Salmon Lake Park

Salmon Lake Park is an Event Center in Grapeland, TX, located at 357 Salmon Lake Rd. The venue serves as a destination for camper clubs, family reunions, RV rallies, business conferences, and church retreats. It features over 500 RV sites, 25 cabins, and 5 reunion halls. The park hosts annual music festivals including Bluegrass, Gospel, Country, and Blues, and offers a swimming lake with sand beaches, piers, and diving boards. It also houses historic buildings moved to the site, such as the Crazy Horse Saloon, which originated as a grocery store in Mapleton, Texas.

The park’s origins trace back to 1960, when Floyd and Fannie Salmon acquired fifty acres of desolate land in Grapeland. Floyd cleared the land and built a lake for watering cattle, later transforming the property into a nostalgic park with nearly 300 camper hookups. He moved old buildings, some dating to the early 1900s, onto the land and renovated them to preserve their character. Floyd also constructed a ten-foot water wheel to power a grist mill. The first Bluegrass Festival was held in 1976, promoted by Joe Featherston and Floyd Salmon, and has continued as an annual Labor Day weekend tradition, with a Gospel Bluegrass Festival added for Memorial Day Weekend.

The Powers family currently owns and operates the park. David and Leah Powers, along with their children, manage daily operations, including cabin and hall maintenance, office work, and park decorations. The family encourages their children to learn skills such as operating equipment, construction, and design through their work at the park. The venue continues to offer rustic charm and modern comfort, hosting events like the Sukkot gathering and the Pineknot Casita Rally.

The business is known for its extensive RV accommodations, historic buildings, and long-standing music festival traditions. It provides a setting for both large gatherings and weekend escapes, maintaining the legacy started by the Salmon family and continued by the Powers family.

Salmon Lake Park combines its historic roots and extensive camping facilities to serve as a central gathering place for events and retreats in Grapeland.

The business sits on Salmon Lake Rd in Grapeland, TX, near the Franklin Columbus Woodard and Joseph Randolph Yarbrough memorials about a third of a mile away. It is also close to Salmon Lake and the Grapeland Early Learning Center, both roughly 0.3 miles distant.

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Services:

• Bluegrass Festival Organization
• Cabin Rentals
• Event Hall Rentals
• Private Event Hosting
• RV and Tent Camping