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.
“Whether you seek quiet moments with the Lord, meaningful fellowship, or joyful group activities”
The ranch is big enough for all three at once. A hundred people can be fishing, singing and praying in different corners of it without hearing one another.
A retreat weekend
How one church does it
From a congregation on its third annual family retreat here: 42 adults, 25 children, the whole campus.
Where everyone sleeps
Where the congregation sleeps
The Lodge sleeps 35. Add the Guest Home, the cabins and the campgrounds to reach a hundred or more.
The Lodge dormitory, the sports complex under lights, the treehouse, the lake and the campgrounds keep a youth group busy from dawn to lights-out. Outdoor ministries have run firearm-safety and fishing camps here, and the fenced, gated ranch with hosts on site makes supervision simpler. Ask about church and non-profit discounts.
From the churches who gather here
In their own words, from the reviews on our old site and on Google.
Guest stories
Tell us about your retreat
Send your dates and a head count and Jim will come back to you with availability, a lodging plan and a quote. Or call or text 940-275-0908.
