Daingerfield State Park Campground

When we arrived check-in was very quick and easy. The super friendly park attendant even revised our reservation and saved us some money when we bought the annual state park pass.
I brought up the map pdf on my phone and it was easy to find our spot. Spot # 18 was a little tight for backing-in our 30’ trailer, but would have been easier if we had entered from the other direction. There is a nice lake view and an area across the road which was handy for the dog potty breaks. We were near the restrooms/showers which are very nice and well-maintained. The sites are very nice with a fire pit, picnic table and grill. Our site was pretty level, but we saw many that were not. There is plenty of space between sites.
The public areas are all well maintained. The fishing pier is large with rentals for various non-motorized crafts. The store is only open Thursday-Sunday.
The Mountain Trail was a nice climb with pretty views at the top and the Rustling Leaves Trails is longer and more relaxing.
We really enjoyed this park and will come again.

This is one of the best Texas state parks that I have been in. It is a beautiful mix of pines and hardwood trees, with a lake, fishing pier, boat rentals, swimming, playground and BBall goal. Looking out the window at the sun filtering through the trees is awe inspiring! Our RV site has a tent pad that our grandkids will be using this weekend. It's no wonder I had to reserve my site 3 months in advance!

We thoroughly enjoyed this park. We had site 27, which was in a stretch with only 2 other sites, one being the park host. Husband was able to connect to work via our Verizon hotspot. Had decent cell coverage (we have Google Fi). No TV as we don’t have satellite, but we didn’t miss it at all. Lots of birds to watch! Park hosts were friendly and helpful. Park was clean, as were restrooms and showers. Overall a wonderful stay!

Reserved on-line 152 days prior to arrival.

Pros
Pristine clean restroom/showerhouse. Seems recently renovated
BIG PINE camping area only big rig friendly (longer than 20 ft) out of 40 FHU sites. Big Pine, Dogwood and Mountain View Campgrounds FHU so 40 FHU sites with no park dump station.
Aluminum picnic table and fire ring with cooking grate
Very quiet campground except for highway and train noise
4 camp hosts
Good night sky viewing in BIG PINE
Good view of lake in BIG PINE
Privacy from side neighbors
No leveling required from side-to-side
Asphalt parking pad heaved various places due to tree roots creating numerous tripping hazard
Campsite utility hook-ups in good condition with no problems encountered
Security gate that closes overnight
No street lights in BIG PINE
Campsite and entrance fee discount with Texas State Park Pass
Not charged a fee to make my own on-line reservation

CONS
Most FHU sites (other than BIG PINE) are extremely short in length. Barely room for single axle TT, so need to review site details carefully
Site 8 had an extreme amount of above ground roots causing tripping hazard
Picnic table approx 50 feet from Site 8 parking pad
Highway and train noise
BIG PINE sites barely off campground road, so therefore no privacy from campers across the road
Restroom/shower facility not heated
No lantern pole
No wildlife sightings
No park Wifi
1 bar AT&T in BIG PINE

Good park. We came here to work from our trailer for the week, and I wouldn’t recommend it for that since the signal can vary greatly from site to site. We didn’t have any Verizon, and had limited AT&T.

The site is huge and the trash, bathroom, lake, hiking trails are all close enough to be very convenient but far enough away to not be a problem with traffic for the site.

There are minimal trails, but they’re nice.

The site driveway is short, very lumpy, and very unlevel. We never actually got level after finding the best spot on the drive and using our 4” Anderson levelers on one side. Almost every back in site we saw had this problem to some degree. I am giving 4 stars only for this and that the space between this site and site 13 allowed for no privacy. With the wrong neighbors, your stay could be a lot less relaxing/fun.

Overall, really great park for a peaceful getaway. Some parks are empty during the week - this one is not, but it never got noisy or disruptive. If you get the opportunity to get one of the pull through on the lake, those sites look amazing!

We visited DSP Dec 4-6, 2020, about a month too late to see the best fall color. Nonetheless, this is a beautiful quiet park, with tall pines, mature hardwoods and excellent walking trails surrounding the picture perfect lake. I walked the Mountain View and Rustling Leaves trails. Both are well marked and easy to follow. Didn't use the showers, but the restroom buildings with flush toilets appear to be new and are first class, relative to the other state parks that we have used. We parked our 27' trailer in slot #34 of the Mountain View area, the only site available for Fri-Sun stay when we booked it a week before our visit. The pads on this, downhill, side of the loop are very un-level, and ours was also very eroded. (See pics.) The loop road is pretty narrow, so all that would make it a little dicey for me to back in a longer unit. All sites are full hookup, but our sewer connection was so far uphill that it was impossible to use. Fortunately we were able to hold our black water (Hold it, hold it!) until we left, so could pull out onto the road, hook up, and dump. There is no separate dump station in the park, AFAIK.

Our first visit to Daingerfield was cold, rainy, and wet- but we loved it none the less! We stayed in site 27, which has pros and cons. It’s next to only 1 other site, but off a main road and tricky to back in a larger trailer (ours is 31’) due to the narrow road. The pull through spots/area looked great. Great hiking trails here and a beautiful spot to see fall foliage!

Everything was beautiful. The bathrooms were clean, lots of trees good distance hiking trail. Only two negatives the trails were poorly marked and apparently we came on a bad day which was a Wednesday and it was clean up the park days so for four hours all you could hear was the leaf blower. But that will not stop us from coming back again.