Middle Concho Park — Attraction in San Angelo

As a professional event host, I was in town to host the 2025 Wake The Dessert Wakeboard competition at Middle Concho Park. The park was beautiful and the lake perfect for this great family event. But I had forgotten this was a military town. As a decorated retired military veteran with a prestigious award / metal visible on my Texas plates, I was immediately pulled over and hassled by San Angelo Police just outside the park entrance on my way out. I've experienced this in other military towns where police feel it necessary to seek out and victimize military and veterans. This is a despicable trend that is reprehensible at best. Our military are the largest supporters of the town's economy and should not have to deal with begrudged police officers. Google calls San Angelo a "Military-Friendly Community". This veteran begs to differ. Do I dislike police officers? I do not... I have a "Back the Blue" logo on the back of my own business cards. But San Angelo Police made it a point of ruining my first ever visit to San Angelo on the afternoon of July 21st, creating animosities where there should be none. The park was very nice, but law...

Middle Concho Park can run the spectrum of experiences. It all depends on what you like. If you want a quiet, clean park all of the time, then this is not your place.

That being said, I've found quiet moment here for trail runs in the Twin Buttes area. There's plenty of trails for dirt bikes, four-wheelers, and mountain bikes. There is even hunting during various seasons.

The problem is finding an area of the park and time that fits your particular needs/wants. Also, this place charges from memorial to labor day weekend and I don't know why. Otherwise, pretty...

Very fun place to go! I lived only a mile from the park and I have spent many hours here. There is more things to do here than you could do in a day. There is a disc golf course, you can go swimming, play basketball, fishing, camping, boating and much more. I have many good memories of this park. Also you can get to the twin buttes area through here where you can do even more fun activities such as hiking, hunting and shooting shotguns. So plan a family trip here and you...