Every now and again I'm tempted to keep a really great campground to myself and not review it so as to keep camp traffic down. There is a city park in Tomball, Spring Creek Park, that tempted me to not review it it's such an uncommon value.
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A few miles west of 249 in Tomball, TX. |
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Once every 30 days campers are allowed to reserve one of the 8 RV camping sites for up to 7 days. There is NO CHARGE for the 7 days camping and the RV sites come with full hookups....that's right, FREE electric hookups, and water and sewer. Now if Spring Creek was a run of the mill city park you might think "Meh!" but the park is meticulously cared for by a large staff and boasts a shower house that is also cleaned daily. It is hands down the nicest park I've been in in Texas.
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The park is spread over 114 acres. |
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Here's the Spring Creek Park data sheet:
Hookups: 15, 30 & 50 amp. Water and sewer.
Fire ring: No
Water Access: Yes (Spring Creek)
Fresh Water: Yes
Trash Service: Yes
Toilets: Yes
Showers: Yes
Dump station: No (sewer hookups instead)
WiFi: No
Level sites: Yes
Laundry: No
Store: No
Pool: No
Shade: Yes
Verizon reception: 4G,
3 of 4 bars
Internet reception: 3
of 5 bars
Cost: Free
for 7 days
Tent camping is also allowed although the tent sites are "primitive camping" (no hookups). Additional park features are: one unlighted softball
field, one lighted basketball pavilion, two lighted tennis courts, a small barbecue
pavilion, a large barbecue pavilion, three tent camping sites,
one primitive camping area, a playground,
trails, picnic tables, barbecue grills, a sand volleyball court, and a rest room/shower pavilion.
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There are several miles of hiking/biking trails. |
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Spring Creek runs along the northern edge of the park and I saw several people fishing from it's banks during my stay there. The RV sites are in the southern portion of the park across from the rest room/shower building. The community DOES actively use the park -- there were 3 high school cross-country meets in the park during my stay, and the teams practice there each afternoon after school.
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Part of the north section of the park was once a cemetery | . |
On another topic, I took the camper off the pickup during my stay and found this in the bed of the truck:
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Thankfully, the mice were long gone! |
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I was really grateful to the City of Tomball for making such a great park camping experience available for free. If you plan on checking it out look at the park's website http://www.hcp4.net/parks/springcreek/ and be sure to call to make reservations as 8 sites get booked up fairly quickly.
Thanks for reading!