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Brazos Bend State Park Campground

21901 FM 762, Needville, Texas 77461 USA

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“6 lakes!”

Activities include camping, picnicking, hiking, biking, horseback riding and fishing. Six lakes are easily accessible to fishermen, with piers located at 40-Acre, Elm and Hale lakes. Visitors are cautioned to pay due respect to alligators, which are numerous in some areas of the park. The Nature Center houses exhibits pertaining to the three major ecosystems in the park.The George Observatory is located in the park and is open Saturdays from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. For information on stargazing programs/passes and other programs, call the observatory at (979) 553-3400 or at (281) 242-3055 (as a satellite of the Houston Museum of Natural Science), or visit the George Observatory website.In addition to campsites, the park also offers screened shelters, a cabin, and group facilities. 

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35 people have reviewed this location

Ratings Summary

4.9 Access
4.7 Location
4.9 Cleanliness
4.8 Site Quality
4.7 Noise

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Verizon 4G

Confirmed by 13 users | Last reported on February 16, 2023

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Confirmed by 13 users | Last reported on October 20, 2023

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  • 38 Reviews
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February 16, 2023
Rated

Such a wonderful park! Ditto to all that's been said. Campsites are well spaced, paved, level and scenic. Bathouse is a bit of a hike, but facilities are clean, showers hot. We loved riding bikes around the lakes. Flat and easy for street bikes. Many types of birds, alligators, ducks, etc. We enjoyed this, and it would be super for kids. Even saw a great horned owl in her nest.
Tip#1: the Houston Space Center was a terrific rainy day field trip. About an hour away, very worthwhile.
Tip #2: the Texas State Park pass paid for itself quickly. Reduced the rate of our 2 day stay from $ 78 to 37.50. Excellent value.

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Nightly Rate: $25.00

Days Stayed: 2

Site Number: 229

5 Access
5 Location
5 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
5 Noise

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Verizon 4G

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bobmagee

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October 20, 2023
Rated

Had a fun time here. The campsites are spaced out really well, most have plenty of room for your parking needs. W & E at all the sites in the Burr Oak loop.

Lots of trails. We saw plenty of wildlife including alligators. The lakes were really low, drought conditions this year.

We had our 3 year old granddaughter, plenty for her to do. Real nice playground, a great nature center with baby alligators you can touch.

Groceries & gas about 20-30 minutes away.

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Nightly Rate: $25.00

Days Stayed: 4

Site Number: 121

5 Access
5 Location
5 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
5 Noise

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AT&T 5G

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Campendium

August 28, 2015
Rated

It rained quite a bit whilst we were here and of course it being August the heat and humidity are probably too high for most people although rain helped keep it manageable. That said we pretty much had the whole park to ourselves until Friday night, apart from the camp host and a few volunteers. Quite a bit of wildlife to see during our many in park cycle trips. Lots of trees everywhere and the whole place is well kept and clean including the close by toilet and shower facility. We had a great time in his pretty much deserted park 40 or so miles from Houston's huge population.

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Nightly Rate: $20.00

Days Stayed: 4

Site Number: 120

4 Access
4 Location
4 Cleanliness
4 Site Quality
4 Noise
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Reviewed by
Campendium

November 13, 2015
Rated

This was our first time camping at Brazos Bend State Park and we were surprised at how much we loved it. It's a well maintained 4,900 acre park located approximately 25 miles southwest of Houston. There are two loops for camping with sites that are wide, deep and level. There is also a loop with cabins and a primitive tent camping area. These loops have clean restrooms with showers and one of them also has a small laundry mat. There are over 30 miles of hiking/biking trails. These trails traverse three different ecosystems; coastal prairie, bottomland forest, and wetlands (which include lakes and marshlands). This park is excellent for bird watching, but it's most famous resident is the American alligator! The park also has a nature center where you can pet a baby alligator, and a rat snake, plus observe several poisonous snakes that live in the park. Another highlight is the George Observatory! It's a satellite facility of the Houston Museum of Natural History with three domed telescopes that is opened every Saturday evening.

Pros
Clean and well maintained
Deep and wide camping sites
Excellent hiking/biking trails
Excellent birding
Alligators
Observatory
Nature Center

Cons
Mosquitos
Mediocre cell phone reception

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Nightly Rate: $20.00

Days Stayed: 3

Site Number: 115

5 Access
5 Location
5 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
5 Noise

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AT&T 4G

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Campendium

January 25, 2018
Rated

This park was not at all what we expected! The hiking and biking trails were great! We encountered so many birds, alligators and deer when we were there. It was magical! The facilities were warm and clean! And there was laundry on site.

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Nightly Rate: $20.00

Days Stayed: 2

Site Number: 201

4 Access
3 Location
4 Cleanliness
4 Site Quality
5 Noise

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Verizon 4G

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Reviewed by
Campendium

January 27, 2018
Rated

Truly a nature experience with many walking\ biking trails. Birds, deers, alligators to see all around. The camping sites are well spaced and level. They just redo all the pavement of the sites and road.
Bathrooms/showers were clean.
The park is well maintained and the staff is helpful and dedicated to the customers.

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Nightly Rate: $20.00

Days Stayed: 1

Site Number: 226

5 Access
4 Location
5 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
4 Noise

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Campendium

March 11, 2018
Rated

I think this is my favorite of the Texas state parks we stayed at. We were camping during the week, so it was pretty empty/quiet. There are great walking/hiking trails (although some were still closed due to hurricane damage). You could see a mud line on all the trees. Everything must have been under water. There are alligator, vultures, deer, birds. The bathrooms were OK and they had a laundry room.

I made a youtube video of park at: https://youtu.be/1ziNzvc1FJ0

Cell phone data download/uploads (Mbps) using Speedtest:
Verizon 8.48/0.26
T-Mobile 5.17/1.17
ATT 4.32/2.20

With Weboost cell booster:
Verizon 15.0/1.0
T-Mobile 4.94/4.59
ATT 8.60/3.26

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Nightly Rate: -

Days Stayed: 3

Site Number: 230

5 Access
5 Location
5 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
5 Noise
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Campendium

December 30, 2018
Rated

Simply a beautiful and amazing park. Spanish moss, alligators, hiking/biking trails, birds and more birds.... a nature lover's paradise. ATT was virtually non-usable for data, even with our booster. Verizon was good, even better with a booster.

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Nightly Rate: $25.00

Days Stayed: 5

Site Number: 122

4 Access
4 Location
5 Cleanliness
4 Site Quality
5 Noise

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Verizon 4G

AT&T 4G

Reviewed by
georgewilliamson

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August 11, 2019
Rated

Very good Texas state park. Sites were wide, level, and well-maintained. There are a lot of hiking trails through the swampy wetland environment with a ton of wildlife viewing. Lots of bird variety and alligators. An armadillo was very interested in our trailer. The observatory was closed for renovations, however.

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Nightly Rate: $25.00

Days Stayed: 2

Site Number: -

5 Access
5 Location
5 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
5 Noise

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Campendium

December 31, 2019
Rated

This Texas state park has Texas-sized campsites and a wide variety of amenities, making it a winner. Sites are generally very long and spaced out very nicely. Although the oak trees don't provide any meaningful visual screening between sites, the spacing alone was enough to provide a reasonable sense of privacy. Some sites are under an oak tree canopy while others are out in the open surrounded by grass; consult with a satellite view of the campground to select a site you prefer.

Our site was truly enormous, a double-wide site that was 60 feet long, and while not perfectly level it was large enough that we could work with it to find the most level spot to park. Our site was water and electric only, and unfortunately the water bib was very drippy (like many others we noticed) but otherwise worked fine. The closest bathhouse was in good condition and kept reasonably clean, even during a holiday week when it was obvious that the cleaning staff had days off.

The other amenities of the park include a nature center with frequent programs and hands-on activities for kids, an observatory open on Saturday afternoons and evenings, and (our favorite) 37 miles of trails suitable for hiking and biking. The nature center, observatory, and trails are easily accessible from the campground. The trails offer options to hike along lake shores, to observation towers, along the river, and through upland forest areas. During our visit in December the birdwatching was excellent (mostly water birds but also a good variety of forest birds) and the trails were busy, but because the park is so large it never felt crowded. We also saw plenty of alligators, the park's signature animal. The oaks draped in Spanish moss, the peaceful marshes, and the calm waterways combined to make this an outstanding place to enjoy nature.

There are a few gas stations with convenience stores located 1.5 miles south of the park entrance, but otherwise the best place for shopping and services is in Sugar Land, about 25 miles away. On AT&T, we had only 1 bar of LTE service using our MyFi but it was solid enough to stream movies and do FaceTime (forgot to test speed while we were there).

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Nightly Rate: $20.00

Days Stayed: 6

Site Number: 228

5 Access
4 Location
5 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
4 Noise

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AT&T 4G

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Brazos Bend State Park Campground

21901 FM 762
Needville, Texas
77461 USA
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