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Pull-thru
USACEWright Patman Lake · Texas
Malden Lake Campground
Overview Malden Lake Campground is situated on the shore of 30,000-acre Wright Patman Lake within the piney woods of northeast Texas.
Sites3938 reservable
Elev.302ft
Comf.Jan-Dec10 months
Max rig55 ft8 pull-thru
Electric3910×50-amp
From Dallas3h08real 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 302 ft, Malden Lake Campground has a 10-month comfortable window (Jan-Dec). Winter nights average around 40°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. 39 sites total: 38 reservable and 1 first-come, first-served. Of the sites, 8 pull-through, 10 with 50-amp, and the longest takes a 55-ft rig.
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.
80%
Of summer weekend-days are dry.
Mar 6
Last spring frost; first fall frost Nov 20.
76°F
Average July low.
Getting there
03 · ACCESS
01
Dallas
161 mi
3h08
02
Houston
272 mi
5h10
03
Austin
327 mi
6h12
04
San Antonio
405 mi
7h39
By drive time
Routed road time (OSRM). Nearest major highway 0.2 mi away.
Picking your site
04 · 39 SITES
Color byShow only
39 mapped sites · dot color = seclusion · click a dot for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap.
0
Walk-in
10
50-amp
2
Accessible
0
Prime
39
Sites
★ The standout
Site P016
P · shaded.
To neighbor
146 ft
Max rig
45 ft
Type
Standard
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.