Maintained by the city’s parks and recreation department, Wichita Bend RV Park (wichitafallstx.gov) lies along the banks of the Wichita River within walking distance of downtown. Reserved exclusively for self-contained RVs, the park has more than two dozen sites, all with water and electricity. The campground has no restrooms, but it provides a dump station for RVs. Campers can cross the river on a swinging bridge to enter 178-acre Lucy Park, which has extensive recreational facilities, including a seasonal outdoor swimming pool, 1.7-mile hiking/biking trail, disc golf course, picnic areas, playgrounds, and basketball and volleyball courts. Lucy Park is the site of a man-made waterfall, created to replace the city’s namesake waterfall that was swept away in a flood more than a century ago.
Two miles west of downtown, Wichita Falls RV Park (wichitafallsrvpark.net) has some sites near the banks of the river. The campground caters exclusively to RVs, offering more than 150 sites with full hookups. Other facilities and services include a centrally located bathhouse with restrooms and showers, coin-operated laundry facilities, a seasonal outdoor swimming pool, a recreation room, a catch-and-release fishing pond, free Wi-Fi and cable TV, and a pet walk.
Coyote Ranch Resort (coyoteranchresort.com) is roughly six miles east-southeast of downtown Wichita Falls. Although its RV park is its centerpiece, the 90-acre resort also has a variety of other accommodations, as well as a wide array of amenities. In addition to its 120-plus RV sites -- all with full hookups, picnic tables and fire pits -- Coyote Ranch offers a selection of rental cabins and cottages, a yurt and a tenting overflow area. Amenities include a centrally located lodge with meeting halls, free Wi-Fi and satellite TV, two swimming pools, bathhouses with restrooms and showers, a fishing pond, a coin laundry, an event center, a chapel and a playground.
Burkburnett/Wichita Falls KOA (koa.com), only minutes from the Oklahoma state line, is 15 miles north of downtown Wichita Falls. The campground has dozens of RV sites with full hookups, a half-dozen RV sites with water and electricity only, and about a dozen primitive campsites for tents. The campground also has a rental cabin for those who have no camping gear. Other facilities include a seasonal outdoor swimming pool, game room, a covered picnic pavilion, Wi-Fi, cable TV and propane service.
Lake Arrowhead State Park (tpwd.state.tx.us), 15 miles southeast of Wichita Falls, lies along the northwestern shores of Lake Arrowhead, which covers nearly 15,000 acres of north-central Texas. The lake is actually a reservoir created by a dam on the Little Wichita River and supplies water to the city of Wichita Falls. Developed campsites in the park include more than four dozen with water and electricity and another 18 or so without utilities. Of the sites with utilities, four are reserved for use by equestrian campers. The park also has a walk-in primitive campground for group camping. Recreational facilities accessible to campers include a swimming beach on the lake, five miles of multipurpose trails, boat ramps and a disc golf course.
