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Pull-thru
USACELewisville Lake · Texas
Hickory Creek (TX)
Overview Hickory Creek sits on the extremely popular Lewisville Lake near Dallas, Texas.
Sites134116 reservable
Elev.518ft
Comf.Jan-Dec10 months
Max rig110 ft10 pull-thru
Electric124123×50-amp
From Dallas0h46real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27
At 518 ft, Hickory Creek (TX) has a 10-month comfortable window (Jan-Dec). Winter nights average around 39°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. 134 sites total: 116 reservable and 18 first-come, first-served. Of the sites, 10 pull-through, 123 with 50-amp, and the longest takes a 110-ft rig. Within about 4 miles: lake or river access.
The campground at a glance
01 · CHARACTER
Reads strongest on shade and reservability. Softest on roomy sites.
Six axes, each scored relative to every other federal campground in the region: quiet (miles to a major road), cool (elevation), roomy (average site spacing), shade, RV-fit (longest rig), and how reservable it is. All six come from data, nothing hand-tuned.
When to go
02 · CLIMATE
avg highavg lowfrost-freedriest · Sep
Jan-Dec
Comfortable window: nights stay above 35°F, days below 90°F.
77%
Of summer weekend-days are dry.
Feb 28
Last spring frost; first fall frost Nov 21.
78°F
Average July low.
Getting there
03 · ACCESS
01
Dallas
33 mi
0h46
02
Austin
226 mi
4h07
03
Houston
271 mi
4h56
04
San Antonio
304 mi
5h34
By drive time
Routed road time (OSRM). Nearest major highway 0.9 mi away.
Picking your site
04 · 134 SITES
Color byShow only
112 mapped sites · dot color = seclusion · click a dot for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap.
0
Walk-in
123
50-amp
32
Accessible
0
Prime
134
Sites
★ The standout
Site P06
HICKORY CREEK · shaded.
To neighbor
184 ft
Type
Standard
What's within four miles
05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER
Trails & Peaks
Trail segments
1993
Water & Access
Lake / river access
yes
To nearest major road
0.9 mi
Method
We synthesize public data layers: RIDB and Recreation.gov facility and site records, Open-Meteo climate normals, OpenStreetMap roads, trails, and water, OSRM drive times, and USGS elevation. We take no bookings, no ads, and no paid placements. Independence is the entire point.