Bird/Wildlife Watching

Pitmaster RV Park

31 RV Sites

In Concan, Texas—in the heart of the Texas Hill Country where the Frio River's crystal-clear spring-fed water flows through the cypress-shaded canyon that has made the Real County stretch of the river the most sought-after tubing and swimming destination in the Texas summer camping calendar, less than 10 minutes from Garner State Park's trails and the legendary weekend dances on the pavilion floor—Pitmaster RV Park provides 50 full hookup sites, pickleball courts, private showers, and an off-leash dog park in the new-build campground configuration that the Frio River corridor's increasing visitor demand made commercially viable to develop. The park's name nods to the Texas barbecue tradition, and the Concan community's combination of river access, state park proximity, and the small-town Hill Country character that hasn't yet been overrun by the resort development pressing up from San Antonio puts Pitmaster in the most actively competed campground market in Texas. Fifty full hookup RV sites with 20 through 50-amp electric, water, sewer connections, and individual picnic tables serve the core RV market alongside unique lodging options—a covered wagon and a Native American teepee—for guests who want the novelty accommodation that the Hill Country's guest ranch aesthetic has popularized. Fully furnished glamping RV rentals available at the property give guests without RVs the complete camping setup without requiring equipment ownership. High-speed WiFi covers the property for work-from-camp functionality. A pickleball court gives the active recreation contingent the organized sport option that has become the default active amenity for Hill Country campgrounds targeting the 35-and-up demographic. An oversized off-leash dog park handles the canine exercise need, on-site laundry covers the practical extended-stay requirement, and a general store maintains the daily supply inventory that reduces the Concan-to-nearest-commercial-center logistics. The Frio River flowing through Concan is the primary recreational anchor—the specific "Frio" designation meaning "cold" in Spanish, accurately describing the spring-fed temperature that the river maintains even through July and August when the Hill Country air reaches 100 degrees and the cypress-shaded river water provides the most reliable natural air conditioning in the Texas summer. Tubing the Frio is the quintessential Concan recreational activity, with local outfitters providing tube rentals and shuttle service that makes a one-way float practical without leaving a vehicle at the takeout point. Garner State Park, one of the most visited state parks in Texas and one of the most beloved by multiple generations of Texas families who have been making annual Frio River summer pilgrimages since the 1940s, is accessible from Pitmaster in under 10 minutes. The park's swimming areas, hiking trails on the ridges above the river valley, paddleboat rentals, miniature golf, and the Friday and Saturday night dances on the open-air pavilion floor—a tradition that has been running continuously since the CCC-built pavilion opened in the Depression era—constitute the social event that most Garner State Park visitors schedule their entire summer camping trip around. The Garner State Park jukebox dances are one of the most specifically Texan social institutions in the state park system, and proximity to them is a legitimate campground amenity in the Concan market. Pitmaster RV Park is open year-round in the Hill Country's temperate climate. Summer represents the peak Frio River tubing season and the Garner State Park dance schedule's most active period. Spring and fall offer the most comfortable temperatures for hiking the ridge trails. Reserve your site early for Memorial Day through Labor Day, arrange the tube rental, and let the Frio River's cold water and Garner State Park's jukebox dancing define what Texas Hill Country camping has always been about.

from $38/night

Get Your Frio On

7 RV Sites, 8 Cabins, 2 Tent Sites

Get Your Frio On sits half a mile from a Frio River access point in Sabinal, Texas, providing full-service camping in the heart of the Texas Hill Country's most beloved river corridor—a spring-fed waterway that stays around 68 degrees year-round and draws summer crowds from San Antonio, Austin, and the entire Texas Gulf Coast looking for a genuine river escape from the heat. The property's name is self-explanatory: this is a place built around getting into the Frio, and every amenity and accommodation is organized around making that experience as convenient and comfortable as possible. Cabins sleeping six to ten guests are available for groups and families who want enclosed accommodation with kitchenette facilities, refrigerators, microwaves, cooking equipment, and private pools at some units—a level of comfort that distinguishes the property from tent-only river camps. Pull-through and back-in RV sites serve travelers with rigs, each with water and electric hookups, picnic tables, BBQ pits, and fire rings for evening use. Two dedicated tent camping areas expand the options further. A full-service bathhouse serves the entire property with showers, toilets, and sinks for both men and women. An outdoor swimming pool provides a secondary swimming option for days when the river trip is complete but the afternoon heat remains, and an on-site general store handles supplies and sundries. The gated entrance provides a level of after-hours security that weekend river destinations benefit from. The Frio River rises from springs in Real County and flows southeast through the limestone canyon country of Uvalde County, staying cold and clear throughout its course—a spring-fed character that makes it one of the most reliably swimmable rivers in Texas regardless of the weather patterns that muddy so many other Hill Country waterways after rain events. The river corridor through Sabinal is lined with cypress trees, their roots embedded in the limestone bed and their canopy providing the shade that makes a July afternoon on the Frio feel manageable even when the surrounding brush country is baking. Garner State Park, one of the most popular and consistently reserved state parks in Texas, sits about 25 miles west of Sabinal along the Frio and provides a polished complement to the more rustic river access available from Get Your Frio On. The park's pavilion hosts the famous summertime nightly jukebox dances—a multi-generational Hill Country tradition that draws teens and grandparents to the outdoor dance floor on summer evenings. Lost Maples State Natural Area, about 45 miles northeast, protects a rare canyon-bottom bigtooth maple forest that produces some of the most spectacular fall color in Texas during late October and November. Uvalde, the county seat, is 30 minutes west and provides the full commercial services of a small South Texas city. Get Your Frio On operates through the Texas camping season with summer running from Memorial Day through Labor Day as the absolute peak period—the Frio's cold water and the cabin availability make advance reservations essential from mid-June through August. Spring and fall offer the same river access with dramatically lower competition for sites, and the mild Uvalde County winters make off-season visits viable for those who want the Hill Country scenery without the crowds. The property's half-mile proximity to the Frio makes it one of the more convenient private camps in a river corridor where access points are the determining factor in the quality of the experience.

from $55/night

A Peace Of Heaven Cabins and RV Park

3 RV Sites, 3 Cabins

At 1856 Evans Creek Road in Vanderpool, Texas—in Bandera County in the Texas Hill Country where the Lost Maples State Natural Area preserves the isolated Uvalde bigtooth maple population that produces the Hill Country's most spectacular fall foliage color, the Sabinal River's clear spring-fed water flows through one of the least-developed river valleys in the Edwards Plateau, and the ranching landscape of the Bandera County backcountry maintains the cowboy culture that Bandera's self-designation as Cowboy Capital of the World accurately reflects—A Peace of Heaven Log Cabins and RV Park provides three fully equipped log cabins sleeping up to seven, three luxury glamping tents with queen beds and wood stoves on 10-by-20-foot decks, and three RV spots with water and electric hookups in the intimate, family-operated setting that founders Tom and Rhonda Fousek established in 2003 on the Evans Creek Road acreage. The log cabins, the glamping tents, and the spring-fed catch-and-release fishing complete the specific character that the property's Bandera County Hill Country setting makes possible. Three fully equipped log cabins sleeping up to seven guests provide complete domestic setup: full kitchen with stovetop, oven, microwave, refrigerator, coffee maker and grinder, all dishes and cooking utensils, linens and towels, air conditioning, and heat. The cabin infrastructure handles an extended family group without requiring grocery runs beyond the first-day supply. Three luxury glamping tents—each a 10-by-12-foot canvas tent positioned on a 10-by-20-foot deck with a queen bed, linens, wood stove, two Adirondack chairs, a grill and fire pit, two rocking chairs, picnic table, storage, food prep area, pots and pans, dishes, utensils, chemical toilet, solar shower, and solar-powered charging port—provide the full glamping setup that the backcountry Bandera County setting makes particularly atmospheric. Three RV spots with 30-amp electric and water serve the self-contained camping guest. Catch-and-release fishing in the property's spring-fed waters, swimming, bird watching in the Hill Country's white-tailed deer and wild turkey habitat, volleyball, and ping pong provide the on-property recreation. Free WiFi and parking complete the amenities. Lost Maples State Natural Area, accessible within 30 minutes of the campground, protects the relict population of Uvalde bigtooth maples that survived the last Ice Age in the sheltered canyon bottoms of the Sabinal River watershed—isolated from the main range of bigtooth maple in the southern Rockies by hundreds of miles of grassland and brush country. The October and early November foliage on these maples, turning brilliant orange and red in canyon settings that the surrounding Hill Country's cedar and live oak evergreen landscape makes dramatically more vivid by contrast, is the most photographed and most attended fall foliage event in Texas, regularly filling Lost Maples to capacity on October weekends. The Frio River in nearby Concan—the signature tubing destination of the Texas Hill Country—provides the clearest, coldest, and most cypress-shaded river float in the Edwards Plateau network. Tubing outfitters in Concan provide the tube rental and shuttle service that makes the one-way Frio River float the most popular single recreational activity in Bandera County for summer visitors. Nearby horseback riding through the Bandera County ranch landscape extends the outdoor activity calendar with the cowboy culture that the county's heritage makes authentically available. A Peace of Heaven is open year-round in the Hill Country's temperate climate. The Lost Maples fall foliage season from late October through early November fills Bandera County accommodation to capacity—reserve the log cabin months in advance for the peak foliage weekends. Spring wildflower season and summer river tubing on the Frio create the other two demand peaks. Reserve the cabin or glamping tent, arrange the Lost Maples day hike, and let Evans Creek Road earn the Hill Country peace that the property name specifically promises.

from $46/night

Cowboys and Angels Retreat

In the limestone hills and live oak valleys of Texas Hill Country near Kerrville, Cowboys and Angels Retreat occupies 50 secluded acres in Mountain Home, Kerr County—a location that delivers the rare combination of genuine rural isolation and comfortable resort amenities, Bortle 3 dark skies overhead, and the full Texas Hill Country experience within easy reach of the Guadalupe River, the Hill Country Wine Trail, and the community of Kerrville that anchors the region's cultural and outdoor recreation life. For travelers who want a Texas getaway that feels like a genuine escape rather than a suburban RV park, Cowboys and Angels provides the setting and the solitude. Themed cabins in a variety of configurations give guests the rustic-with-comfort accommodation that fits the Hill Country aesthetic, and full-service RV sites accommodate large rigs on a gated property with a swimming pool, hot tub, and laundry. A community fire pit creates the evening gathering space that the Hill Country's warm nights call for, and walking trails through the property's 50 acres allow guests to explore the terrain and observe the whitetail deer, wild turkeys, and the exotic species that roam through this part of Kerr County with characteristic Hill Country unconcern for the humans watching them. WiFi is available throughout for guests who need connectivity. The retreat's event venue infrastructure—a fully equipped serving kitchen, party barn, pavilion, and outdoor bar (BYOB)—makes Cowboys and Angels a serious wedding and event destination in addition to a campground, and the private 50-acre setting provides the seclusion that Hill Country event planners and couples come looking for in this part of the state. A spring-fed pond on the property supports fishing and the wildlife observation that the water source naturally concentrates, and the surrounding Kerr County landscape creates the intimate, rolling terrain that defines the Hill Country's visual character. Mountain Home's position in Kerr County puts it in the geographic heart of the Texas Hill Country Wine Trail, where over 50 wineries and tasting rooms have transformed the region into one of the most productive wine-growing areas in the state. Kerrville, the county seat, provides the Guadalupe River State Park and Honey Creek State Natural Area, the Kerrville Folk Festival—one of Texas's most beloved outdoor music events—and the Riverside Nature Center's native plant gardens and wildlife education programming. The Guadalupe River's cold, spring-fed waters support excellent fishing and tubing in the warmer months. Cowboys and Angels operates as a year-round retreat in the Hill Country's mild climate, where even January days are typically comfortable and the spring wildflower season from March through April produces the bluebonnet displays that make Kerr County roads some of the most scenic in Texas. Summer brings the pool and the outdoor bar to prominence; fall brings the golden light and comfortable temperatures that make the Hill Country's live oak and cypress landscape particularly beautiful. Reserve your cabin or RV site at Cowboys and Angels and let Kerr County's 50 acres of stargazing, wildlife, and Hill Country character deliver exactly the Texas escape you came looking for.

HTR TX Hill Country

13 RV Sites, 16 Cabins, 13 Tent Sites

HTR TX Hill Country in Kerrville, Texas, provides a diverse and well-equipped camping resort in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, a landscape of clear limestone-bottomed rivers, juniper and live oak woodland, and rolling cedar-covered hills that draws more visitors annually than any other inland region in Texas. Situated where the Guadalupe River flows through the hills above its lower valley and the city of Kerrville serves as the cultural and commercial hub of the Hill Country's central tier, the resort delivers a broad accommodation mix and comprehensive on-site amenity package that makes it an anchor destination for visitors exploring one of the American South's most beloved natural and cultural landscapes. The property's accommodations span RV sites with full hookup utility connections, cabin rentals of various configurations, and tent camping areas, providing flexibility for guests traveling in every mode. On-site amenities include a clubhouse, outdoor pool, walking trails, a general store, recreation center, and paddle boarding and kayaking access on the Guadalupe River—a water recreation asset that distinguishes the resort from inland Hill Country properties without direct river frontage. The river's clear water and scenic setting make it the defining experiential element of a stay, and the resort's access to the Guadalupe connects guests directly to one of the Hill Country's most iconic natural features. The Texas Hill Country's landscape is one of the most ecologically distinctive in the state, where the Edwards Plateau's limestone geology supports a unique flora including the iconic Texas live oak, Ashe juniper, and the endangered golden-cheeked warbler that nests exclusively in old-growth Ashe juniper and is found nowhere else in the world. The Guadalupe River's clear spring-fed waters—maintained by the Edwards Aquifer's extraordinary productivity—create one of the most beloved swimming, tubing, and kayaking destinations in Texas, and the river corridor between Kerrville and Canyon Lake is the most heavily visited outdoor recreation corridor in the state's interior. Kerrville itself anchors a rich cultural landscape, with the Museum of Western Art, the Cowboy Artists of America Foundation, and the Kerrville Folk Festival—one of the longest-running music festivals in the country—providing cultural programming that distinguishes it from purely outdoor-focused Hill Country communities. Fredericksburg, approximately 25 miles east via TX-16, offers the Hill Country's most complete visitor infrastructure with German heritage-inspired architecture, dozens of wine tasting rooms, and a culinary scene that has made it one of Texas's most popular weekend destination towns. Lost Maples State Natural Area to the south and Enchanted Rock State Natural Area to the northeast provide the Hill Country's premier hiking and fall foliage experiences within easy day-trip range. HTR TX Hill Country operates year-round, with spring's wildflower season from March through April and fall's comfortable temperatures and river clarity in September through November representing the most popular visitation windows for serious Hill Country enthusiasts. Summer brings Texas-scale heat to the cedar hills but the Guadalupe River's spring-fed cool water moderates the experience for guests who spend hot afternoons in the water. Holiday weekends and fall tubing season on the Guadalupe fill the resort's capacity quickly, making advance reservations essential for guests targeting the Hill Country's peak demand windows.

Lightning Ranch RV Park

47 RV Sites, 1 Cabin

Lightning Ranch RV Park in Pipe Creek, Texas, offers 47 full-hookup RV sites and a cabin in the geographic center of the Texas Hill Country, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 65 feet in back-in and pull-through configurations. A lake, creek, walking trails, and a dog park sit on a quiet property equidistant from Bandera, Boerne, Lake Medina, and San Antonio. Forty-seven sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp in back-in and pull-through layouts, sized to 65 feet, with site WiFi. A cabin serves guests without a rig. A general store, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Pets are welcome. The setting is the amenity. A lake and creek run the property, with walking trails, hiking, birding, picnicking, and boating from camp, and a dog park for pets. This is the Hill Country's defining character — limestone springs, live oak savanna, cypress-lined creeks — in a quiet, scenic setting rather than a programmed resort. The regional access is unusual for a single address. Hill Country State Natural Area and Government Canyon State Natural Area are both within reach, along with Medina Lake, Bandera, Cascade Caverns, Polly's Chapel, and the Timber Ridge and Cibolo Creek wineries. San Antonio lies south, Bandera west, Boerne east, and Lake Medina north — the Hill Country's German and Czech settlement traditions and its contemporary wine and craft beer scene are all accessible from here. The park operates through the Texas Hill Country season, with spring wildflowers and fall the most comfortable windows and the heaviest demand. Reserve ahead for wildflower season and holiday weekends.

from $50/night

SKYE Texas Hill Country Resort

57 RV Sites, 35 Cabins, 6 Nature Pods

SKYE Texas Hill Country Resort in Fredericksburg offers 57 full-hookup RV sites, 35 cabins, and six nature pods, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, EV charging, and rigs accepted to 45 feet behind a gated entrance. Waterfront back-in and waterfront pull-in categories join deluxe, premium, and pull-through tiers, with a pool, clubhouse, and farm-to-table dining. Fifty-seven sites span deluxe back-in, premium back-in, pull-thru, waterfront back-in, and waterfront pull-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet. EV charging on site is still uncommon at RV resorts and worth knowing about if you tow with an electric vehicle. Thirty-five cabins and six nature pods round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, a snack bar, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a clubhouse, sports courts, pickleball, bocce ball, walking trails, a lake, pond, pavilion, and on-site dining filling the grounds. Live music runs through the season, hiking and biking are close, and the dark Hill Country sky makes for excellent stargazing. Birding across the property is productive. Fredericksburg is the most visited town in the Texas Hill Country — German heritage, Main Street's shops and beer halls, more than 50 wineries within a short drive, and Enchanted Rock just north. Spring wildflowers and fall harvest drive the sharpest demand in Fredericksburg. Reserve well ahead for March through May and September through November.

from $46 $40/night

Hidden Valley RV Park

73 RV Sites

Hidden Valley RV Park in Von Ormy, Texas, offers 73 full-hookup RV sites on Medio Creek, 11 miles from downtown San Antonio, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Creek back-in and creek pull-through categories sit alongside numbered deluxe pull-throughs, on a property the same family has run since 1973. Seventy-three sites span creek back-ins, creek pull-throughs, and individually numbered deluxe pull-through sites, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet, with picnic tables. The park offers both digital detox sites with no WiFi by design and traditional sites with WiFi — an unusual and genuinely useful choice. Primitive tent sites are also available. A general store, laundry, RV storage, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The creek-bottom woodland is the setting, and the wildlife is real — foxes, white-tailed deer, and birds come to the Medio Creek corridor to drink. Walking trails run the property, with fishing, birding, and picnicking from camp, plus a pavilion and dog park. Five decades of family operation have built the reputation of a genuine countryside retreat within reach of the city. Pets are welcome. Von Ormy sits in Bexar County in the rolling terrain south of San Antonio, where the Medina River watershed shapes the landscape. The Alamo, the River Walk, and the full San Antonio attraction inventory are all a comfortable drive. The park operates year-round, with spring and fall the most comfortable in South Central Texas. Reserve ahead for major San Antonio event weekends.

from $45/night

Rio Guadalupe Resort

64 RV Sites, 25 Cabins

Rio Guadalupe Resort in New Braunfels, Texas, offers 64 full-hookup RV sites and 25 cabins on the Guadalupe River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 94 feet, open all year. Premiere sites join back-in 30/50, back-in water-and-electric, and pull-through categories, with an outdoor pool, boat and kayak rentals, and a boutique shop. Sixty-four sites span back-in 30/50-amp, back-in water-and-electric, pull-thru 30/50-amp, and Premiere categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 94 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer at the site. Ninety-four feet is exceptional for a riverfront Hill Country property. Twenty-five cabins round out the lodging. A general store, boutique shop, restrooms, showers, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. Four dog-friendly cabins are available with a 25-pound weight restriction for all breeds excluding service dogs; there is no weight restriction for dogs staying at RV sites. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with boat rentals and kayak rentals opening the river for boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, swimming, and fishing. A playground, pavilion, dog park, and picnicking fill the rest, and the property operates as a wedding venue. The resort opened in 1976 on 25 acres that German settlers once used as a riverfront park. Summer river season drives demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $65/night

Krause Springs

18 RV Sites, 6 Tent Sites

Krause Springs in Spicewood, Texas, is one of the Texas Hill Country's most beloved and most enduring swimming and camping destinations — a 115-acre property owned by the Krause family for over five decades in Burnet County, where 32 natural springs feed both a manmade swimming pool and the natural pools of Cypress Creek's spring-run in a camping environment that combines the 45-degree spring water's clarity and cold with the cypress shade, the Hill Country cedar landscape, and the swimming hole character that Texas families have been making the Spicewood pilgrimage to enjoy across multiple generations of family camping tradition. The Krause family's long stewardship of the property has preserved the springs' natural character against the development pressure that has transformed much of the Lake Travis corridor surrounding them. Camping sites alongside the natural swimming pools, the manmade pool, and the 115-acre property's varied terrain give guests the full Krause Springs experience — the ability to camp overnight at the springs and swim morning and evening in the cold spring water that the cypress-shaded pools and the Cypress Creek spring run maintain at a consistent temperature regardless of the Hill Country's summer heat represents the specific family camping tradition that the Krause property has sustained for decades. The spring-fed pools' 45-degree temperature gives the swimming a refreshing contrast to the 95-degree summer air that Hill Country camping in July and August consistently provides. Pets are welcome. The spring system's 32 individual springs feed into the natural pools and Cypress Creek in a landscape that the overhanging cypress canopy and the limestone karst topography of the Hill Country define — the spring's origin in the Edwards Plateau aquifer system that underlies the central Texas Hill Country gives it the consistent water quality, temperature, and flow rate that surface-water features cannot maintain during summer drought conditions. The natural pools' graduated depth, the travertine terracing of the spring ledges, and the specific visual clarity of the karst spring water give the Krause Springs experience the character that distinguishes natural spring swimming from reservoir or river swimming. Pedernales Falls State Park, 20 miles east of Krause Springs in Blanco County, extends the day-trip range from the Spicewood spring campsite into the Pedernales River's limestone waterfall staircase and swimming holes that sustain another signature Hill Country water recreation experience. The park's Pedernales Falls overlook trail and the river access below the falls give visitors the full Hill Country river character that the spring swimming of Krause Springs complements with a different hydrology and a different scale of river landscape. Lake Travis, immediately east of Spicewood, provides the large-reservoir boating and water sports that the private and commercial marina infrastructure along the lake's north shore sustains for the Austin leisure market. Krause Springs serves guests from spring through fall in Burnet County's temperate Hill Country climate, with the summer swimming season from Memorial Day through Labor Day representing the most concentrated family camping demand from the Austin and San Antonio regional markets that have used the springs as a traditional summer cooling destination for generations. The spring's consistent water temperature makes it specifically rewarding in the hottest weeks of July and August when the 45-degree pool water provides the most dramatically refreshing contrast to the surrounding air temperature — a natural refrigeration that Austin-area families specifically plan the Spicewood trip around. Reserve camping spaces well ahead for summer weekends, when the Krause Springs camping availability fills from the Austin area family market that has made the property a multi-generational Hill Country summer tradition.

from $17/night

Buda Place

79 RV Sites

Buda Place in Buda, Texas, offers 79 full-hookup RV sites on 30 acres along Interstate 35, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Lakeside premium and luxury lakeside back-ins join premium pull-throughs and a color-coded Boulevard East category, ten minutes from downtown Austin. Seventy-nine sites span Boulevard East back-in, lakeside premium back-in, luxury lakeside back-in, premium pull-through, and standard pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 60 feet. Cabins round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side, and the bathrooms draw specific praise in guest reviews — a hotel-quality standard that is genuinely unusual at a campground. A pet washing station is on site. An outdoor pool and hot tub anchor the warm months, with a catch-and-release fishing lake, fishing pier, and beach on the property supporting paddle boats, paddle boarding, canoeing, kayaking, and boating. Mini-golf, horseshoes, ping pong, walking trails, a clubhouse, barn, dog park, and on-site dining fill the rest, with strong stargazing and birding across the acreage. Pets are welcome. Buda sits 0.2 miles off I-35 in Hays County, five minutes from a downtown that has kept its small-town character against the suburban push south from Austin. Doc's Drive-In Theatre is two miles away, with Main St. Pizzeria and Beer Garden and MudBugs both two miles and Willie's Joint bar and grill three. Austin event weekends drive demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $61/night

Cedar Bend RV Park

30 RV Sites

On 10 acres in Bertram, Texas—the Burnet County Hill Country community where the historic 1912 Bertram Depot once served as a stop on the Austin and Northwestern Railroad and still serves as the turnaround point for the Hill Country Flyer steam train excursion that departs Cedar Park and carries passengers through the live oak and cedar landscape of Burnet County's Hill Country—Cedar Bend RV Park offers 30 full hookup sites with WiFi, laundry, walking trails, a community fire pit, and dog park in a peaceful, cedar-and-oak setting that positions guests in the convergence of the Hill Country, wine country, and Highland Lakes country that the Burnet County landscape uniquely provides. For Austin-area escapes and Texas road-trippers threading the Highland Lakes chain, Cedar Bend puts it all within reach. Full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer service on private 10 acres provide the comfortable RV infrastructure alongside WiFi connectivity, coin laundry, clean bathrooms, a community fire pit and picnic tables, and walking trails through the cedar and live oak terrain. The dog park accommodates traveling pets in a Hill Country environment where the surrounding landscape—with its rocky terrain, cedar thorns, and the rattlesnake awareness that serious Texas outdoors travel requires—makes a fenced space genuinely preferable to off-leash roaming. A library and personal mailbox service extend the amenity set for extended-stay guests who use Cedar Bend as a longer-term Hill Country base. Bertram sits in Burnet County approximately 45 miles northwest of Austin and 15 miles east of Burnet in the Highland Lakes corridor where the Colorado River's impoundment chain creates Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, Lake Marble Falls, and Lake Travis in the sequence of Hill Country reservoirs that provide the most concentrated water recreation inventory in Central Texas. The Highland Lakes' bass fishing, boating, swimming, and the limestone-canyon scenery that the Hill Country's geology creates around every reservoir provides the day-trip recreation infrastructure for Cedar Bend guests who want the lake experience alongside the Hill Country character. The Hill Country Flyer steam excursion train, departing from the Cedar Park station and stopping at the historic Bertram Depot, provides one of the most authentically nostalgic Hill Country experiences—a round trip through the oak and cedar landscape aboard vintage 1950s coaches behind a heritage steam locomotive, with the Burnet terminus offering the option to explore the historic Burnet square and the Globe Theatre, the 1935 Art Deco movie palace that hosts live music and film screenings in a restored venue that exemplifies small-town Texas's commitment to its cultural infrastructure. The Texas Wine Trail's Hill Country wineries—concentrated between Fredericksburg, Llano, and Marble Falls—are accessible within an hour from Bertram. Cedar Bend operates year-round in Burnet County's Hill Country climate, where the spring wildflower season from late February through April produces the bluebonnet and Indian paintbrush displays that draw photographers and weekend travelers from across Texas to the Hill Country roadsides. Summer brings the Highland Lakes' water recreation to peak activity, and fall offers the Hill Country's golden light and the comfortable temperatures that make October the most pleasant camping month in the region. Reserve your site at Cedar Bend and let Bertram's Hill Country, the Flyer train, the Highland Lakes, and the Texas wine country deliver the complete Central Texas experience from a ten-acre cedar grove.

from $50/night