Texana Park & Campground

Brackenridge Recreation Complex is a park operated by the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department terminated its lease in 2012 when the river authority assumed management. Two separate campgrounds, each on different sides of Texas 111, Brackenridge Plantation Recreation Area and Texana Park and Campground. We camped at Texana Park and Campground with reservations made for FHU 88 days prior to arrival. Paid $5 on-line reservation fee. Texana Park entrance gate is locked “after hours” and is secured with a keypunch entry pad. Our campsite #131, which was 60 feet long, backs up to Lake Texana but is without any shade over the pad where we parked our camper. We had to level side-to-side. The pad condition was poor. Very nice view of the lake. Grass neatly mowed around the campground area. No vegetation between campsite, so wide-open view of your neighbors at each side and across the road. No wifi. Our campsite metal grill and campfire ring were consumed with corrosion and badly needed to be replaced. A high amount of highway noise from TEXAS 111 where it crosses the lake. Some “comfort stations” are only toilets/sinks in the campground. We found them clean and well maintained. Quiet for the most part except for our party-animal neighbors who erected a large white event tent, complete with lights, at the back of their site where two dozen or so people were partying most of the night and lights were never turned off! So much for “quiet hours”! Lots of “foot traffic” through our campsite on their way to the event tent! We were surprised Park Management permitted the event tent there at a campsite. Our campsite fire ring was 30 feet from their event tent so no quiet evenings around our campfire! The only wildlife we saw in the campground were a couple of armadillos, who were being chased by the party animals! Seven miles to the closest town, Edna, where there is a HEB grocery store, a couple gas stations and restaurants. Victoria is about a 30-minute drive where you will find Walmarts, HEB, Home Depot and major shopping retailers and restaurants. Don’t overlook The Morales Store and the Texana Historical Presbyterian Church!