Oakdale Park

Oakdale Park originally opened on May 1, 1925­—offering to the public, bungalows, cottages, permanent campsites for sale, a sanitary swimming pool, dance pavilions and other attractions. Even before the park was built, the land and the water wells attracted people to stay here. The park is, in reality, a surviving roadside camp and motor court. Motels as we know them today didn't exist before the 1940′s. In the 1920′s and early 1930′s roadside camps gave road trip travelers a place to stay along the road but offered very little in the way of amenities. Eventually, accommodations became more elaborate. Cabins offered indoor plumbing and an opportunity for travelers to get indoors and out of the weather. Oakdale Park is, among other things, a surviving 1930′s Motor Court.
Over the years Oakdale Park has become famous for "The Plunge." The Plunge has been an important part of the community and the park to thousands of family reunions, festivals, concerts, family outings, camping trips and much more. Now owned by the City of Glen Rose, the goal is to expand and restore the park to its former glory so that future generations can enjoy this Texas Treasure.