Camping on Waco Lake: Four Corps Parks, and Two Close for Winter

If you want to sleep by the water in McLennan County, the Army Corps of Engineers runs four campgrounds on Waco Lake: Airport Park, Reynolds Creek, Midway, and Speegleville. Between them you'll find RV hookups, tent sites, and group areas, but they're not interchangeable, and the calendar matters.

Airport Park, on the north bank, is the year-round option: 46 sites with 50-amp electric and water, and 22 of those with sewer hookups too. Speegleville, over on the west shore, runs March through October and adds a couple of screened shelters and a four-lane boat ramp. Reynolds Creek mostly closes for the cold months from October to April, but it keeps its equestrian sites open year-round, which makes it the spot if you camp with horses.

Reservations for Corps sites go through Recreation.gov, and the popular weekends fill early in spring and summer. One quirk catches people: a few sites sit far enough back from the shoreline that 'lakeside camping' really means a short walk to the water — so if waking up to the view is the whole point, pull up the site map and pick a numbered loop that actually fronts the lake.