If you want to experience nature this is the place to do it. There are tons of deer, rabbits.. and there are animal sounds of some sorts not sure what.. well with the admission fee. When I go , I stay in my car, drive around admiring nature and usually there for a few hours. There are RV dump stations and plenty of places to walk

5 stars.. relaxing!! inexpensive place to get away from it all.. being with nature is a great way of appreciating what we do not realize we have and so close to home

We caught it on a lovely warm afternoon. We went to the North Unit to see the dinosaur prints. It’s a shame you can’t get the gate code without going to the South unit because we drove past the north gate down to check in and had to drive back up. We walked Dinosaur Bike path. It was well marked trail but if you do the trail the prints aren’t at the first river crossing cross the river walk down and it meets the river again and they are there. The ones we saw weren’t big but it was a number in a row. The path itself was mostly flat, lots of cacti. I think on a hot summer day it would be very exposed but was nice on calm winter afternoon in the sun. The facilities I found in the North Unit are long drops which I was not expecting, there was a horse hitching post outside the long drops which was amusing. The north area seems very horse friendly with mini horse pens by the camper spots. There are bison in the South Unit in a paddock. Apparently if you come at specific times and days they have feeding near the gate. We saw a number at a distance here.This park has a number of things going on with bison and dinosaur prints and things. A nice park and if you’re near by and like outdoors worth a stop.We go to a number of state parks in TX and if you are interested in seeing Bison Caprock Canyons has them free roaming and if you want to see dinosaur prints Dinosaur ValleyState park has some very large ones.

Nice park. There are two sections, the South Shore where you check in along with the longhorn and bison herds and the majority of camping, then the north shore where the good stuff is at along with camping and the equestrian campgrounds. On the north shore are miles of trails which by the way start inside the Equestrian entrance at the bell's trailhead. Up here you will see tons of prickly pear cactus as far as the eye can see. Never saw so much in one place. It is also here that along the dinosaur trail you will reach Little Foot Draw. there are supposed to be roughly 165 trackways of the Permian Dimetrodon a reptile that lived 100 million years before the dinosaurs. Unfortunately, the day we did the hike was after a couple days of heavy rain so the draw was full of water and the tracks were not visible beneath the murky water. The Slick Rock area was also interesting. On the south shore where we camped are some nice camping areas that were well paced and quiet.. The sad thing about this park is that the lake is going dry. It was only 16% full when we visited. They just can't get enough rain in the area.

Lots to see! I was amazed at such a find in San Angelo. I expected to see just some trails, but actually saw some wildlife like a bison, rabbits, and birds. A real nature preserve.