Rocky Creek Park

We spent a night at the Corps of Engineering ground after finding the site online. Benbrook Lake is a fine place to escape the city without actually leaving the city, with several different options for day use and camping on all sides of the lake. The attendant gave us a combination lock code for access and asked that we lock it behind us whether coming or leaving. There were no electric outlets that we could find and the toilets were essentially permanent portapotties, which smelled like death and were crawling with spiders. Yep, inside the toilet holes. Yuck. But other than that, the 11 site campground was actually quite beautiful: plenty of oak trees providing shade, fairly large sites, long parking lanes, and the creek itself, although mostly dry this late in the summer, probably would be very nice earlier in the year. There are iron fire pits with a small grill attached, and the picnic tables are under shelters. We paid $10 for a Saturday night, which was just fine for an evening under the stars.