Ascarate Lake — Attraction in El Paso

park opens at 5:30 summer and winter it 6:30. closes at 9:00pm Nicely stocked lake with blue and channel catfish ,largemouth bass , rainbow and brown trout (Winter)and several species of panfish. A good fishing spot with the rite bait at the correct time of day! However, don’t forget your tx state fishing license. 17 and under fish for free! A Nice walking track around the lake My phone shows 6,000 steps to walk around lake. Monday through Thursday it’s free to enter Ascarate park. Friday it’s $2.00 holidays it’s $5.00. Special events it’s $5.00. Ascarate park encompasses 400 acres the lake surface area is 43 acres. 18 hole golf course. Sunsets can be stunning with the Franklin mountains looming in the distance. Lots of local birds,Canadian geese, ducks, mallards, coots. Insects,dragonflies and bees along with all the others you would find in a healthy aquatic habitat. Restrooms and port-a-johns are located...

Great place! Huge park, if your kid gets bored of one, bring them over to one of the like 5 that they have. Half of the place is a lake and the ducks are amazing, I suggest feeding the coots if you can, they're super freindly, btw if anyone's reading this DO NOT FEED DUCKS BREAD it is not healthy, and could go as far as to result in death if they are fed that a lot, things like grapes, blueberries, lettuce, and wild bird seed is way healthier in comparison, and they prefer it. The best part about this "park" is the fact that they have a pool. For everyday people it's sort of just a park, but if your coming from out of town and you're on a budget then this is the best possible...

We went to this park to attend the El Paso fair for the year. We will not be going here again there are cops that steak out the parking lots to try to give tickets in the different parking areas. As we were driving in and out of the fair when we arrived, and when we left, we saw multiple cop cars parked in the different parking area giving tickets, possibly running peoples plates. Many cars were going the same way we were no signs saying wrong way or do not enter. We parked in the parking lot in our parking space a cop rolled up behind us, giving us a ticket and we advised that there is no sign. Never seen cops giving away tickets inside amusement parks literally in the...