54. Lake Arrowhead is a lovely park. The lake attracts lots of waterfowl and there is a prairie dog community next to the lake. We hiked all the trails, the northern end of the Onion Creek trail was the most interesting. When we got to our Scampsite (#21), there were few other campers in the park, but by the time we left, it had filled up dramatically. Despite being full it was still pretty quiet. There is a functioning pumpjack near the bathrooms that makes pumpjack noises - our friends had tent-camped there several months ago and were bothered by the noise at night, but we didn't notice it in our trailer. There is also an 18-hole disc golf course here - it was too cold one day and then too windy the next to play, but it was pretty flat and well-tended. There were lots of people fishing on the lake and there is a boat ramp too, although we didn't see many boats. The park also has a firewood vending machine, which we've never seen anywhere else and which was easy to use! How clever!
Prairie dog.
Onion Creek trail has a tunnel under the road.
The Lake Arrowhead dam.
Disc golf course map.
Scampsite 21!
The noisy pumpjack.
One of the holes on the disc golf course.
Firewood vending machine.
Lake Arrowhead is very close to Wichita Falls, which is becoming a more interesting little city. There is a brewery in the making (Wichita Falls Brewing) that should be very good (the brewer made a name for himself at Infamous Brewing in Austin), there are restaurants, antique shops and hike and bike trails as well. Wichita Falls is a county seat as well.
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