National Forests and Grasslands in Texas · Texas
Overview Cagle Recreation Area is a popular campground and day-use area that sits along the shoreline of Lake Conroe on the west fork of the San Jacinto River, just 1 hour north of Houston, Texas. The area offers great camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, birding and water sports year-round. Recreation Anglers are drawn to the 22,000-acre Lake Conroe for its forested lake shore and open water.
Sites at Cagle Recreation Area are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 47 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | New Waverly, TX |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Cagle Recreation Area around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Double Lake Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Townsend | Cancellation alerts available |
| Boles Field Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Black Creek Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bois D' Arc | Cancellation alerts available |
| Boykin Springs Camping | Cancellation alerts available |
| Caney Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Coffee Mill | Cancellation alerts available |
| Red Hills Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Stubblefield Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tadra Point | Cancellation alerts available |
| Valley View Group Use | Cancellation alerts available |
| West Lake Davy Crockett | Cancellation alerts available |
| Boykin Springs Pavilion | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Cagle Recreation Area; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.