Cisco Attractions

"RV Having Fun in Cisco, Texas!"  Our business is to help you enjoy
your stay with us.  Some of the Cisco area attractions convenient to Safe
Haven RV Park are:


Eastland County Attractions:   http://county.eastlandcountytexas.com/

Lake Cisco:  Enjoy fishing and water sports.  Stocked with largemouth
bass, white crappie, redear sunfish, channel catfish, and a few small mouth
bass.  Located on Sandy Creek 55 miles east of Abilene  Just 4.6 miles (10
min) north of Safe Haven RV Park.  Go north on US-183/TX-6.  Go 3 miles
left/west on FM 2807 (FM 2807 curves north).  The boat ramp is located off
of FM 2807.  
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/
(Fishing, Fish Texas, Lake Finder, Panhandle Plains Region, 9 Cisco)

Lake Cisco Country Club Golf Course:  Relax at the 9-hole 2,598 yard
regulation-length public golf course for a par of 34.   Just 5 miles (10 min)
north of Safe Haven RV Park.  Go north on US-183 / TX-6 / Conrad Hilton
Blvd.; past CR-2807; left on CR-561 / Country Club Rd.
Address:  234 CR-561, Cisco, Texas  254-442-2725.

Lake Leon:  (aka Leon Reservoir) Some of the best fishing around.  7 miles
south of Eastland.  Just 23 minutes / 20.6 miles east of Safe Haven RV
Park.  From Interstate 20, go southeast at Exit 343 (FM-570).  Turn
south/right on FM 2214.  Largemouth bass, white crappie, white bass,
channel & flathead catfish, and sunfish.  
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/
(Fishing, Fish Texas, Lake Finder, Panhandle Plains Region, 25 Leon)
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Safe Haven RV Park
Chesley Field Football Stadium
All photographs taken April 2008 by Ruby Ellis,
except where otherwise noted.
Baseball, Tennis, Football, Gym,
Fitness:

  • Girls softball & boys little league, E
    14th St. & Ave. B

  • Cisco High School baseball, 1300
    Pershing St (Near Front St. & Royal
    Ln.)

  • Cisco Jr. College baseball, 101
    College Heights off Hwy 6

  • Tennis Court, Cisco High School,
    open to the public.  1st come 1st
    serve.

  • Chesley Field Football Stadium,
    300 Front Street

  • Ray Saunders Gymnasium, 1300
    Persing St (near Front St. & W
    Royal Ln.)

  • CJC Fitness Center  Open to the
    public, Free.  Phone for availability
    254-442-5141

  • Basketball court open to the public,
    W 9th Street & Ave E

  • Walking Trail on E 8th St / TX-6
Flores Field
E 14th St & Ave B, Cisco, Texas
Lake Cisco, Eastland County, TX
Lake Cisco, 70 feet deep.  
Surface area 1,050 acres.
Lake Cisco
Country Club Golf Course
Lake Leon, Eastland County,
Chock a Block
28,000 acre-foot lake
Lake Leon, April 2008
Chock a Block, on FM 2214
Melanerpes aurifrons
(Image from commons.wikimedia.org)
Main City Park by Cisco H.S.
Cisco Main City Park
Public Swimming Pool
Family Park at the Hilton
Cisco Jr College Fitness Center
Girls Softball, and Boy's
Little League, Flores Field
Public Basketball Court
W 9th St & Ave E, Cisco, Texas
Weather:

Cisco is the perfect spot for Winter Texans.  The average minimum
temperature is 29º F around January, and the average warmest
temperature is 95º F around July.  Average annual rain with the wettest
month in May:  27.9".  Average annual snow:  3.6" There are no polluting
industries in Cisco.  The air smells clean, the skies are bright and blue,
and night stars are clear and bright.  Cisco is located in plant hardiness
zone 7B where the minimum temperature is 10º F (-12º C).
Cisco, TX Population in 2000:  3,851
City Parks:

  • Main City Park by Cisco High
    School,  Front St. & 1501 Royal Ln.

  • Main City Park Public swimming
    pool, open during the summer.   
    Phone not connected out of
    season.  254-442-9941

  • Flores Field, E 14th St. & Ave. B

  • Family Park at the Hilton, 309
    Conrad Hilton & Joe Wheatley
Wildlife Species in Eastland County:

Amphibians and Reptiles in Eastland County

Moths and Butterflies in Eastland County

In 1889, E. M. Hashbrouck identified 60+ spiecies of summer birds in
Eastland County Texas.  Hashbrouck reported the
Melanerpes aurifrons
(Golden-fronted woodpecker) as common in Eastland County but unknown
outside of 25 square miles.  The area has many dead-topped post-oak
trees which suit the woodpecker.  Eastland County has 46 amphibians and
reptiles, 30 moths and butterflies, and hunting wildlife.
Hunting:  Track down deer, wild turkey, dove, rabbits, quail, Hungarian partridge, pheasant, and chukar.  
Nearby hunting locations include:


  • Lonesome Dove Kennels & Hunting Ranch, 7 mi north at 6101 Hwy 6 Cisco, TX 254-442-2063

  • John Ray Ranch, Cisco, TX, Eastland County area 120 acres, 254-647-3266

  • Greystone Castle Sporting Club in Mingus TX, 35 miles east  254-672-5927

  • B&B Outdoors Fishing/Hunting Supplies
    1312 Conrad Hilton & W 14th Street, 254-442-248
Lake Cisco
Country Club Golf Course
B&B Outdoors
Fishing/Hunting Supplies
Rust Deer Plant
Rust Custom Meat Processing
One Shot Taxidermy
Walking Trail