Reviews

For Hackberry - Palo Duro Canyon State Park: While traveling through the south to stay warm from cod Iowa, we booked a week here to hike in the awesome canyon. We did not anticipate that it can get cold here. It is Texas. Now we know. This of course is no fault of the park. I just threw in our ignorance. Haha They did close the park 1 day because of snow. The drive in is steep and would be dangerous with snow and ice. What a great park. Has so many beautiful trails to hike and mountain bike. Bathrooms/showers are nicely heated and clean. Parking pads are nice and level with plenty of space between camp sites. So much wildlife walking around our camp site. Awesome! Even though temps were 45-50, the dry air made it not feel so cold. At our camp site, they do not protect the water faucet from freezing, which it did one night. They do not have sewer at the campsites but do have a dump station. And the water faucet was froze. Oh well. It is winter. We loved this place and would love to come back when it is warm.

Posted Feb 18, 2020 by David and Cindy from Iowa. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Hackberry - Palo Duro Canyon State Park: Nice campground, with 30 amp service only, which is fine for us. The young lady who checked us in said Hackberry would be nice and quiet, because there had been a church group camped here but they would be gone by now. Well, they were not gone, because at 6 p.m. as we were eating dinner, the church group started playing loud amplified music. We called the park office but of course they were closed so we left a message and the loud music continued. We had to stay inside the trailer with the AC on to drown out the noise, and could not enjoy the cool of the evening in this beautiful spot. Disappointing! Also, the state park entrance fee of $5 per person per day is additional to the camping fee, so as others have noted, this makes for expensive camping unless you purchase an annual Texas State Park Pass.

Posted Oct 01, 2018 by FLnomad from South Florida . This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Hackberry - Palo Duro Canyon State Park: This is a great campground. We stay in Hackberry with great regularity. It can be crowded on the weekends, but some of the sites provide plenty of solitude. It is quiet in the evenings and plenty of wildlife traverses the CG all day long.
This is a great campground to take the kids to and use as a base camp for exploring the park. It is very kid and pet friendly and we plan on going there much more this summer and in the years to come.
True the cell service is nonexistent, but that's what we're looking for anyway.

Posted May 15, 2015 by Cjfisherman from Amarillo, TX. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Hackberry - Palo Duro Canyon State Park: We loved this place. To update some information about cell information. Verizon does not work. AT&T on the other hand did work and we were able to talk and use our internet devices. This was true for the Mesquite camping area. As for the other area, I have no idea. Just ask the rangers and they can help. We will be back. There was an extra $5 a person on top of the camp fee which made this area expensive. But over all I was impressed. Be sure and go during the week. Weekend crowds are a bit busy.

Posted Oct 06, 2014 by GeoAtl from St Pete, FL. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For Hackberry - Palo Duro Canyon State Park: We used to be regular visitors to Palo Duro, back in the early 1970s. The park has changed for the better and worse, since those days. Most importantly, this is the second largest canyon park in the United States. It is a distant second to the Grand Canyon, but it is still an incredible natural wonder.

From our experience at Texas State Parks, I'm not sure what the state means by advertising that the state's parks have WiFi capability, but that is not true at any of the campgrounds we visited in 2014. In fact, cell phone service is unavailable anywhere in the canyon and doesn't seem to be anywhere within a few miles of the park. If you are looking for an escape from modern convenience, this is the place for you.

We stayed in two campgrounds; Mesquite and Hackberry. The first by design, the second because the construction crew building new water-crossing bridges broke into a waterline and we were moved when Mesquite's bathroom was closed and the water lines went dry. The campsites at Mesquite are generously sized and reasonably private, even when the campground is full. Hackberry's sites are more crowded and not particularly private. The showers and bathrooms are reasonably well-maintained. Due to the extended state drought, all of the campgrounds we visited in 2014 were burn free zones, but the camp sites are equipped with firepits and covered picnic tables.

The newest addition, in my experience, to the park is the extensive mountain bike trail network. You can walk or run these trails, but they were clearly designed for technical mountain biking. I only wish I were 30 years younger. These trails look like fun. Hiking has always been a big part of Palo Duro and it still is. There is an extensive trail system in the park and a lot more of the park where you can strike out on your own. This is unchanged from the 70s.

Posted Mar 20, 2014 by Thomas from Minnesota. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.