White Flint Park
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 15 of the next 30 nights read 16:26 UTC
- A night
- $30From, per site
- Sites
- 2523 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
White Flint Park is located at Belton Lake, which provides some of the best fishing, camping and boating in Central Texas. This year-round campground has 12 sites with screened overnight shelters and 13 RV sites, all with water and electric hookups. Belton Lake was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the construction of Belton Dam in 1954. The 12,300-acre lake is located on the Leon River, just upstream of the confluence of the Leon River and the Little River. Keep reading
Recreation
With 136 miles of shoreline, Belton Lake offers a wide variety of recreation activities. White Flint Park is most popular for it's quiet, lake-side screen shelters. The Park offers a day use area complete with one multi-lane boat ramp. The lake is also a popular fishing spot for hybrid striped bass, largemouth bass, white bass, catfish and sunfish. White-tailed deer, hawks, great blue herons, ducks, geese, many species of songbirds, bobwhite quail, Rio Grande turkey, and even an occasional bald eagle visit the lake area, yielding year-round opportunities for wildlife enthusiasts and kids alike!
Facilities
Facilities List: 1 Gatehouse (Months, days, hours and pass availability subject to change) On-Site Park Hosts/Maintenance Volunteers 13 Campsites (w/ hookups) 12 Screen Shelters (w/ electric & water) 1 Restroom Facility w/ showers and sinks (Water-bourne) Day Use Area (Day use fee applies*) 1 Boat Ramp (Multi-lane) 1 Courtesy Dock 1 RV Dump Station (w/ Non-Potable Water)
Facilities
Description: All campsites (RV) and Screen Shelters have water and electric, a covered picnic table, a charcoal grill, and fire ring. A water-bourne (Showers, sinks, flush toilets) are centrally located to the campground. Campsites range from heavily shaded to sun. White Flint Park is located next to the White Flint Wildlife Management Area, which boasts plenty of hiking and wildlife viewing opportunities. In the day use area, campers will find a 1-lane boat ramp with a courtesy dock and a vault restroom facility. The park offers 1 RV dump station (W/ Non-Potable water). Day use fees are now payable via QR codes found in the parking areas by the boat ramp. The park is staffed with on-site volunteer campground hosts and maintenance hosts. * Day use fees are paid via QR code on the rec.gov app. Download the Mobile App .
Natural Features
All of the campsites are along the shoreline of Belton Lake. The campground is partially forested, providing a mixture of sun and shade. There is a man-made wetland on the lake between White Flint and Winkler Parks, providing an additional 25 acres of wildlife habitat in the lake area. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (254) 742-3050.
Nearby Attractions
Belton Lake is located adjacent to the Fort Hood Army Base, which has several points of interest for the military buff. The mural painted on the spillway wall of Belton Dam depicts the history of the Bell County area.
Charges & Cancellations
Changes and cancellations are subject to a $10.00 administrative fee. Refund requests are processed through recreation.gov website or app.
What the agency tells you
Gatehouse: Gatehouse attendant available Thursday-Sunday beginning March 1st through October 31st. Limited quantities of America The Beautiful Military Annual and Liftetime Passes and USACE Annual Passes will be available. NO CASH/CHECK PAYMENTS ACCEPTED, Credit Card Only.
Day Use: White Flint Park has Day Use areas and Day Use fees apply ($5/vehicle). Parking is based on first-come, first-serve. Day Use hours are 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily. Visitors are required to physically arrive at the park to claim a parking space and pay the fee. Once on-site, follow the posted instructions to pay via QR code. For additional information, you can download and sign into the free Recreation.gov Mobile App on Android or iOS prior to your arrival to make sure you can access the site when you scan the QR code to pay your fee. DAY USE FEES ARE STRICTLY ENFORCED; please display USACE or America the Beautiful Passes or kiosk payment slips in your windshield or ensure QR payments have the correct license plate. Failure to properly display passes or pay via QR may result in a citation.
Camping Check In/Out: Check-in time is 3 p.m. and check-out time is prior to 2 p.m. Early check-ins will not be permitted. See your recreation.gov confirmation e-mail for your 4-digit gate code, which will be located at the bottom of the email. *Camping at any one or more sites at any one water resource (Lake) project for a period of longer than 14 days during any 30-consecutive-day period is prohibited without written permission of the District Commander.*
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Park Specifics: White Flint Park is open seasonally with camping closures from Nov 1 - March. Day use areas are open year-round. Additional Vehicles/Campers/Trailers/Boats to Campsites: Campsites are allowed: One (1) Recreational Vehicle (Motorhome, travel trailer, 5th wheel, conversions [any type], etc.), Two (2) Vehicles (Car, Truck, Van, Etc.), and One (1) Boat. Any additional vehicles will need to pay an additional $5 day use fee/vehicle per day AND be parked in overflow parking. Additional Recreational Vehicles must pay for an additional campsite which has the allowance of the above capacities. **While these vehicles are permissible at the site, if they do not fit properly (fully on pavement and in boundaries of site), they will need to be parked in overflow. Parking on grass or roadways is prohibited.
Swimming Pools/Inflatables/Bounce Houses/Etc.: Please be advised, the use of water slides or inflatable structures such as inflatable slides, bounce houses, or moon bounces and not permitted without a lake activity permit. Lake activity permits can be requested through the Belton Lake Office Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm at 254-742-3050 (Except Federal Holidays). Swimming pools are not permitted in the park, with the exception of kiddie pools. Kiddie pools may not exceed a water depth of 5 inches, height of 7 inches, width of 48 inches and length of 48 inches. Pools must be moved to a new location each day to prevent damage to the ground surface. Pools may not allow constant flow of water onto ground.
Golf Carts: By permit only; please call the Belton Lake Office for more information Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm at 254-742-3050 (except Federal Holidays). Off-Road/Motorized Vehicles (UTVs/ATVs/OHVs/Motorized Bikes): Off-road vehicles are not permitted in Corps parks unless they are registered, insured, and highway legal. If applicable, they are restricted to paved roadways only and follow all vehicle regulations while operated in the parks.
Events: Fishing tournaments, vendors and sale of food/products, or large events/parties, especially those with inflatables or special equipment, require an approved Lake Activity Permit from the Belton Lake Office. Lake activity permits can be requested through the Belton Lake Office Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm at 254-742-3050.
Dumping: RV/Trailer tank discharging is only allowed in designated dump stations. Discharge of holding tanks to include "grey water" is probited in all other locations, to include campsite areas. Washing of Vehicles/RVs/Trailers/Boats is considered dumping of "grey water", and is not permitted in the parks. Dumping of household trash (to include vehicle/boat/trailer parts) on USACE properties/parks is prohibited, including park dumpsters. Violations of the aforementioned rules may result in a citation.
Rules & Regulations: Title 36 CFR (EP 1165-2-316) governs the public use of water resources development projects administered by the Chief of Engineers. Visitors to any Corps project are bound by these Title 36 regulations, which are enforced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Visit the Title 36 section of this website for a copy of the rules and regulations or visit the local lake office.
For More Information: For more information, call the Belton Lake Office at 254-742-3050 Mon-Fri (8a-430p) or visit the Belton Lake Website . ALWAYS WEAR A LIFE-JACKET!
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 25 · 12 cabin
- Hookups
- 23 electric, 25 water
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets · Vault Toilets
- “…ring. A water-bourne (Showers, sinks, flush toilets) are centrally located to the campground. Campsites… / …boat ramp with a courtesy dock and a vault restroom facility. The park offers 1 RV dump station (W/…”
- 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
- Lake, River, Beach
- Birding
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Kayaking
- Paddling
- Water access
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 113th darkest of 154 in TX
- Bortle 4
8 of 30 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:26 UTC
recreation.gov lists 23 of the 25 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 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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
“Any additional vehicles will need to pay an additional $5 day use fee/vehicle per day AND be parked in overflow parking.” · the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $30 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.
“Changes and cancellations are subject to a $10.00 administrative fee.” · 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 →
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recreation.gov availability, read 16:26 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
25 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 23 mapped sitesAll 25 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 25 of the 25 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. 23 of the 25 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| LOO1 | 001 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30/50 amp | 107 ft | 305 ft | 303 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | 002 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 107 ft | 303 ft | 197 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | 003 | type not stated | 60 ft | 50 amp | 293 ft | 123 ft | ||
| LOO1 | 004 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 316 ft | 162 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | 005 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 293 ft | 229 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | 006 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 283 ft | 294 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | 007 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 282 ft | 375 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | 008 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 271 ft | 469 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | 009 | type not stated | 60 ft | 50 amp | 273 ft | 545 ft | ||
| LOO1 | 010 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 113 ft | 320 ft | 640 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | 011 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 113 ft | 349 ft | 730 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | 012 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 106 ft | 394 ft | 783 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | 013 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 475 ft | 778 ft | $30 |
| LOO1 | SS01 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 120 ft | 191 ft | 368 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS02 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 139 ft | 165 ft | 219 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS03 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 139 ft | 242 ft | 107 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS04 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 403 ft | 911 ft | 700 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS05 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 87 ft | 199 ft | 301 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS06 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 96 ft | 175 ft | 503 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS07 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 79 ft | 127 ft | 670 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS08 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 79 ft | 151 ft | 717 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS09 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 139 ft | 250 ft | 858 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS10 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 106 ft | 296 ft | 888 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS11 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 99 ft | 405 ft | 876 ft | $40 | |
| LOO1 | SS12 | overnight shelter electric | 15 amp | 143 ft | 530 ft | 889 ft | $40 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Winkler Park1.4 mi
Cedar Ridge (TX)4.6 mi
Temples Lake6.9 mi
Live Oak Ridge7.9 mi
Westcliff8.4 mi
Belton Lakeview Park8.8 miFrom Interstate 35 in Temple, Texas take State Highway 36 west towards Gatesville. Just after crossing the Leon River bridge, turn right on White Flint Park Road and follow it to the park and campground entrance.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Temple, TX
Typical weather
Typical October night 56°F, day 81°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
White Flint Park 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 →