Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Isle du Bois Unit Camping
in April
🏕️ 185 campsites🚗 3 hr 30 min from Austin📅 Book in November
Booking Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Isle du Bois Unit in April
Texas state parks open reservations exactly 5 months in advance at 8 a.m. Central — so for a April trip, the booking window opens in November. Popular weekends can disappear within minutes of the window opening. If your dates are already full, set a Camp.land alert and we’ll email you the moment a cancellation opens.
What to Expect in April
Peak spring: wildflowers, mild temperatures, and heavy demand. Reserve early.
Park Highlights
- ✓Sandy swimming beach on Ray Roberts Lake
- ✓Excellent fishing — largemouth bass, catfish, crappie
- ✓DORBA mountain bike trails — well-maintained singletrack
- ✓Full-service boat ramp and marina nearby
- ✓Cross-timber forest habitat — post oak and blackjack oak
- ✓45 minutes north of DFW — easy weekend escape
Tips
- →The swimming beach is the best in any North Texas state park — get there early on hot weekends
- →The DORBA mountain bike trails connect to the Greenbelt Corridor — you can ride for miles
- →Ray Roberts Lake is big enough for powerboating and jet skis — it won't feel like a quiet paddle lake
- →Bring a shade canopy for the beach — there's very little natural shade on the sand
- →The Johnson Branch unit across the lake is a separate entry — this is the Isle du Bois unit on the south side