Fort Richardson State Park

This state park is a historical site and campground and is well managed and beautiful. Lots of wildlife that are close to the campsites. Restrooms and showers were immaculate.
Sites are large and most are tucked into a wooded setting .lots of big rigs that were there.we are in a 16 foot travel trailer .
Definitely would stay again
Electric and water at site with a dump station in the park.

This state park is pretty amazing! The Fort Richardson army exhibit is really cool with lots to see. There is plenty of hiking trails win the park and the 8 mile Fort Richardson State multi use trailway has a trail head in the park by the fort. The staff are friendly and the facilities are super clean and look new!

The only drawback is that there doesn’t seem to be too many large trees so shade would be scarce in the summer.

Nice little park. Spend an hour walking through the old fort and then hike some easy trails.

Fish in the little lake or drive 3 miles to the North Park on lake Jacksbro.

We stayed at slot 39. Partial shade. Good level spot. Nice fire ring/grate. Lots of space. Deer every morning, lizards, birds and squirrels.

It is in town but feels like the country.

Really good fall and spring. Summers at hot so prepare for it.

This park is GREAT ... what a sweet find!! The campsites are spaced a good distance from each other with plenty of space for your chairs, etc. Asphalt pad is fairly level, sites are nice & long, we had water & electric, but 4 sites in the park include sewer for a bit more $; picnic tables & fire pits; excellent cell service but NO TV stations picked up. A creek runs thru the park, there are several nice hiking trails. There are restrooms but did not visit. Close proximity to town for any essentials. Small lake in park for fishing and maybe swimming. Super friendly park staff. Historical site as well. Loved my time here!

We stayed one night at the equestrian camp on our way through the area. We prefer leaving the equestrian spots for horse owners but it was the last one available in the park. Although, of the 5 sites in this loop, none of us had horses!

With only a couple of small pens and not much space, we could see why equestrians might not flock here. Hard to say from one night though.

The sites are long and narrow without much space between them. Road nosie is noticeable during the day but quiet at night.

There are no bathroom facilities in this loop, so be aware of that. There is a small dumpster available. The bathroom/shower facilities and dump station are down the road at the main campground. You do have 20-, 39- and 50-amp electric plus water hookup at your site.

The good part about this loop is that you're camping within site of the historic Fort Richardson and visiting the grounds is a short walk. The buildings are only open from about 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but you're welcome to wander the grounds and look in the windows. Make sure you grab a self-guided your brochure at check-in.

This was fine for a night or two, but for longer we'd encourage a stay at the main campground instead.

Phone service was good: Verizon 4 bars / T-Mobile 4 bars.

Clean park and quiet. We tent camped amongst RVs therefore it was very quiet. The facilities were great. Showers were recently remodeled and look very nice and clean. Spoke to a park ranger and gave us information on potential upgrades to the park. The swimming area doesn’t allow pets. We took a small hike near the creek. Had dinner in town 1 night at JRs Steakhouse. Overall great experience.

Family thoughts - We had a really great time. It is not the most young kid friendly park ever, but it's not designed to be. Its an historical site. By that I mean there aren't big attractions for young ones (5-12 yo) like playgrounds, water stuff, etc. BUT they have awesome woods, a nice creek, and tons of trails for the kids to explore. My 5yo and 7yo played HARD in those woods, waded in the creek, and had a total blast. We'd definitely go again!

Attractions - Fort Richardson and that's it. BUT it is a really cool old fort with informative museum displays, a park ranger that tells about its history, many walk through areas with recreations of life at the fort during the Indian Wars. There's even a fun area near the parking lot where the kids can dress up and take pics in period piece costumes. Super cute.

Amenities - We RV'd it and LOVED LOVED LOVED our campsite (see pics) which was camp site 5. It had a super wide pad site with so much room that the kids and some neighboring kids that we met that weekend used as a stage to do a talent show. So cool.
Site 5 (see pic of site maps) is really secluded even though it's right across from a nice shower building. The trees almost completely envelop it. It has electrical (50a & 30a) that are close to the pad and water hookup (no sewer....get to that in a minute), and tons of room for all slide outs. It slopes down a bit as you back in making the tongue jack pretty low to the ground and the backside of the rv/trailer sticking up high. We had plenty of those lego looking leveling blocks and boards, so it was not a problem. Just something to think about.
There are only 4 sites that have their own sewer dump hole (see sites 1 - 4 on the site map). But if you look on the map at where site 5 is located, you'll see that its roughly 40-50 yards from this site. That building across from 5 is the shower building. You can either pull your rig up to the dump station and back to its spot, or you can get one of those portable dump can's with wheels which we saw several people doing. Genius idea, and we will be getting one for these types of sites.
The park is kept very clean and well maintained. We saw lots of primitve camping opportunities as well as some neat little cabins that people seems to enjoy. Lots of wildlife and hiking, and LOTS of opportunities for pics of kids with wild flowers.
Staff was very kind and helpful. They even have a small gift shop with a Fort Richardson bumper sticker (for people like us that collect those) and lots of period specific books.

Location - its located in the actual small town of Jacksboro, but its really isolated looking and feeling. We liked this as there were a few things that I needed to pop into town to get.....then back to our little island of a park.

Cell coverage - we have ATT and they said it would be spotty, but it wasn't really. We had consistently 2 bards and sometimes 3 bars. I streamed netflix and youtube for the kids a couple of times with no hiccups.

Giving it 4 stars because I do wish there was a playground or two there.