2022-09-26 Salmon Lake RV Park in Grapeland TX

Monday about 11:00AM we headed south to Grapeland TX to the Salmon Lake RV Park. It was mentioned on other social media as a good place to hold larger rallies and our Texas Ramblin' Roses Chapter of RVing Women is always looking for a big enough place for our annual meeting.

On our way south, Elaine and I stopped by the Songbird RV Park in Elkhart TX to say hi to Cynthia, another RVing Women member that owns the park (see my earlier post). I wanted to show Elaine the park and to see how the development of the new sites was going.  The plumber has already been there to lay out where the sewer connections will go. 

On to Salmon Lake right outside the small town of Grapeland.

The park is a family owned park that has been around for a long time. It's rustic and charming. The brochure says "Drenched in old world charm with a dash of modern convenience, Salmon Lake Park is dedicated to providing its guests with family friendly recreational activities." The have many RV sites both 30 and 50 amp, many with sewer hookups. They also have cabins and a swimming lake. There are also many old western buildings and antique cars, trucks, and farm equipment. We were here early fall and during the week so it was very quiet. I'm sure it is rocking during the summer as they also have many visitors that come for the day to swim and picnic.

Let's start with the old buildings and vehicles out near the front check-in and then on through the park.

They were repainting this engine.

Based on the upper floor decorations, we thought that some of the staff or family must live up there. There was a separate large family house off to one side as well as some RVs that may have been family or staff as well.

This bus definitely hasn't been used in quite some time.

Some buildings were open to go in while others were not.

Blacksmith shop.

This was a small meeting room they rent out for events.

They have one bunkhouse that sleeps 20 so this may possibly be it.

Some buildings were more up to date than others.

This may be the only bathhouse for the park other than the cabins that do have bathrooms. It was very nice inside with a number of toilets and showers on each side.

This is the largest pavilion available. It is labeled as the stable.

There are many cabins of varying sizes and located in different areas of the park. They are rustic and unique.

The park is well known for a very large jazz festival held every year. The weekend after we left there was going to be a Russian music festival. They have a stage with audience sitting on the hillside in front. There is also a treehouse where you can see the stage.

There is a popular swimming lake with a huge slide into the water. I didn't get a picture of the beach area. While we were there, an older man came two different days and swam around the lake.

These views of the slide and lake were actually taken from the RV sites where Elaine and I were parked.

When we arrived at the park, I unhooked the car and we drove around to see where we wanted to park the RVs. They told us we could park anywhere we wanted. I imagine that when they are busier, they at least assign an area where they knew there were emptied spots. The sites are all on grass. And there is sand. The rows of sites look very tight in some areas but you can pull through with every 

RV in the row alternating the direction so when you pull through the hookups are at the back and you have an empty area on each side. Some of the hookups are short and older while some have been replaced with taller more modern posts.

We chose to park above the lake. It was wonderful but I would not want to park there in the busy summer with all the day people coming to use the lake. We parked going opposite directions so we had a nice area with a picnic table between us. Too bad I didn't get a picture of our sites.

The next post will show the largest hall you can rent and the facilities inside.