Activities include camping, picnicking, hiking, biking, and fishing. Six lakes are easily accessible to fishermen, with lighted piers and fish-cleaning tables.
Alligators are numerous in some areas of the park.
George Observatory is located in the park and open Saturdays for stargazing. For day-use visitors, there are 3 separate picnic areas with picnic sites. Elm Lake and Hale Lake pavilions, have electricity and water outlets, a barbecue pit, and picnic tables. The park may be reached by traveling approximately 20 miles southeast of Richmond on FM 762, or by traveling south from Houston on State Highway 288 to Rosharon, then west on FM 1462. There is an easy 3 mi.