City, County & Regional Parks · Texas
Lake Limestone Public Use Area #5
City, County & Regional Parks · Texas, United States
- Season
- Year-round
- Cost
- Free; 10-day limit
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- No
- Elevation
- 463 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 2
- Nearest town
- Thornton
- Address
- East end of dam; official directions from US 79/FM 1146
- Phone
- 903-529-2141
Site map
The imagery of the campground. Press and hold the map to drop your own pins and notes; the operator publishes no site points here. Your ratings, notes, pins and photos are kept with the campground on your Saved list, the same list the camping map and the drive page keep.
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About
Brazos River Authority campground. The operator publishes no confirmed site count, so none is recorded here. Restrooms. Open year round. Reservations: first-come; no reservation. A ten-acre primitive area at the east end of the dam. The authority publishes tables and grills but no site count, so none is recorded. Free, first-come, ten-day limit.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 38° | 16° | 78° | 7 of 11 |
| February | 65° | 43° | -1° | 80° | 6 of 11 |
| March | 71° | 53° | 29° | 90° | 1 of 11 |
| April | 78° | 59° | 44° | 87° | 0 of 11 |
| May | 86° | 68° | 60° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 90° | 75° | 64° | 101° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 93° | 77° | 69° | 105° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 98° | 80° | 73° | 105° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 89° | 72° | 62° | 101° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 81° | 60° | 45° | 95° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 72° | 53° | 28° | 85° | 2 of 10 |
| December | 63° | 44° | 31° | 80° | 1 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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