Offering more than 20 miles of trails, Lake Somerville, Texas, provides the outdoor enthusiast a wide variety of outdoor recreational activities. In addition to the hiking, biking and mountain biking adventures, campers can enjoy horseback riding through the winding woodland paths. If you're considering a camping adventure for families, individuals or couples that includes both land and water activities, consider visiting the following Lake Somerville campgrounds.
Lake Somerville Marina and Campgrounds feature over 130 campsites, 96 of them with options for electricity and water use. Campers requiring a more comfortable stay can choose to rent one of the five cabins that overlook the lake. In addition, the campgrounds provide a public shower house that is cleaned on a daily basis. The nearby shops sell fishing equipment and fishing licenses for anglers who enjoy reeling in the big catch. For those who enjoy exploring the woods and hunting for game, the shops also sell a license for that.
Lake Somerville Marina and Campgrounds
505 Marina Dr.
Somervile, TX 77879
(979) 289-2321
lakesomervillemarina.com/
The Birch Creek Unit camping facilities, which lie adjacent to the Lake Somerville Trailway, provide a variety of sites for almost every type of camper. They have rugged campsites, walk-in tent sites, equestrian sites and sites with water and electricity hook-ups. Restrooms at the campsites include showers. The Birch Creek Unit is especially attractive to anglers, as it includes a fishing jetty, a fish-cleaning shelter and a family fishing pond. Fisherman can catch large-mouth bass, white bass, crappie and catfish. If campers wish to participate in activities on land, they can play volleyball, basketball or horseshoes. In addition, they can choose any one of the trails that encompass the 19 miles of nature and wooded areas to hike, mountain bike or bird watch.
Lake Somerville State Park
Birch Creek
14222 Park Rd. 57
Somerville, TX 77879-9713
(979) 535-7763
[email protected]
tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_somerville/#fac
Located on the southwest shore of Somerville Lake, the pet-friendly Nails Creek Unit camping facilities offer 20 campsites with water and electrical options for use. In addition, horse lovers can choose from 10 equestrian campsites near the Somerville Trailway with water areas. Nails Creek includes a kids' fishing pond and fish-cleaning shelters to make a child's first or 100th fishing adventure pleasurable. In addition, the campsite provides two group picnic pavilions for families to enjoy. Campers may also take pleasure in the 16 miles of trails surrounding the campgrounds in addition to the Somerville Trailway, or they can go swimming, boating and water skiing on the lake.
Lake Somerville State Park
Nails Creek & Trailway
6280 FM 180
Ledbetter, TX 78946-7036
(979) 289-2392
[email protected]
tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_somerville/#fac
Rocky Creek Park, located on the south side of Lake Somerville, includes 34 campsites with 20, 30 and 50 amp electric service and water hookups, in addition to 75 nonelectric sites and 46 primitive sites, both with water available. Rocky Creek Park, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, features restrooms, showers, group shelter, nature trails and a boat ramp. The park provides numerous recreational activities from which to choose, such as biking, bird watching or hiking through the three-mile nature trail, or swimming, fishing, sailing, boating and water skiing in the lake.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Somerville Lake Office
10550 Rocky Creek Park Rd.
Burton, TX 77835
(979) 596-1622
swf-wc.usace.army.mil/somerville/Recreation/Parks/Corpsparks.asp
