive campground and each site comes with a picnic table, grill, fire ring, and access to the lake. Keep reading
Recreation
Canyon Lake has become well known for boating, swimming, scuba diving, and so much more.
Facilities
Available facilities in the park include a vault restroom, 3 water fountains, 20 tent only campsites.
Natural Features
North Park is perched on top of a limestone bluff overlooking the beautiful blue waters of Canyon Lake. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (830) 964-3341.
Nearby Attractions
Charges & Cancellations The reservation system sets all change and cancellation fees.
What the agency tells you
BASIC INFORMATION North Park is a Primitive TENT CAMPING park ONLY! NO DAY USE! This means the park has a restroom, no showers, two water fountains that have drinkable city water, and that each site has a table, bench, fire ring, grill with a lid, and access to the lake. Standard Park Season and Hours April 1st through the last weekend in September. Days Open: Friday through Sunday NOT Open: Monday through Thrusday Check in time: 3 pm - No Early arrivals allowed! Check out time: 2 pm - On the day you are leaving. Park Gates: Open: Friday: 3 pm, Saturday-Sunday: 9 am Close: Friday - Saturday 10pm, Sunday 2 pm You can not check in or drive in after the gates are locked. Speak with the gate attendants when you arrive so they can answer any questions you have about coming in after gate closing time.
Park Description North Park is a small, primitive tent camping park with only 20 campsites, 1 vault toilet and 2 water fountainsThe park is open from April 1st through the end of September on weekends only! Park opens on Friday and closes at 2 pm Sunday.
The Rules of North Park NO CLIFF DIVING! Cliff diving is a dangerous and illigal activity on federal lands. We have had sevearl people in the history of Canyon Lake die while diving at the cliffs by North Park. NO RV UNITS ALLOWED! This includes RVs and 5th wheels of all sizes. No dump station in the park. No water hook-ups in the park. NO DAY USE! There is NO official swim beach or access to the river. If you are looking for a good swim park then go to Comal Park or Canyon Beach. To get in the river use your phone to guide you to the closest river outfitter on the Guadalupe River. All use of North Park must be done through reservations in advance. All activities you wish to do in the park, but which will happen outside of the park's normal hours or season must be done through a special event permit at the main lake office.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 20 · 19 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Pit Toilets
- PIT TOILETS on 20 of 20 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 20 of 20 campsite records
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 19 of the 20 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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Every line of the receipt · 11
What you actually pay
“The reservation system sets all change and cancellation fees.” · this campground’s own terms
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
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
20 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 19 mapped sitesAll 20 sites
| 01 | 01 | tent only nonelectric | 149 ft | 75 ft |
| 01 | 02 | tent only nonelectric | 138 ft | 83 ft |
| 01 | 03 | tent only nonelectric | 113 ft | 201 ft |
| 01 | 04 | tent only nonelectric | 113 ft | 109 ft |
| 01 | 05 | type not stated | 198 ft | |
| 01 | 06 | tent only nonelectric | 135 ft | 131 ft |
| 01 | 07 | tent only nonelectric | 135 ft | 82 ft |
| 01 | 08 | tent only nonelectric | 140 ft | 169 ft |
| 01 | 09 | tent only nonelectric | 86 ft | 210 ft |
| 01 | 10 | tent only nonelectric | 86 ft | 241 ft |
| 01 | 11 | tent only nonelectric | 142 ft | 125 ft |
| 01 | 12 | tent only nonelectric | 84 ft | 105 ft |
| 01 | 13 | tent only nonelectric | 84 ft | 106 ft |
| 01 | 14 | tent only nonelectric | 92 ft | 51 ft |
| 01 | 15 | tent only nonelectric | 111 ft | 418 ft |
| 01 | 16 | tent only nonelectric | 86 ft | 369 ft |
| 01 | 17 | tent only nonelectric | 84 ft | 368 ft |
| 01 | 18 | tent only nonelectric | 74 ft | 451 ft |
| 01 | 19 | tent only nonelectric | 75 ft | 453 ft |
| 01 | 20 | tent only nonelectric | 74 ft | 465 ft |
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.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Potters Creek Park4.6 mi
Cranes Mill Park5.4 mi
Tejas Park61 mi
Cedar Breaks Park61 mi
Russell Park61 mi
Jim Hogg Park62 miNorth Park is located off FM 306 near the dam.
From IH 35: Take FM 306 exit 191 located just west of New Braunfels. Travel west on FM 306 for about 18.5 miles until you get to North Park Road. Turn left onto North Park Road and follow it until you come to the park at the far end of the road.
From US Hwy 281: Take FM 306 east about 16.5 miles until you get to North Park Road. Turn right onto North Park Road and follow it until you come to the park at the far end of the road.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Canyon Lake, TX
Typical weather
Typical October night 59°F, day 81°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 40°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
North Park is in Texas’s 21st congressional district. Its representative, Chip Roy (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →