Union Grove
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 14:52 UTC
- A night
- $24–$60Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 4037 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Union Grove Park is located on the southwestern shore of Stillhouse Hollow Lake in central Texas. The lake offers a wide variety of recreation opportunities, including water sports, hiking, biking, horseback riding, picnicking, large group pavilions, hunting, fishing and simply enjoying the scenery. This facility has RV and tent camping sites with water and electric hookups available. The facility is one of only two reservable campgrounds on the lake. Stillhouse Hollow Lake was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the construction of Stillhouse Hollow Dam in 1968. The 6,430-acre lake is located 16 miles upstream of the confluence of the Lampasas and Leon Rivers, which flow into the Little River. Keep reading
Recreation
With 58 miles of shoreline, Stillhouse Hollow Lake is an often uncrowded haven for boaters and fishermen. The campground has a four-lane boat ramp, and visitors who do not have motor boats, canoes or kayaks can rent them nearby. Birding is also a favorite pastime, with hawks, Great Blue herons, ducks, geese, many species of songbirds, bobwhite quail, Rio Grande turkey and even an occasional bald eagle, yielding year-round opportunities for bird sightings.
Facilities
The campground has more than 30 campsites, including RV and tent sites with electric hookups and double sites. The park offers restrooms with flush toilets and hot showers, a fishing dock and a boat ramp.
Natural Features
Aside from two campgrounds and a nearby day-use park, very little of the lakeshore is developed. The edges consist of rocky beaches and sandy bluffs. Although much of the lake area is forested, the campground has rolling hills that are mostly open with little to no shade. Most campsites have a view of the water, with some right along the shoreline and others within a short walking distance. The lake has noticeably clear and deep water that is inhabited by largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish and many birds. A man-made wetland was constructed on the south shore of the lake to provide an additional 10 acres of wildlife habitat in the lake area. Contact Info This location is unstaffed. To speak with our main office for general information, please call: (254) 939-2461.
Nearby Attractions
Within a short drive, the Village of Salado offers golf, art galleries and shopping, among other pastimes. Chalk Ridge Falls Environmental Learning Center is below the Stillhouse Hollow Lake Dam. The center has about five miles of hiking trails, including a one-mile nature trail along the Lampasas River, a spring-fed creek, a waterfall, bridges and several wildlife viewing points. Stillhouse Hollow Lake is located near the Fort Hood Army Base, which has several points of interest for the military buff.
What the agency tells you
CAMPERS: There is no gate attendant at this park. Please check your confirmation email from Recreation.gov for the camper gate code to enter the campground.
Temporary inflatable structures i.e. bounce houses, moon bounces, water slides, etc. are NOT allowed.
The boat ramp and fishing pier are open to campers, passs holders and anyone who purchases a day pass. Day passes can be purchased using the QR code signs found in the park.
Everything else this campground posts · 4
The campground is open year-round
Park hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
For more information, contact 254-939-2461 or visit the lake website
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.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 40 · 10 tent-only
- Hookups
- 37 electric, 40 water
- Longest rig
- 85 ft
- Paved pads
- 37 of 40
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 22 of 25 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 10 of 40 campsite records
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- SHOWERS on 10 of 40 campsite records
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Night sky · 126th darkest of 154 in TX
- Bortle 5
5 of 34 sites open on Sat, Oct 17read 14:52 UTC
recreation.gov lists 37 of the 40 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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Every line of the receipt · 15
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $24–$60 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 14:52 UTC · rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
40 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 37 mapped sitesAll 40 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 40 of the 40 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 37 of the 40 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| UNION GROVE | 01 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50/30 amp | 114 ft | 200 ft | 325 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 02 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50/30 amp | 114 ft | 95 ft | 438 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 03 | standard electric | 53 ft | 50/30 amp | 127 ft | 127 ft | 443 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 04 | standard electric | 53 ft | 50/30 amp | 82 ft | 129 ft | 348 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 05 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50/30 amp | 82 ft | 79 ft | 324 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 06 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50/30 amp | 89 ft | 75 ft | 252 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 07 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50/30 amp | 89 ft | 90 ft | 253 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 08 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50/30 amp | 105 ft | 189 ft | 196 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 09 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50/30 amp | 79 ft | 211 ft | 303 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 10 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50/30 amp | 79 ft | 146 ft | 367 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 11 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50/30 amp | 124 ft | 88 ft | 481 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 12 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50/30 amp | 152 ft | 113 ft | 525 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 13 | type not stated | 70 ft | 50/30 amp | 192 ft | 526 ft | |||
| UNION GROVE | 14T | tent only electric | yes | 94 ft | 227 ft | 114 ft | $24 | ||
| UNION GROVE | 15T | tent only electric | 94 ft | 248 ft | 205 ft | $24 | |||
| UNION GROVE | 16T | tent only electric | 122 ft | 222 ft | 317 ft | $24 | |||
| UNION GROVE | 17 | type not stated | 78 ft | 50 amp | 96 ft | 464 ft | |||
| UNION GROVE | 18 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 143 ft | 63 ft | 614 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 19 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 133 ft | 100 ft | 703 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 20 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 89 ft | 737 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 21 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 82 ft | 760 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 22T | tent only electric | 95 ft | 63 ft | 1,009 ft | $24 | |||
| UNION GROVE | 23 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 95 ft | 76 ft | 1,088 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 24 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 60 ft | 1,173 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 25 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 80 ft | 1,149 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 26 | standard electric | 74 ft | 50 amp | 113 ft | 81 ft | 1,100 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 27 | standard electric | 73 ft | 50 amp | 170 ft | 95 ft | 993 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 28 | standard electric | 73 ft | 50 amp | 186 ft | 93 ft | 852 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 29T | tent only electric | 160 ft | 143 ft | 641 ft | $24 | |||
| UNION GROVE | 30 | standard electric | 73 ft | 50 amp | 106 ft | 165 ft | 502 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 31 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 106 ft | 140 ft | 407 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 32T | tent only electric | 130 ft | 156 ft | 277 ft | $24 | |||
| UNION GROVE | 33T | tent only electric | 90 ft | 177 ft | 140 ft | $24 | |||
| UNION GROVE | 34 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 90 ft | 106 ft | 180 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 35 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 133 ft | 108 ft | 180 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 36 | standard electric | 85 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 214 ft | 267 ft | $30–$60 | |
| UNION GROVE | 37T | tent only electric | 93 ft | 265 ft | 208 ft | $24 | |||
| UNION GROVE | 38T | tent only electric | 118 ft | 103 ft | 337 ft | $24 | |||
| UNION GROVE | 39T | tent only electric | 118 ft | 53 ft | 395 ft | $24 | |||
| UNION GROVE | Host1 | type not stated | 58 ft | 50 amp | 270 ft | 499 ft |
25 of 40 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Dana Peak1.5 mi
Stillhouse5.4 mi
Westcliff9.4 mi
Belton Lakeview Park10 mi
Temples Lake11 mi
Live Oak Ridge11 miFrom Interstate 35 in Salado, Texas take the Farm-to-Market Road 2484 exit. Travel west on 2484 about five miles to Union Grove Park Road, and turn right into the facility.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Killeen, TX
Typical weather
Typical October night 56°F, day 80°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 36°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
Union Grove is in Texas’s 31st congressional district. Its representative, John Carter (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →