OAK (Navarro Mills Lake)
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:03 UTC
- A night
- $30–$35Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 4948 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices
In the agency’s own words
Oak Park is located on the northeastern 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
Birding 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. 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. Liberty Hill has a fishing pier, and there is a full-service marina at the lake.
Facilities
This facility has 48 campsites, all of which have electric and water hookups, as well as one group campsite that can accommodate up to 125 people. A boat ramp, swim beach, playground, fishing pier and group shelter are located in the park. Oak Park swim beach is for registered campers only, Oak Park Day Use is a separate park available for day use visitors. Life Jacket Loaner Station located at gatehouse.
Natural Features
Most of the campsites are shady, and Oak Park 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.
What the agency tells you
This facility is open year-round 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Gatehouse is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m; a night exit is available for campers who leave after 10 p.m.
Park Hosts live on-site and are available 24 hours/day in case of emergency 24 hours per day
Everything else this campground posts · 9
Visitor hours end at 10:00pm and Day Use (fishing) hours end at sunset
Off-road vehicles: ATV's, UTV's and golf carts are not permitted.
Day Use Fee: There is a $5 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.
Visitors must park in overflow parking.
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.
Fireworks: Fireworks are not authorized at any time.
Bounce Houses authorized at group shelters by permit only. Contact the lake office for more information (254) 578-1431.
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: 1) Do not leave food and drinks sitting around. 2) Keep sites free of trash. 3) Hang trash bags during the day. 4) Do not leave trash bags out overnight. 5) Spread (Argentine) ant poison around the tires and jack of your campers, as well as power and water connections.
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. Branches and sticks found on the ground may be used.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 49 · 1 group
- Hookups
- 48 electric, 49 water, 6 sewer
- Longest rig
- 110 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Night sky · 89th darkest of 154 in TX
- Bortle 4
22 of 94 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:03 UTC
recreation.gov lists 48 of the 49 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $30–$35 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
49 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 48 mapped sitesAll 49 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. 48 of the 49 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| OAK | 01 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 554 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 02 | standard electric | 24 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 533 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 03 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 88 ft | 507 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 04 | standard electric | 20 ft | 30 amp | 88 ft | 486 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 05 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 112 ft | 509 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 06 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 107 ft | 475 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 07 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 98 ft | 396 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 08 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 98 ft | 373 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 09 | standard electric | 110 ft | 30 amp | 97 ft | 307 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 10 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 97 ft | 284 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 11 | type not stated | 40 ft | 30 amp | 345 ftNavarro Mills Lake | ||
| OAK | 12 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 85 ft | 361 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 13 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 85 ft | 378 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 14 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 112 ft | 375 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 15 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 127 ft | 351 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 16 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 89 ft | 469 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 17 | standard electric | 80 ft | 30 amp | 78 ft | 214 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 18 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 64 ft | 216 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 19 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 64 ft | 177 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 20 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 96 ft | 142 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 21 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 109 ft | 163 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 22 | standard electric | 90 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 176 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 23 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 200 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 24 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 227 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 25 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 116 ft | 176 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 26 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 93 ft | 472 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 27 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 93 ft | 480 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 28 | standard electric | 80 ft | 30 amp | 100 ft | 193 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 29 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 86 ft | 280 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 30 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 62 ft | 366 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 31 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 62 ft | 399 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 32 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 68 ft | 441 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 33 | standard electric | 80 ft | 30 amp | 62 ft | 468 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 34 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 62 ft | 530 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 35 | standard electric | 80 ft | 30 amp | 67 ft | 568 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 36 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 615 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 37 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 422 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 38 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 111 ft | 345 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 39 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 330 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 40 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 329 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 41 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 85 ft | 349 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 42 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 317 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 43 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 253 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 44 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 215 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 45 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 206 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 46 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 111 ft | 236 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 47 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 323 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | 48 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 133 ft | 199 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $30–$35 |
| OAK | GS | group standard electric | 80 ft | 30/30 amp | 199 ft | 168 ftNavarro Mills Lake | $95 |
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 49 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
WOLF CREEK (Navarro Mills Lake)0.6 mi
LIBERTY HILL (Navarro Mills Lake)2.0 mi
PECAN POINT PARK (Navarro Mills Lake)3.0 mi
Mott20 mi
High View21 mi
Love21 miFrom Waco or Corsicana, Texas, take State Highway 31 to the intersection with FM 667. Turn north on FM 667 and travel about 1.5 miles to the park entrance on the left side 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 Dawson, TX
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.
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
OAK (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 →