We arrived 151 days after making our on-line reservations for the very busy Memorial Day weekend in Piney Shore Loop campground. This was our fourth camping adventure at Lake Livingston State Park in the Piney Shore Loop. Pros EXTREMELY quiet during the Memorial Day weekend. Even tho not backed up to lake, nice view of lake from Site #55. Double concrete pad as it is an accessible campsite. Very level concrete pad; no need to do any type of leveling. Nice early morning shade onto Site #55 Very good privacy from neighbor Site #54 and Site behind #48 Park ranger drive-thru about every four hours Restroom/showers good working condition, clean, ample hand soap and toilet paper. Recently paved park roads very nice upgrade Mosquitoes were drawn to those who strung lots of lights throughout their site, so many did not use those lights which resulted in good dark conditions for night sky viewing. 1-2 bars AT&T cell service. Lowes, Walmart and small HEB close by n the town of Livingston. Squirrels love to be hand fed, so bring some peanuts and make lots of friends! Cons. Campers requiring mobility assistance may find this campsite very challenging, even tho it does have a double wide concrete pad. Site #55 labeled as accessible but is very accessible unfriendly as it is not close to campground toilet shower facilities, fire ring is up a gravel hill on driver side of camper. Piney Shore Loop sewer hook up required 20 feet of stinky slinky. No privacy from Site #56. No privacy from the campground road. Picnic table in mud hole nearly the size of the table and very unleveled with one end higher than the other end. Unable to move picnic table as it is chained to concrete pylon. Picnic table not wheelchair accessible. No afternoon-to-evening shade what-so-ever. Site #56 campers permitted their dog to run without a leash. No park WIFI
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⭐ 3 Reviews⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3.8
We love this state park and is one of our favorites! This was our third time camping here in the Piney Shores Loop. We arrived on Memorial Day for four nights with reservations made 54 days prior. We weren't loving Piney Shores #52 back-in campsite much due to: Steep drop-off of the concert pad and the narrow roadway making backing in challenging. The dirt area around the picnic table, fire pit and lantern pole was a huge MUD hole! What a mess due to daily rains. No concrete pad under the picnic table, so your feet were in the MUD hole! HINT - Park Maintenance needs to apply some medium size gravel around table and fire pit. Picnic table (chained to the ground) and fire pit were right next to each other. WHO DESIGNS THESES CAMPSITES?? Power interruptions, albeit short. Very glad we had our power surge protector. We loved: Very level concrete pad requiring no additional leveling efforts. Huge campsite along the lakefront with access to launch kayak/canoe or even swim (which we didn't). Gorgeous sunsets over the lake. It was wonderful to sit at the fire facing the lake and watch the sunsets. The squirrels that ate from our fingertips! It was also really amusing to find the squirrels VERY friendly. They just hoped up onto our laps and took peanuts in the shell from our fingertips! Super quiet as only 6 full hook up campsites were occupied due to COVID operating restrictions.
Quite, lake access for fishing, a few nice hiking trails. Excellent during the week, almost empty.




