Located approximately 8 miles west of Coleman, Hords Creek Lake is one of Texas' most pretty little lakes. The lake is surrounded by beautiful oak trees and offers many activities to all those who enjoy the outdoors. There is a park on each side of the lake, each providing roughly 60 campsites, all standard with water and electricity. The lake also provides premium sites including those with screened-in picnic tables, sewer sites, double sites, and even 50 AMP breakers. The lake also provides shelters for those without travel trailers. Away from your campsite, the lake provides an excellent place to fish or ski. Stocked with largemouth bass, crappie, channel catfish, blue catfish, flathead catfish, and bluegill, there is something for everyone. If you are looking to relax in a peaceful environment or looking to get out there on the lake, Hords Creek is your spot!

Hords Creek Lake, located in Coleman County near the city of Coleman, was created by impounding Hords Creek with a dam constructed between 1946 and 1953. The project's purpose included flood control, water conservation for municipal use, and recreation.

Prior to its current status as a recreational area managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the land surrounding what is now known as Hords Creek Lake consisted mainly of rural agricultural terrain used primarily for farming and ranching activities.

Ownership before federal acquisition varied among private individuals who utilized it according to local agrarian needs typical of West Central Texas at that time. As part of New Deal-era initiatives aimed at resource management and economic development during post-World War II America, this region underwent transformation into an engineered reservoir under USACE stewardship.

Within the park today are historical features such as remnants from early homesteads including old fences or foundations which hint at past human habitation prior to inundation. Additionally present within proximity but not necessarily inside park boundaries may be Native American artifacts indicating pre-European settlement activity in areas around streams feeding into main lake body; however specific details on these might require further archaeological investigation beyond available records up until knowledge cutoff date.