Your family.Your private lake.Your entire 188-acre retreat.
Texas family reunions, church retreats and business retreats on a private stocked lake, one group at a time.
Lake Godstone4.9153 reviews · 105 Google + 48 Website
Lake Godstone is a private 188-acre ranch and lake near Graford, Texas, hosting one group at a time: family reunions, church retreats and business retreats. The Lodge sleeps 35; with cabins and campgrounds the campus sleeps 100 or more. Seven docks, boats, trails, sports fields, a 300-yard gun and archery range and an observatory are included.
The Lodge, the cabins and the campgrounds
Every stay starts with the Lodge. The Guest Home, cabins and campgrounds are add-ons for the beds you need.
Hear first when this host opens direct rates or adds a new place.
Each has its own page, and most groups are a little of all three.
The lake
Forty feet deep, spring-fed, stocked, and nobody else on it
Seven docks with fish feeders and swim ladders, three beaches, canoes, kayaks, pedal boats and a rowboat, and a rule against motors that keeps the water glassy.
I built this place for families. The lake, the docks, the trails, the crosses on the dam and the Beatitude stones along the path: every piece of it was planned so that a group of people who love each other could get away together, with nothing between them and the outdoors.
That is why we only host one group at a time. When you book the Lodge, the gate closes behind you and the whole ranch is yours. Dom and Carol, who live here, will meet you when you arrive and are a phone call away the rest of the time. Rick keeps the grounds. I am often here too, and if you ask, I will happily show you the solar system and the water works.
Come fish, swim, shoot, hike, sing around the fire and look at the stars. Then come back next year. Most of our guests do.
Jim Attrell
Owner, Lake Godstone
Guest stories
Video tours
Walk the ranch before you come
Jim’s own tours of the Lodge, every cabin and campground, the range, the trail and the lake from above.
A few of the thousands of photos our guests have taken here.
Lake Godstone
Find us
Graford, Texas, between Possum Kingdom and Jacksboro
4636 Halsell Ranch Road, Graford. From Graford take Highway 4 north seven miles, turn west onto Halsell Ranch Road and follow the gravel four miles; the lake is on your right. About 90 minutes from Fort Worth and two hours from Dallas.
Capacity, booking, pets, the range, the road and the wildfire: the things people ask before they come.
Booking
The Lodge sleeps 35 in beds (six queens, 13 lower twins and 16 upper bunks). Add the Guest Home and the cabins for about 60 under a roof, and the three group campgrounds and six tent sites take the campus past 100 with RVs and tents.
Yes. Booking the Lodge includes exclusive use of all 188 acres. The Guest Home, cabins and campgrounds are not rented to anyone else during your stay; they stay empty unless you add them.
Book the Lodge first. At checkout, add the Guest Home, any cabin or the campgrounds by the night, each with its own cleaning fee. Adding the Guest Home or a cabin includes a golf cart for your stay.
The Lodge is $1,200 a night plus $350 cleaning and 6% hotel tax. Add-ons run from $150 a night (Reflection Cabin) to $450 a night (the campgrounds). The full table is on the Rates & Booking page.
25% when you book, 25% sixty days before arrival and the balance thirty days before arrival. There is no security deposit.
More than 60 days before arrival, everything you have paid is refunded. More than 30 days out, half. Inside 30 days, payments are not refundable.
Yes. Tell us about your organization when you ask for a quote.
Lodge groups check in at noon and check out at 4:00 pm, so a weekend really is a full weekend.
The ranch
The lake and seven docks, canoes, kayaks, pedal boats, a rowboat and a fishing boat, fishing, the gun and archery range, the trails, the lighted sports complex, the observatory, the fire pits, campus Wi-Fi, bedding and towels, and the hosts. The six-person UTV, extra golf carts and firewood are the only extras.
Yes, it is included. It has rifle lanes to 300 yards, a pistol range, skeet and archery. Bring your own firearms and ammunition, and your group must provide professional supervision and a safety briefing whenever it is in use.
Every dock has swim ladders, the Lodge dock is gated, and there are three sandy beaches. There are no lifeguards, so children swim with an adult. No motorized boats are allowed on the lake.
Pets are welcome at the pet-friendly facilities, and the Guest Home has a horse stall and a small fenced pasture.
Free high-speed Wi-Fi covers the whole campus and handles calls and streaming. Cell coverage varies by carrier; Wi-Fi calling works.
Dom and Carol, the ranch hosts, live on the property and meet every group at the gate. Rick manages the grounds, and Jim, the owner, is often around.
Getting here
About 90 minutes from Fort Worth and two hours from Dallas, by way of Jacksboro or Graford. The last four miles are a gravel ranch road; any car can manage it.
The August 2026 fire reached the east side of the campus and damaged two remote buildings. The Lodge, cabins, campgrounds and docks were unharmed, the crosses are standing, the trees are green, and we reopened for Labor Day 2026.
