within an hour or two from DFW???? Havent camped in a while and plan on trying to next weekend... I'm talking about tent camping...WOuld be leaving around 6pm on a friday so not wanting to go to far and set up camp in the dark..

Head to the hills of OK. It should be cooler up there!

Beavers Bend or Broken Bow Lake!

Tyler state park.

Cleburne state park

Glen Rose state park.

Meridian State park - our favorite of all time. Smaller, out of the way, and not a whole lot of people.

Cedar Hill isn't bad. Isn't great, but isn't bad either.

Whitney state park.

I think Fairfield is within that circle.

Mineral Wells State Park - FUN place.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/prairies_and_lakes/

Basically, draw a 75 mile circle and ask about a park. Meridian is my first choice, but tyler really is nice too.

purtis creek state park is real good.even my wife likes to go camping when i mention that place..

All suggestions above are really great spots.

You do know this weekend will be crazy!

Call ahead before you go. Make sure they have space available. Especially with this wonderful weather we're getting for the weekend, people are going to be flooding to the parks. Call around.

thanks yall....another thing is the burn bans going on right now too.... no fun campin without a good ole camp fire!

+1 Purtis

I'm always partial on wise co. park on Bridgeport.

If your willin' to travel to Whitney, McCowan Valley is a very nice park. They have spots for tents and trailers or they have little screened in cabins that you can rent which are pretty nice.. Not sure what time of year you are wanting to go, but their swimming area is really nice also.

I here many people say Mineral Wells is their favorite. On my list to do. Fairfield is just slightly over two hours from DFW. Not bad but there are better on the list.

I wouldn't opt for Fairfield just now..it is very low and they had a recent fish kill. I have to second the Meridian vote earlier . It is far and away my favorite park, I refuse to go to Ghorman anymore, but I don't think you can camp there...You won't be sorry if you head out to MSP, and they have screen cabins too with electricity and water spigot, and you can still have your campfire...I am just partial to it I huess because we have had many good times there , with hopefully many more to come...Hope you have a blast and catch some fish.

This list was posted by 3z3k3l in off topic. Thought the info should be here also.

Purtis Creek - From Dallas 1 hour
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/purtis_creek/

Mineral Wells State Park - From Dallas - 1.5 hours
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_mineral_wells/

Fairfield Lake State Park - From Dallas - 2 hours
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/fairfield_lake/

Bob Sandlin - From Dallas - 2 hours
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_bob_sandlin/

Lake Murry - From Dallas - 2 hours
http://www.shopoklahoma.com/murrayre.htm

Possum Kingdom - From Dallas - 3 hours
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/possum_kingdom/

Caddo Lake State Park - From Dallas - 3 hours
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/caddo_lake/

Robbers Cave State Park - From Dallas - 3.5 hours
http://www.stateparks.com/robbers_cave.html

Broken Bow, OK - From Dallas - 3.5 hours
http://www.beaversbend.com/

Inks Lake State Park - From Dallas - 3 Hours 45 Min
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/inks/

Lake DeGrey in Arkansas.- From Dallas - 4 hour drive.
http://www.degray.com/

Lake Ouachita State park - From Dallas - 5 hours
http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/lakeouachita/

Morgan Shady Park - From Dallas - 5 hours
http://www.morganshadypark.com/

Beaver Lake - From Dallas - 6 hours
Rogers,AR
http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/hobbsstateparkconservationarea/

Mountain Home, Arkansas - From Dallas - 7 hours
http://www.nps.gov/buff/index.htm

purtis fo sho

Winnsboro is a cool place to camp, got a little supply store restaurant right there on the camp sight.