Rating: 1/2
Location: On US-287 (Northwest Loop) on the north side of Wichita Falls.
Type: Commercial
Check-in/Check-out times: 1:00/11:00
Site Quality / Amenities: At the time of our visit, this park was new and not yet fully operational. At that time it would be hard to call it a luxury park. Roads and pads are concrete. Each site has a concrete patio along with a picnic table. There is a large dog park as well as a club house and pool. The club house apparently serves mixed drinks some times but they never did the 5 days we were there. It also includes a laundry room and an exercise room. The pool was also not yet open as they were waiting for approval from the city.
Access: Even though it’s at the crossroads of US-287 and Interstate 44 it can be slightly challenging to get to as there are a lot of roads converging and quite a few large businesses.
Staff: The staff were friendly and basically consisted of a front desk person and a couple who live on site and basically do everything.
Cellular/WiFi: Starlink had an unobstructed view of the sky so speeds were good. T-Mobile had 5 bars and achieved nearly 1 Gbps down and 80 Mbps up. The park had WiFi but we didn’t use it.
Restaurants: We tried Cracker Barrel due to it’s close proximity and honestly it was not a good experience. The chicken fried steak I had seemed to be semi warm from a microwave. The catfish was only slightly better but mostly tasteless. We decided the chain is really going down hill fast after visiting several other locations and I think we’ll pass on them for a while. They’ll either improve or go out of business. We also went to Texas Roadhouse and it was very good – both service and food. It also ended up being less expensive than CB.
Nearby parks: We didn’t investigate any nearby parks.
What we liked: The park is all concrete – roads and pads which was nice during the rain we got. Overall the park has lots of possibilities as they finish it out. Sheppard Air Force base is close by so we got to see a lot of T-38C Talon jets practicing which was very cool but added to the noise (see below).
What we didn’t like: Most sites aren’t very level, requiring leveling blocks on one side the ground the wheels. Grass has been planted but in many places there are more weeds than grass. The park is right on two highways and near railroad tracks which normally doesn’t bother us but here it was quite noisy day and night. Also new for us was that there was a underground petroleum pipeline going through the park and right by our site.
Verdict: We would stay here again, for a short stay although at least for now it’s hard to call this a “Luxury” park.

When we pulled into our assigned spot we see lots of prairie dog mounds.  Dozens of prairie dogs were all around our site.  They are doing their little squeaking/barking trying to warn all their friends about our intrusion as they head for the safety of their homes in the tunnels. Our first thought was to move somewhere else in the park away from them but then we decided they might be fun to watch. They’re pretty cute but we later discovered they had been feasting on our extension cords! Lesson learned – you need to keep smaller cords off the ground, luckily they didn’t eat our water hose or our main power cord to the rig. 

In our 6 days at Lake Arrowhead we had a several clear cool days so we enjoyed bike rides, hikes and camp fires.  A few light showers and freezing temperatures helped us start getting prepared for colder weather going into winter. We left a day early because of a winter ice storm approaching and wanting to be off the road once it started.

It was really neat to see and hear flocks of geese flying over and spending time on the lake.  Also, we had no idea pelicans migrated. But there they were dozens of white pelicans flying in and braving the cold in the lake on their way south for the winter.

Rating: 1/2
Location:  Wichita Falls, Texas
Site Quality:  Asphalt roads and pads. There were mostly back in spots although we had one of the few pull throughs.    
Type:  State Park
Access:  Easy access from Highway 287 on FM 2393 into the park.
Staff:  All staff we met were friendly and helpful.
Amenities:  Water and electric only, dump station, several hike and bike trails, swimming area, playground(2), showers and restrooms.
Cellular/WiFi:  AT&T and Verizon 4 bars without amplification. Data rates were about 15 Mbps on Verizon and 7.5 Mbps on AT&T. 
What we liked: Several hiking and biking trails. Sites were spacious and there weren’t a lot of people in the park in December.
What we didn’t like: No sewer connections. Seemed more oriented toward boating and fishing. Prairie Dogs were interesting but can be destructive particularly to smaller power cords. Likely better in the spring or early fall when vegetation is still green.