Wonderful state park. Lots of hiking trails and campsites to walk with your human and animal family. Not very far from the city either.

I just went to hike and was only able to cover Talala trail but it was beautiful. The trail gets covered with wild vegetation in several spots but everytime you get past it, theres an amazing view. The drive through is pretty scenic too

We had great time hiking two trails today. Took water and had picnic lunch on the coast of the lake. Many available bathrooms. A hot day but most of our second hike, three mile, was in the shade of the trees. Not many people out there today. Single day price per person I think is steep. An annual pass would be well worth it if we decide to go more often. Take time to visit the old Penn farm. Great Texas history there.

Beautiful, clean and safe place to hike, explore, take pictures and enjoy nature. Highly recommend it.

Great park! Got rained out after the first two small trails. Looking forward to returning for the bigger trails as well as some kayaking on the lake. Beautiful stretch of grassland to see wildflowers. Awesome looking out and over to the lake. Beautiful rolling hills!

Had a great time as usual. Did rv camping this time. Pads are pretty level, full connections, ample space for my 40ft rig, very clean bathrooms and sites. Although a large portion of the park is temporarily closed they have space available thru the week... weekends... not so much... so book well ahead. Happy

Will have to go back to see if it will get 5 stars. The trails were closed due to rain even though online it said open. Next time Ill call, but the water and trees were a nice surprise so close to Dallas.

Not sure what’s going on a Cedar Hill, but the communication is pretty off. We spent 45 minutes driving around the park looking for available sites, only to be told AFTER we paid to get in, that half of the campsites were closed. When we finally find a site, we call the office to make the reservation, but are informed that certain sites are closed as “emergency campsites” and not available to the public. So we continue on our journey to find another site. After driving past ALL of the remaining sites (which are marked reserved) we finally just decide to drive back to the front office. Once there, we are informed that these sites MAY be available, but no one knows for sure.....I don’t think I will be coming back to Cedar Hill anytime soon after this lack luster experience.

The park is a great quick 25 min getaway from Dallas. They have a variety of trails and most have facilities available.

It is a great campground, I will visit back in the summer time for hiking and other outdoor activities

Varied trails. Some 30 minutes to 2 hrs. Theres a map of the park they give you. Can hike, bike, boat, swim or just enjoy lunch. Can bring your own food or barbecue there. They have mini grills. Have to make reservations first. There is a charge depending on what you want to do. Its best to get on their website to see all the options and information. My family and I really enjoyed it. We did a couple of trails. I had packed us lunch for picnic. Went to the swimming and boating side and they have plenty of picnic tables that are spaced far away from each other. Great area.

The staff were very friendly and helpful but thats about the only good news. Half of the park is under water and closed leaving the campsites that are near water without normal trail access. The ONLY campsite with a trail to the water (site 58) has very little shade and the picnic table is not covered. We also ran into more than one close call with turantulas and scorpions we had no idea existed in the park. It would have been nice to have been warned about this in advance.

Had a fun day at this state park!The drive was awesome and we absolutely loved all of the trails Dorba medium and Penn Farm - we went on 3 of them.Suggestions: Book in advance online as the park has limited capacity because of covid. Check out the trail map on the website and decide what trail you would like to go. The terrain for Dorba 8 and 12 mile is difficult so plan accordingly, all others are easy to moderate and not too long. Carry enough water to keep yourself hydrated, specially for the longer trails. Wear comfortable shoes and clothes.You would enjoy a lot of flora and landscapes but not much fauna, so I would say it is safe.Restrooms are ok! Don’t expect a lot.It is an amazing way to spend a fun day with friends and/or family.

What a great park, check out this view from site 104. Who would have thought this lovely location is right outside of such a busy area. If in the area Ill make sure to return.

Was a amazing trip a little hot but worth it taking two of the longer trails to get some amazing photos. Almost had a run in with a Rattle Snake got lucky it just ate so wasnt in the mood to come after anyone.

Beautiful park. An amateur photographers paradise.

I feel so lucky to live less than 10 minutes from here. I love the trails and its perfect being by the water. Entrance is $7. If you go to state parks often I recommend getting a State Parks Pass. Its $70 and is good up to a year, one of the best purchases Ive made.

Great state park near DFW area! Lots of different types of spots, from lakeside to wooded. A really nice getaway from the noise of the city. Lots of shopping nearby as well!

The park is OK. Not great, but not bad. It will be better once they get all the construction done and open everything back up.One problem is that they close all the hike/bike trails if theres even a hint of moisture, and they leave them closed for 3 days. I know there are problems with rutting, etc. but this goes well beyond that. The vast majority of the time the trails could have been opened at least a day earlier after rain/dew/fog. They seem to prefer to have them closed as the default.Also it would be nice if they would update the phone recording the night before instead of waiting until the day of re-opening to say the trails are open, especially now that you have to have reservations. They know very well that theres going to be no rain and that theyre going to open the trails the next morning - they should put that in the recording the evening before.The trails themselves are ok - again not great, but not bad. If youve done any serious hiking you wont find them at all challenging, but the DORBA trail is well maintained and well marked, and good for getting in some miles. If you need elevation changes for your hiking workout go to Cedar Ridge instead, but be aware its much more crowded (because its free). Bikes are supposed to yield, but most dont so just be ready to hop off the trail and let them pass. No big deal, its better for them to not lose momentum anyway and most riders say thanks.

Great place to bring the family, lots to do! Fishing, swiming, and shaded areas with seating/tables. We will be back to explore more.

Nice park for the most part. Its in the middle of D/FW so everything is close by. The trails were closed when I visited, so cant comment. But the farm was a nice place to hike.Campsites are WAY unlevel.

Great first time experience at the park today! My wife and I really enjoyed exploring Duck Pond Trail with our dog Sadie!

Best place we have camped in a long while. Site are large and lake access is super easy. Trails are the best part of our experience. I recommend it!!

Angel at the front desk was lovely. Personally chose a spot for me and my girlfriend, and it was perfect. She made our experience here truly great. And the facility itself was very well kept with a multitude of other beautiful camping spots. We definitely plan on coming here again.

Had a blast riding the lake with family. Very pleasant check in for reservation. We thank you for the experience. We will return

Nice place. It seems to be too crowded. I went to other TSP and I had the feeling the sites are more space out than here.

Good place to go for a longer hike near Dallas, some trails have both shaded path and no shaded. Can get crowded during weekends

Great state park with lots of areas to see and its very close to DFW.Take some time and walk through the whole farm area and take the time to read the info boards located near each building.Really neat place, clean trails, and stunning wild flowers.This state park also has great hiking and biking trails. Some of the longest mountain bike trails in the DFW / North Texas area.There is fishing, boating, camping, and swimming areas in the park.Bathrooms were clean and stocked.

Beautiful! Had no idea this gem was right in my backyard!

Excellent for social distancing. 3 nights renting. We had heavy rains, we had a blast. Reservations required. Be aware of Argentinean ants.

Our family has enjoyed each visit to Cedar Hill State Park. The campsites are nicely carved out and many with covered picnic table, campfire and Grill, and full hookups ( water, sewer, and Electric. 50 amp, 30 amp, and 20 amp). Really great camping experience although the ants took us by surprise on our first visit, so be prepared for that during certain times of the season.

Great place to bring the family, lots to do! Fishing, swimming, and shaded areas with seating/tables.

Beautiful park even though the spaces are close theyre set in such a way to give you some privacy. All the sites are different sizes so need to be careful if you have a large RV.

This is a great mtb trail.. I am a 60 yrs old novice mtb rider. I just started riding last October... I only did the 3 mile loop then... Today I rode the entire 12 mile loop. So I will tell you about it. The first couple of miles are some of the hardest... Its a great mix of uphill climbs followed predictably by nice down hills rolls... Around the 5 mile mark you choose between the 8 and the 12 mile loop. If you take the 12 it gets kinda of tough for a mile or so.. but then it gets very rideable.. And some of the most fun parts come up.. So if you are in decent shape you can handle the whole 12 mile loop.

It is very beautiful, and the camp sites arent on top of each other, so that is really nice.

Tried Site #160 this trip and it was very nice. It rained hard and quickly found out the site is a major drainage area for the water coming off the road. Otherwise its heavily shaded and was a fun trip.

Park is great, roads could use some work. My campsite was really good. Lots of shade, pretty level and clean. The RV dumps are really good also. Two vehicles can dump at a time. Most campsites have full hook ups. I will be going again. Oh, we did not use the lake due to high water levels from so much rain.

An okay state park. Very steep, hilly roadways which made bike riding difficult. Big park, and plenty of 50/30 amp service. But a huge percentage of the sites would not accommodate anything longer than a pop-up tent camper. Most sites required extensive leveling adjustments. Careful backing your rig in because quite a few had 12+ inch drop-off if your trailer wheels left the pavement. Just be careful. Not much in the way of shoreline access. Good news, its really close to Dallas if that means anything to you.

I went on a short hike and enjoyed it very much. The lake they have there and how the trails look is a easy eight out of ten.

Totally surprised at how beautiful it is here. Weve been to this park several times but have never camped. Will definitely be back !

Love this place. Perfect for family picnics

Great place for a weekend family picnic. Dog owners seem to be frequent visitors as well. Has a dozen trails in the 0.5 - 2 mile range, all well-connected

The Rangers were polite and helpful. The spots are far enough apart you dont feel your neighbors are part of your campsite.The problem is it is extremely hard to level your trailer. We were never able to get ours leveled.

So much fun! We go at least once or twice a month to fish, swim and kayak. Its open and spacious and beautiful.

I come to this place often. I love the park so much. It offers the best prices when you sign up for the yearly texas parks pass. The staff are great people and are friendly. They were very helpful for me too. The offered a map and advice about ants in the park. If you ever camp here make sure you bring some ant repellant. But other than that i have a great experience everytime.

I would give them a 5 until I saw this.... my husband and I came into the park with intent to stay up until Saturday morning (a 4 day vacay. The lady at the booth says I will give you 30 minutes to find what you want so we go over to this area and found 2 right away but we have like a top 5 list. Anyway after spending an hour driving looking sitting walking we narrowed it down to 2 we get back to the guy before the booth which tells us 1 thru 21 is closed, find another. Well, everything is reserved, but we found something til Friday morning. Anyway driving around today one of the spots in our top 2 was taken. Needless to say, I am through with this park, never stayed here much anyway. It loses!!!!!!

Good camping spots. View of lake was not great. Lots of brush, etc. Clean restrooms.

This is not an ideal tent camping park. Great trails, i love the sites near the lake, but there is very little shade, picnic tables are not covered or in shade, and there are roaches. In all my life camping Ive never seen city roaches at a campsite (not waterbugs, but small little brown roaches). (Yuck)

Came to see Joe Pool Lake, although the path to it was closed and the trails were closed we had a great time visiting Pen Farm and the open roadways. It was beautiful. Paid $7 per adult, 4 yr old and 3yr old were free. Really enjoyed rolling through the beautiful greens hills. I wish there were one or two more trails. The lady at the gate was super friendly and helpful.

Excellent place for overnight camping. Its just 15-20 mins distance by car from Dallas,TX

Scenic place for hiking and birdwatching, they have a mountain biking trail also, some of the trails are under construction.

Loved the trails! So many different lengths to cater for all hikers.

Best state park in the DFW area. Great hiking trails, mountain bike trails, and waterfront activities.

A very large park, interesting old farmhouse and outbuildings to walk around. The trails were closed the day we went because of muddy conditions. Nice restrooms too.

It was a great and enjoyable walk. Def recommend for the North Texas area

I really love the hiking trails at this park. I would make sure to call ahead of time though to see if theyre even open, because they close when it rains. I didnt know this and my husband and I drove about 30 minutes after paying and making online reservations , just to realize that all the trails were closed. We explained the situation to a manager but were not reimbursed because she said we had already entered the park. This was really disappointing since that was the whole point of our trip.She said to always ask before you enter the park because they will do rain checks on reservations. I wish they would state this on the website.

Thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the park and camping. Was fun to rent kayak and fish.

Fun for camping - close enough to the real world should something go really wrong, but isolated enough to get away. Bring chigger and bug spray, but we have a great time. Always fun watching the wildlife and having a fire.

It’s a beautiful place. Entry fee is $7/person but it worth the money to spend some quiet time there .

Very clean and lots of room for RV camping. But can hear cars on the parkway outside the park. Restrooms are Not air conditioned, but very nice. Lots of hiking opportunity and water sports. Best location for close access to Dallas metropolitan.

Beautiful..... loop one spot 58 for 23 feet only vehicle...water and elec great views!

Great family time very adventurous here if you want something different to do.

Beautiful place to spend the day or have professional photos taken. There are several different areas to explore. Call ahead to ensure all rec areas are open, as the water levels occasionally impact the beach. Currently the marina is closed, which is good info if you arrive and plan to buy live bait or something... you wont have that option. The walking path to the farm is wide and very level(see photo), guests of all ages can enjoy the little shaded pathway.

Modern facilities week taken care of. Nice place for the family.

If you like launching your wakeboard boat in super shallow water this is the place for you. As an added bonus there are lots of people constantly paddling kayaks around the boat ramps so you have to wait to pull off your trailer until the kayaking morons are done zipping back and forth behind your trailer. When it was time to load up there were a bunch of people swimming around the boat docks. This is probably a Great Lake for someone without a boat but it’s not for me.

A really big nice park, a bunch of people from Dallas will visit here making the weekends very packed. The park doesnt use most of the land, so more trails would be nice to explore the rest of the park. I would suggest visiting during the week only.

Great views and clean areas. Places for swimming, canoeing, boating, fishing and just sitting to enjoy the view as you cook out.

Love this Place!Switched to here from Grapevine.Much friendlier staff and Lake is not crowded so badly.Good place to get away and be Alone on the Water.They are redoing the North Boat Ramp right now.

Great camping location

I remember in the 80s when TX was flush with oil money & these state parks were some of the best in the nation. Now they seem to be running on a shoestring. All the Rangers are extremely nice but the facilities are run down. Not a bad place; huge, actually. But much of it is closed due to reconstruction. Our 1st day we had to move because a water main was bring repaired. Oh well, still a great place to get away from the crowds.

Beautiful with clean, well maintained spaces to walk, picnic, and ride bikes

Came for a little hiking as a family. Its a small park but really beautiful.Most of the place was closed for construction, but not the places marked on the map we were given. It was very confusing. Many of the trails marked werent even completed yet, which we discovered after we tried to hike a loop and met a sign telling us to turn around after about twenty minutes of walking. It would have been helpful to be provided accurate information when we entered the park, or at least to have some signage at the main gate.After our hike, we wanted to find a place to picnic. Everywhere we tried to go was closed, so we ended up in the camping grounds. They were empty, so we used a picnic bench, walked to the waterfront, and called it a day.Upon arrival home we discovered our son had left his backpack. We called the ranger office to see if anyone might be available or already in the area to pick it up. Nobody was, which we understood. But then he made sure to tell us we were not allowed to be in the camping area, it was for campers only, and there were signs posted saying such. We read every sign we came across to try and discern where we might be able to park and picnic, and wherever these signs were, they were not visible from the road.In a nutshell, the park is a mess right now. Might be better in a year, but we wont be going back to find out.

Beautiful State Park. Well Maintaned. Out in the wilderness but still in the metroplex.

Beautiful park with gorgeous views. We camped out in tents. We did have spiders looming around the whole weekend but we just worked around them. The Penn Farm exhibits are amazing! The kids we took loved going to see Penn Farm.

Nice campgrounds, walking trails. Mountain bike trails are not for beginners. :)

Very peaceful and lots of opportunities for awesome scenic pics overlooking the water at sunset.I had no issues with navigating the park.The facilities were clean as well!

Small but great. Don’t camp unless its fall or Winter.

One of the Must go place in Texas... I must say...Make sure to do registration and then go...they allow only limited people to go inside...Per adult bits 7 doller for complete day and child under 12 are free...Can do cycling boating fishing and many things ..Even they have night camp just bring your RV...Enjoy with family friends and or all ...Just look for nice weather...

Wow.. 5 stars. Awesome place..

Nice, clean park with lots of spots to camp. Theirs a fee per person, I believe it was about 7$ a person. Their are other areas that are free and have hiking trails. You can bring in your RV, make a camp fire & fire up some bbq. You can also bring your boat out to the lake.

There are not many trails here. If you wanna do trails, Id recommend going to Ceder Ridge which is nearby. But I personally enjoyed the view by the pond. Also great for picnicking.

We go here all the time. Its our home away from home when we want to go camping close.

I love state parks they are great & peaceful places to go. Cedar Hill however really could use some more funding to help get things fixed from all the flooding. A lot of upkeep needed for sure.

Absolutely beautiful. Tons of stuff to do. We did the Dorba trail short and it was perfect. Tons to look at on the way and is pretty challenging too.

Just bought my yearly pass 1 boat launch is closed but the other one thats open make sure if youre taking the boat out you reserve ahead of time do the covid-19 they are limited and fill up quick on the weekend

Great hills, scenic lake, beautiful wooded walks, and dog friendly.

Enjoy being here. Friendly staff, peaceful atmosphere.

Love the hiking trails as well as the camping!

Nice park and close to the city but not loud.

Incredible that there is Great Outdoors this close to the metroplex.hands down the most complete camping park in a 100 mile radius. lake and nature trails nearby.a must to take kids and get them away from video games.

We really enjoyed our stay. Some parts of the park were closed but overall we had enough to do. We wish had had been aware of the Chiggers though! My daughter and I are covered in bites. Please bring bug spray!!! A must! Also, the Argentine Ants are all over. They wont bite but be sure to bring ant killer and place it all around. We loved the lake swimming and the camp sites are pretty far apart in most areas. We were shocked and surprised that we saw a scorpion as we were packing up the camper, first time Ive seen one. We would visit again.

Love camping here. Its close to our home for a quick weekend getaway

Great State Park in the city! Nice day hikes with easy to moderate trails. They offer some scenic views of the lake too! Plenty of camping, RV and primative. $7 per person (not vehicle) seems a little steep but worth it being in the DFW area.

Great place to spend time alone or with family.. Pretty Serene and Tranquil.There’s a entry fee though.

Very nice State Park. One of the best ones among that I have visited. Too bad the trails were closed due to heavy rain.

It’s State Park situated within the vicinity of DFW metroplex area. Hardly 5-6 miles from Grand Praire. It’s peaceful and calming to be here. You can come with family to do boating, kayaking, jetski, fishing. You need to get your stuff to enjoy the above said adventures or take on rent. You can also do hiking on these limestone hills in the state park. Go on the trails in the Jungles. Enjoy by the side of Joe Pool Lake.

Camp grounds with beautiful hillside and lakefront views

Wonderful state park. Love the camping sites.

Our site had the BEST view. We tent camped and enjoyed the birds, butterflies and evening sunset.

Was a nice camp site and view of the lake. Heard a couple in the next camp site over arguing, well mostly the woman talking about how much the husband sucks. Otherwise was a nice romantic spot for me and my girl when the moonlight shined at night through the tent canopy.