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Purtis Creek State Park

4.5 (15 reviews)
Open 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Updated 1 month ago

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Shannon H.

Love Purtis Creek State Park.Clean,family environment.Get ready for the largest group of tame wild raccoons.Everybody feeds them a So they equate humans with cocktail and lunch providers.So,fish swfcim enjoying.

sarah b.

Great park with a place to swim and east hiking for the whole family. Great for fishing and just an enjoyable place to be. All the hikes can be done in one day.

Primitive Camping Trail

One of a East Texas' hidden gems. Quiet, little State Park. They have RV Hook-ups and places for tent camping. There's places to fish, kayak and swim. They also have a children's playground and different hiking and biking trails to choose from.

Family fishing! Good times!
Lyn J.

This is a beautiful lake! Beautiful scenery, calm, peaceful and clean! Camping spots are well maintained and spaced enough so that you aren't so close to your neighbor. The fishing area is kept clean, and it is sooooo quiet and peaceful! If I lived here in Texas, I would definitely make this place a regular spot to visit if I want to escape.

From the tent!
Boston R.

We did primitive camping; many good spots available, each with its pros and cons but all with privacy and plenty of shade. Each spot is on the water for easy access fishing but be careful of trees/stumps in the water! There ARE raccoons and they WILL get your food if it is not properly stored However there are not hooks to hang any bags/trash.

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Nice secluded area to read or just be alone. You can get alot of thinking done here for sure

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The hiking trails are fun, gratefully didn't run into any snakes, altho the overgrowth warranted an encounter or 2.

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Fairfield Lake State Park - Fungi

Fairfield Lake State Park

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This park is substantial in size! It has two boat ramps (north and south), at least three fishing…read morepiers, hike/bike trails, one of the largest swim areas I've seen at a State Park, at least twenty picnic tables in the day use area, a picture-perfect swing set by the swim area, three camping loops (each includes a restroom with at least two showers per restroom), a cemetery, historic well, amphitheater - the park covers so much area that it takes around 15-20 minutes to travel from one end to the other following the park speed limits. Our first visit to this park included a first-time, somewhat terrifying spotting of a feral hog on Bird Blind trail which was creepily overgrown, eerily vacant (reminiscent of a "ghost town"- it gave us a spidey-sense...not to mention a few cobwebs we stepped through) and full of rutted dried ground. The reason this was a bit terrifying is that a park ranger at another park had recently elaborated to me just how dangerous feral hogs can be--especially if you accidentally come between them and their young! Thankfully, we were able to keep a respectfully fearful distance from the hog we spotted and must not have come between it and its young cause we survived! Following Bird Blind loop, we took a short hike on the nature trail where I was relentlessly harassed by a horsefly which regularly buzzed by my ears and then landing on me--I fully grabbed the bug at one point trying to swat her away which freaked me out more. That night I learned that female horseflies diet on mammal (including human) blood which helped me to feel justified in my drop of spirits and frightened outburst on the hike. Despite having bug spray on, my sweat, bright shirt, movement, exposed skin, breath and simply being a living being with blood in my veins...made me a prime target for that lady horsefly's advances--she wanted to slice my tender skin and have my blood for her dinner. Thankfully we were able to redeem our first visit with a mother deer and baby fawn sighting (seeing that feral hog was pretty cool too), alligator gar spotting, sunset float and picnic dinner, and refreshingly cold showers before our drive back to Dallas! On our second visit, we did not return to either trail (maybe worth a try in cooler, less COVIDy weather/times) and instead stuck to the water as our main activity which made for a much more pleasant experience. I was even able to paddle over to the swim area buoys and observe a few terns and one double-created cormorant closer than I think I've been to most any wild birds in my life! We were then treated to sightings of a white egret and two great blue herons just before and after sunset which flew to the nearly-vacant swim area to hunt! To top all of that off, we took a small, post-sunset walk from one fishing pier (south boat ramp to the other-in day use area) which was enhanced by friendly small talk with fisherpeople on that South Boat Ramp pier/dock, a random, psychedelic arrow in the middle of the woods, a tribe of adorable scavenging trash pandas and two little boys exuberant over their dad's catch of a sizable catfish just as it got dark! This warmed my heart more than I can say--seeing a family making these precious memories and making me long to fish with my far-away dad again like old times!

What a great place. I tried this because it was the only park we could get into. The reviews were…read morego so we booked. Awesome place. Camp grounds are nice, spread out and you have plenty of seclusion. Playground for kids, volleyball court and swim beach. We kayaked and fished, hiked and hit the store. Staff were all super. Highly recommended- we pull a 30' trailer. Side note - one dump station lines take too long. Go the loves at I-45 pay $10 much quicker.

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