Loyd Park

This is a beautiful park. The lake and river are beautiful. We were there while the blue bonnets were blooming. (mid April)There are a few downsides though. The sewer was running uphill for where the RV had to be parked. It made it very difficult to get the sewer drained at the campsite. We were there for 2 weeks, so had to dump several times. This was a bit of a pain.The bathrooms could be better. Suggestion would be a bench for each of the shower stalls - across from them so people have a place to keep their things dry while showering. The water stream is like a weak garden hose. It could be upgraded with a different kind of shower head.Recommend anyone going for any period of time, keep their food in their cars. The squirrels are very blatant about getting into things - not shy with humans at all.Very economical if you are tent camping. We had a car and tow dolly and were charged for the tow dolly as well, which seemed a bit like overkill.

This is one of the best places to camp for the money. Exceptional value with plenty of amenities and things to do. It's a gem in the middle of the big cities. The staff are all friendly and accommodating. We have been coming here for the last 10 years and it never disappoints..

Great place to come and enjoy nature at Joe Pool Lake! The public bathrooms are kept clean and the campsites are well maintained. Whether Glamping or Tent Camping there's plenty of space for both.

Since the park is only around 30 minutes from home, it is one of our favorite RV spots to go to for a quick long weekend getaway. The park is always kept in tiptop shape and is patrolled on a regular basis by the park rangers as well as, sometimes, the Grand Prairie police. This is a City of Grand Prairie park. The newest addition to the park is a group lodge for large gatherings. For a couple of decades, I have led many large RV rallies at the park. They have wonderful group loops with campsites surrounding the loops. Each of the group loops has a covered pavilion in the center for the loops use. Loyd Park is wonderful, very inviting was a warm and helpful staff.

Our son lives in Grand Prairie and we usually stay in a hotel when we fly out from California to visit. This trip we were bringing our 6 year old grandson so he could see his uncle and see real cowboys down at the stockyard district. I googled alternatives to hotel since we had an active little one.Boy am I happy I stumbled on this place. Every employee that we came in contact with was amazing. From the lovely woman in the office that took my reservation, who was so sweet . The gentleman at the gate that greeted us , checked us in ,that was warm and welcoming. We had interaction with two employees in the camp store who also were so lovely. The rangers that waved as they drove through the campgound. We stayed in a two bedroam cabin on the water. It was named Gulf Coast site 174. The cabin was so cute and clean. The view out to the lake was amazing. They gave us plenty of bath towels. It was roomey enough for 4 adults and 1 child. The kitchen was pretty well stocked. I would suggest a can opener be added. Also we were there 3 days can I suggest 3 rolls TP 3 rolls papertowels and 3 trash bags.We never made it to the Stockyard district. Once we got to the cabin My grandson didnt want to leave. He fished , swam in the lake for hours , flew kites in the grass and played with other kids in the campground. So much to do here.The rangers patroled often. We had no issues with noise near us. We were up late roasting marshmellows around the fire like so many others but every one was quiet and respectful. Down on the water the Grand Prairie police came by often as well . We will be staying here instead of a hotel from now on.

Came here for the weekend with some friends.... Loyd Park has become our new destination when in the DFW area. Really great place for spur of the moment camping for a night or the weekend...There are covered picnic tables and each site and the covers seem to either be newly down or very well maintained. Fire pit is a bit of a issue at some sites. They are very low with little safety in mind. There is a small convenient store in case you forgot something. As well as a restaurant bar at the marina near by. Each pavilion has a grill. Great for anyone of all ages or events big and small.The bathrooms were clean enough with showers. They have movies on the beach in the summer and a nice big lake & beach area..... Bring bug repellent, the mosquito's are huge and plentiful!

Money hungry is all I can say about this place, used to go here every summer and seen the prices go up over the years. Taxing for holidays charging for every individual. On top of having sewage leaks into the lake water ! Parks not even worth the extra $40 for a holiday entrance. So many other BETTER parks out here. Loyd park has been trash

Went to Forest of Fear 2023. Such poor planning...after we went through the entrance booth we were directed left, we went through 2 loops which our kids enjoyed, it took a little over an hour, then the road lead us back past the entrance booth. We waited 2 hours and 30 min in a line to drive through the other side of the park and never even made it near any loops. The line was not moving and people were waiting outside of their cars. Overall we spent over 4 hours and saw maybe 1/3 of the attraction. Overall this years event was not planned well at all. An employee explained he thought maybe people were stopping the line talking to friends at the campsites?! We go to this event yearly and this year was horrible!

Don the park ranger is extremely rude and has zero social skills whatsoever. Won't listen to anything you have to say or answer any questions. It's a shame such a beautiful park is ran so poorly. Not worth the time or money just a waste

Update: we were offered a half refund, changed stars to 3 because it was still a bad experience but they did honor our request. We stayed in the new "glamping" yurt and it was a terrible experience. It's made for 2 people, but when I called saying there's a group of 4 girls they made it seem like it isn't a big deal as long as we don't hold a party and mess up the place. It's a glamping experience, we should be their target market, yet the whole time we were there they made it clear we are not welcome and they want us gone. They literally told us they only want couples staying there, not us. So we were already super uncomfortable during our stay.Next, there was no WiFi even though they clearly advertise WiFi. We specifically chose a place with WiFi so we could do some work. When we told them, they insinuated that we stole the router...why would we steal a router??! I think they never had one in the first place. They also never installed one while we were there, so I still think there is no router there and no WiFi and they don't plan on putting one in. They tried to make up for it by giving us a key to a WiFi area, but then we ended up spending our entire vacation in the WiFi area and not the yurt. They told us they would "obviously give us a discount" the first day, and then refused to give us one the last day. We were trying to be flexible with them but they treated us so rudely and like we were so unwelcome, it was genuinely the worst park experience I've ever had and I'm not one to write bad reviews.On top of that, there are bugs that burrow in the wood at the yurt and you can hear them crunching all night, and in the morning there is sawdust all over the floor from their chewing. We told them that and they said they know, and pretty much deal with it because we are in nature. I know we are, but don't try to sell a glamping experience for $250 a night and also tell us to deal with the burrowing beetles while treating us unkindly and falsely advertise WiFi and expect us to just brush off the experience.Their response was that there are not supposed to be 4 people so they won't discount us as we were previously told. Well, they were being very ambiguous about it when we asked about the situation so it honestly felt like it was okay, and when we told them that they asked who we talked to in order to target the employee. It was so awkward and unkind and I felt such a terrible vibe from the management.I'm just honestly so shocked at how we were treated, I genuinely never want to go there again and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.