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.
Every stay starts with the Lodge. Its nightly rate includes exclusive use of all 188 acres: the lake, the docks and boats, the trails, the sports complex, the gun and archery range, the observatory, campus Wi-Fi and the fire pits. Nothing on the ranch is rented to anyone else while you are here.
Cabins, the Guest Home and the campgrounds are add-ons. Add the ones you need for the people you are bringing and leave the rest; they stay empty, not booked by strangers.
The Lodge
Per night
Cleaning
Sleeps
The Lodge — 6 queens, 13 lower twins, 16 upper bunks, full commercial kitchen, 500 sq. ft. classroom, covered porch, upper deck, fire pit for 35
$1,200
$350
10–35
Weekly $6,300 · Monthly $18,000. Plus 6% hotel tax and firewood.
Add-on lodging (each plus 6% hotel tax)
Per night
Cleaning
Sleeps
Beds
Guest Home — three bedrooms across the lake, private dock, playground
$350
$100
8–11
1 king, 2 full, 3 twin, 2 upper bunks
Field House — by the sports complex and observatory
$225
$50
3–6
Queen bunk + queen pull-out
Inspiration Cabin — hilltop porch, valley sunrises
$225
$50
3–4
1 king + 2 loft twins
Wilderness Roost — in the meadows, deer at the feeders
$175
$50
4–6
Full, twin + 2 upper bunks
Reflection Cabin — above the dam, for two
$150
$50
1–2
Queen
Campgrounds — Refuge, Top of the Dam and Panorama group campgrounds plus six secluded tent sites, with power, water, fire pits and the comfort station
$450
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10–30 each
Tents and RVs
Adding the Guest Home or any cabin includes a golf cart for your stay. A six-person UTV and extra golf carts rent by the day. The Captain’s Cabin and the Serenity RV are available on request.
Paying and cancelling
25% deposit when you book, another 25% sixty days before arrival, and the balance thirty days before arrival.
Cancel more than 60 days out for a full refund; more than 30 days out for a 50% refund. Inside 30 days the payments are not refundable.
No security deposit.
Lodge groups check in at noon and check out at 4:00 pm.
Church and non-profit groups: ask us about discounts.
