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Explored Abilene State Park with the lover today! 🌿🦌🦉🕸 #fyp #foryoupage #abilene #abilenetx #abilenestatepark #tuscola #texas #tx #statepark #stateparks #hiking #deer #hiketok #nature
nevershoutdayznevershoutdayz
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Nice park, nice sites, though little to close for our liking but not terrible. Park staff was very helpful, when ask where to fish, very willing to extend some pics of his friends fish caught just a week prior to our trip and fishing tips, like where to fish and what to use. But same as our fishing trip at Fort Richardson, we couldn’t even give the bait away, could be us, just wrong time of year or the fact that the lake is very low. As for the little lake close to camp sites, over grown in cat tails and in very much a need of some help. But as for the trails go they where nice, plenty of game trails off the main trails to keep us entertained and even allowed us to get fairly close to some deer. Bathrooms where clean but like the lake in need of some help in the form of updating and repairs. Overall we like this park and will be back, we think and this is only our opinion. Our parks need some help, financial help, they need more money to make repairs and updating. I’m not sure how to get that to them, maybe from our state or maybe up the cost a little. Less than 10 bucks per day per person is fairly cheap, considering all there is to do in our state parks. Some families will spend 100s of dollars a day for theme parks and not think twice about it, but we can’t spend 10-15 dollars per person for a fun, historic, wildlife filled experience with our families in a state park. They even offer a park pass for $70 a year (details on app). Just our thoughts, thank you Abilene state park.
Cary slaghCary slagh
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We visited this park Nov 3rd-5th, a Friday afternoon check-in for a Sunday mid-day check-out. When we arrived with our Rv, we sat at the window to confirm our reservation for 15 minutes. When someone finally came to the window to great us, we were told to just hold on it would be wait. There were several other vehicles piling in behind us, and what seemed like another 15-20 minutes later, we were checked in. The office didn't sell ice but had an ice machine. We drove to our site and set up and realized we needed ice, so 1 from our group drove to the office where an ice machine had been spotted to only after sitting in the long line of cars "again" finds out the office did not sell ice. The person from our group had to drive into the nearest town. Our daughter works for a state park and the customer service at that park is top notch, but Abilene State Park needs to work on staff and putting in a side drive for when re-entering the park, you are not required to sit in a "long" line of cars trying to get checked in. The Abilene State Park itself is absolutely 💯 beautiful! We took hikes and took some great picks. The park was quiet at night and very clean.
RAMBUNCTIOUS RANCHRAMBUNCTIOUS RANCH
00
Abilene is a wonderful state park. We love the trees and the trails through the woods. Wagon Circle is an awesome place to camp with the kids. They have space to run and play and climb the lovely old oaks with other kids and not get out of your sight. Pecan Grove spaces are really nice too. The woods on 3 sides offer some separation from other campsites, but this area is for small campers (25' or less) and tents. Bathrooms were really clean, and we appreciated the hand soap. The camp hosts (?) had decorated their site and the entrance to Pecan Grove for Fall- so welcoming. Loved that they added a small scarecrow at each site. In the hot summers, the swimming pool is a great way to cool down. There's a fishing pond, and Lake Abilene just down the road is a good place to fish, swim, or kayak. They also rent yurts and have a soccer field, baseball field and volleyball pit. Just down the road is Buffalo Gap and Perini's Steak Ranch, with some other places we need to still check out. There's a flea market the 3rd weekend. Abilene State Park is a great place to stay.
Betsy LewisBetsy Lewis
20
A lot of the fun experiences that camping with young children who like to say go fishing are not so easily done here with the lake being pretty well dried up. So that was a bummer. We rented a yurt, that was ok, I suppose, but we had to reseal the a/c vent so it wasn't blowing the exhaust back into the yurt and also had to contend with the infestation of wasp that had made the old previously used a/c vent their home and it was not sealed off properly either so the first night there we had fun teaching the kids how to seal of those vents and killing and removing the wasp. Also, the pool was closed all summer, apparently. It's not something we found out until we got there. So, there is no lake or pool to go swimming at, and it's triple digit weather. No ice is available at the little mini store as the ice machine was broken. And the grass was pretty much overgrown all throughout the hiking trails. Overall, we made due and enjoyed the quality time we spent there. We will just find a different park to go to next summer.
Kristi NapierKristi Napier
00
We camped and hiked in Abilene park during this past Columbus long weekend. Both of the bathroom and the bathhouse we went to only had one sink. We had to wait to use the sink to brush our teeth or wait for showers. The hiking trails are short and easy for family with young kids. We found a snake shed on a tree and some cool bugs. The oak trees are everywhere at the campsite we stayed and around the playground. We enjoyed the shade a lot!! The water level of Lake Abilene is surprisingly low. The majority of the lake is like a little forest, covered with grass and bushes… wonder how long the lake has been like this. The pool is empty and it was not available. Downtown Abilene is about 25 minutes drive away from the park. We went to the mall and watched the movie Wild Bot after hiking. It was a fun and relaxing trip overall!
Lola GayleLola Gayle
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150 Park Rd 32, Tuscola, TX 79562
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Abilene State Park is a 529.4-acre state park next to Lake Abilene about 15 miles southwest of Abilene, Texas on FM 89. The park opened on May 10, 1934 and is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
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