Sanford Yake
This is how it should work.
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
This campground has scenic overlooks and access to the shoreline is steep and difficult. Restrooms have potable water, showers, and flush toilets. There are picnic tables, shade shelters, grills and pull through parking available. There are 10 RV spaces with water and 50,30, 20 amp electric hookups. Reservations can be made by calling 806-865-3131. All other campsites are free and on a first-come-first serve basis. Pets are allowed at campsites, but must be on a leash at all times.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…have potable water, showers, and flush toilets. There are picnic tables, shade shelters, grills…”
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Restrooms have potable water, showers, and flush toilets.”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…is steep and difficult. Restrooms have potable water, showers, and flush toilets. There are picnic…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Beach
Nothing to book, just show up
One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 3
What you actually pay
How we know this receipt · 4
rules read Sep 7, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Sanford Yake Campground0.0 mi
Rosita Flats6.3 miFort Ebey State ParkLake Meredith National Recreation Area · 23 mi
Harbor Bay CampgroundLake Meredith National Recreation Area · 23 mi
Fritch FortressLake Meredith National Recreation Area · 24 mi
Blue West CampgroundLake Meredith National Recreation Area · 25 miThe agency publishes this point for 2 campgrounds; it’s likely a district office, not the campground. Use the agency’s own page for directions.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Panhandle, TX
Typical weather
Typical October night 45°F, day 73°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 24°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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 Julys are colder than the July 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
Sanford Yake is in Texas’s 13th congressional district. Its representative, Ronny Jackson (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →