When you need a weekend getaway, Texas is full of many destinations that you drive to within a few hours. Canton, Texas, is a great stopping point for many reasons! Canton is just an hour drive east of Dallas on interstate 20 and has plenty to offer for a family on vacation.
The Mill Creek Ranch Resort is one of the top-rated RV campgrounds in the state and guarantees a great time for you and your family. Nestled in the woods of East Texas, Mill Creek offers an upscale camping experience that wins awards and accolades year in and year out. They’ve even got cottages and cabins!
The most popular attraction is First Monday’s Trade Days. Depending on the time of year, there’s over 100,000 people walking through the doors! Every month, thousands of vendors from across the country turn this friendly East Texas community into a shopper’s paradise where you can find rare antiques and collectibles, furniture, fine home decor, arts and crafts, clothing, jewelry, tools, produce, and much more.
Golf lovers rejoice! The Twin Lakes Golf Course is an award-winning course. This course accomplishes the difficult double task of helping newcomers learn this classic game while at the same time challenging experienced players with a total of 51 bunkers and six water carriers. This course comes complete with rolling hills, tree-lined fairways and TifEagle Bermuda greens.
The East Texas Gators and Wildlife park is sure to be a hit with the nature-lovers in your family. Along with gator eggs and gators of all sizes, there are also ducks, snakes, swans, geese, lizards, turtles, fish and other reptiles to keep you entertained.
During summer, there’s hardly anything as fun as a water park. Splash Kingdom Water Park & Miniature Golf to the rescue! This water park features a kids castle, wave pool, lazy river, water slides, 3D Glow in the Dark miniature golf and so much more! The glow-in-the-dark 3D mini golf course is open year round and available for parties. The water park opens Memorial Day weekend.
As you can tell, there’s a lot to do while you stay in Canton. Have you been there? What did you think of it?