Eisenhower State Park — Attraction in Denison

We drove in from Denton after work, so it was already dark when we got here. Judging from the lack of lights we knew it would be a nice and quiet weekend. The staff was very friendly and got us checked-in really quickly. Since we arrived so late, there were only a few camping spots left with electricity and water hookups. We were able to get a spot (#40) in the Armadillo Hill camping area, fairly close to the restrooms. Before leaving the front office we were offered trail maps and pamphlets for local attractions.

Our first impression of the park, once we were all set up, was that the restrooms and showers were very clean and well kept. That's a definite big thumbs up! The showers have actual doors and plenty of space to shower and get dressed afterwards. The tent areas for the campsites around us were adequately spaced apart and it didn't feel like we were on top of one another. We have a fairly large tent (16'x10') and had not problem fitting it on the tent pad.

The next day we were able to explore quite a bit of the park. We decided to do some hiking before checking out some of the sights of nearby Denison. We chose to hike the Armadillo Hill Trail, which was about .8 mi. About 1/4 mi. into the hike, we discovered that part of the trail was under water, since there had been so much rain around that time. We ended up driving around the park to check out some of the other camping areas. We were surprised to discover how large this park actually is! Upon leaving the park to check out nearby Denison, we saw there was a big box where you could select firewood for 50¢ a stick. Most other state parks that we've been to have very overpriced firewood, so we brought our own. It's nice to know that the next time we come to this park, we can just buy firewood there for really cheap.

I only had 2 minor gripes with our camping area. The water spout for the camp site next to us was really close to our tent area. Because of this, any runoff from the water spout would flow down towards the front of our tent pad. My other gripe was that our water spout and electrical hookup were quite a bit away from our tent pad. Luckily, I brought a 50' extension cable to run power to our tent, but we only had 1' of the extension cable actually inside of the tent.

I look forward to coming and camping here again, and maybe staying in one of the other...

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We visited Eisenhower State Park this past weekend May 17th-19th. The check-in process was very quick and easy. Overall we had a good time, the park was clean as was the campsite. One small issue with the campsite we had was that it had a ton of fire ant piles everywhere. The second issue we had and the largest issue was a lack of privacy. We came to camp to get AWAY from people but instead felt like we were being closely watched and monitored by the State Park Rangers. The first day we arrived on Friday, the State Park Ranger kept driving past each campsite literally once per hour. That is entirely way too excessive. Friday evening was where it got REALLY weird. The campsite next to us was a tad bit on the louder side and I think someone might have complained. We noticed a State Park Ranger drove over to their site to talk to them, shortly after that they were very quiet. We thought the State Park Range had drove away but to our surprise he was spying and watching out in the dark unannounced. We knew this because our dog started barking and we were trying to figure out what it was barking at because we couldn't see anyone. All of a sudden, a flashlight came on and the State Park Ranger announced himself and then walked into our camp site and talked to us about quiet hours and that our dog had to be on a 6ft leash (we use a 6ft leash when walking around the State Park but once we are at the campsite it's on a 25ft leash). I couldn't imagine having a dog tied to a 6ft leash for an entire weekend, what fun is that? We were and are aware of the state park rules and this was unacceptable. The State Park Ranger had no business walking into our campsite, especially late at night and while it was dark. We will not be coming back to this park nor will I be recommending it to any of my...