Camping at The Vinyards in Grapevine

The Vinyards is a relatively new facility on the south side of Grapevine lake. The city of Grapevine took a park that was in that location, shut it down for awhile, and converted it into the campground. The facilities are new, in great shape, and some of the areas still have good trees. It doesn’t have the boat checkout/rental or swimming areas that you would expect from a campground on a lake. In addition, since it’s an urban area you don’t get to see the stars like I normally like to see camping but it’s advantage is that is close to town with no long drive and close stores if you forget something.

I wanted to take the kids somewhere while Heather was elsewhere and we had lots to do the rest of the weekend. The Vineyards was perfect for this scenario – very short drive but still a good camping experience. We were in site #45 which only had one big tree but was right on the edge of a big field perfect for running around and playing.

Whenever we go camping somewhere, I normally take a few minutes to drive around and note the good campsites. By documenting the good sites, I can use that information next time we go camping somewhere, pass that information on to my friends, and now that you’re reading this . . . you can benefit from this information. I consider good camping sites that are by trees, pretty level site area, space for the kids to run around, playgrounds fairly close is a bonus, and with points for sites that are relatively close to the bathrooms. Good sites that I scouted at Vineyards are 15, 16, 18, 25, 26 (great), 27 that are close to the playground area and 43, 44 (great), 45, and 46.