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Jim Hogg Park Type: Camping - Corp of Eng. Park Map: Campsite Map Reservations: Click here Texas Outside Favorite Sites: 30, 32, 44, and 36
Brief Overview: Lake Georgetown is a small 1300 acre undeveloped (except for the the Copr of Engineer Parks) lake with 26 miles of shoreline. As you can tell from the pictures, when we visited the Park during the drought of 2006, the water was down over 25 feet. Amenities and Fun Things To Do: Most of the sites are level and have some nice amenities that other parks don't have. For example, the picnic tables (which are larger than normal) are all covered, sit on a concrete pad, and the covered shelter has hooks for lanterns and a small cooking shelf. In addition, about half of the sites have a very nice smoker type grill with a cover. There is a very nice, but steep, 4 lane boat ramp with a large parking lot. The park has a dump station and ample overflow parking for 2nd and 3rd cars. The restrooms and showers are dated but clean. You come to this lake to relax, enjoy the view, and camp. There is a 26 mile hiking trail that you can get to that circles the lake. You can swim and fish from the shoreline which is limestone rock ranging in size from small pebbles to large boulders. A Typical Texas Outsider Day: Enjoy your campsite with games, good food, marshmallows or samores, and some tall tales. Or you can fish, swim, walk/bike around the campground. After a good breakfast, we started the day with a tour of the lake, which only took about 30 minutes -- it is only 1300 acres and 26 miles of undeveloped shoreline except for the Corp of Engineer Parks. It's not hard to find some good water for skiing by the dam or anywhere on the lake if the wind's not howling or there isn't much boat traffic. By the dam are some small cliffs where kids were jumping into the water. After skiing, we anchored by the bluffs, had lunch, and played games. You can get more information on Lake Georgetown on the Texas Outside Lakes Section.
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Jim Hogg Park has 148 sites with water and electric hookups and each site has a 55' back in parking pad, covered table and grill. Sites 1 - 109 also have a ground fire ring. Sites 8,75, 80, 122, and 132 are double sites and have screened in shelters. Sites 79 - 148 are only available from 1 April to 30 Nov. A dump station is provided for the disposal of waste-water and the restrooms have hot showers and flush toilets.
