Our current campsite

Since we kinda "added on" this stay to our overall stay in the DFW area, we were not able to get a campsite for all of the days of our stay, so we've stayed at several campsites within Hickory Creek COE Campground. It has been nice because we've found that we like some sites and some loops better than others.

Overview of all campground campsites. The entry road comes in from the top with the county road being way over to the right side of the map. The campsites that are in the upper part to the right are primitive hike-to campsites. The campsites that are in the upper middle of the map are a group camping area - they are all designated as handicapped, I suspect so the ranger can allocate them for groups when they call in to reserve. It has a nice pavilion as well as its own bath house. The main loops for campsites are the big loop on the left center of the map and another big loop on the lower right part of the map.

There are two loops off the main road (to the right as you're driving, to the left on the map). We are currently on the outer of these two loops - which includes sites 1-41. Based on our analysis of sites, these tend to have more sloping sites. The ones on the outer part of the loop have nicer views of the lake. We have stayed in sites 13 and 34 on this loop - 13 was quite flat. 34 has a bit of a slope, but we have a better view of the lake out of our front window. We also stayed on the loop that has a round circle at the end - we stayed just at the entry of it in site 95. We liked that site 95 was very level and also easy to get to off the main road. Even though it was the first site off the main road in/out, there was a stand of trees behind the site so it didn't feel like we were getting a lot of traffic noise. And, there aren't many sites on that loop (94-104) so there isn't much traffic of people coming and going to their sites.

This was the loop we were on Tuesday-Friday. We were in one of the "early" sites in the loop - across from the playground, before the road that goes off to its own circle. Up to the bathhouse that is on the lower left of this picture, the road is two-way, but once the campsites start, it is a one-way road going counter-clockwise. Sites 42-80 are on the "main" road and 81-93 are on the offshoot road (two way road). We felt like there was a lot of traffic going past us in the front - maybe because of it being a holiday. We think that sites at the end of that circle loop would be nice - not much traffic and they have nice views of the lake - but they are a long drive in from the main gate.

 The roads that go past the campsites on the two main loops (1-41 and 42-80) are one way and the speed limit is necessarily slower along any roads where there are campsites.

If you want to take a better look at the campground, this is a link to their website:
http://www.recreation.gov/camping/map_of_Hickory_Creek/r/campgroundMap.do?page=map&search=site&contractCode=NRSO&parkId=71200

We like site 95 that is just off the main road, and we are thinking we would like 90 or 91 that are on that other circle though they may not be very convenient if we were having to come and go each day (like for doctor appointments).

Here is today's site (we moved here Friday):

Here's the current site 34. We could have backed into the site a little deeper, but then the back end would have been over top of the concrete parking bumper, and, since we knew the back of the site was higher than the front we were concerned that the bus might rest on the concrete parking bumper. You might not be able to see it, but Miss Doozie's front tires are a little off the ground. This was one of the sites that we judged as "sloping" on our evaluation of the sites in the park - but we can get level enough to be comfortable.

The RV across the camp road from us left earlier this afternoon and no one has arrived yet (check in is 3pm and it is almost 4pm now - but they could come in anytime up until the gate closes at 10pm) - so we have a nice view of the lake out the front with no one impeding the view at this time!