Boating

Firefly Resort

Firefly Resort in Fredericksburg, TX, offers full-hookup RV sites carrying water, sewer, and electric, with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, picnic table, and barbecue at each site. Both pull-thru and back-in layouts are available. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, and a clubhouse cover the essentials. Contact the resort for site count, amp service, and maximum rig length, since those specifics aren't published here. An outdoor pool and a playground anchor the grounds, with swimming on site, hiking and picnicking close by, and boating nearby. Fredericksburg sits in Gillespie County in the Texas Hill Country, where the German immigrant settlement of 1846 produced the wine country, peach orchards, and historic Main Street that have made it the most visited small city in Texas. A state park and a national park unit are both within reach, and the wineries start at the edge of town. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Wine season weekends and the peach harvest fill Fredericksburg — reserve well ahead, and call to confirm your rig's fit.

from $35/night

HTR TX Hill Country

13 RV Sites, 16 Cabins, 13 Tent Sites

HTR TX Hill Country in Kerrville, TX, offers 13 full-hookup RV sites, 16 cabins, and 13 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 72 feet. Sites come as back-ins and pull-thrus, each carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, picnic table, and barbecue. At 72 feet the pull-thrus take a long coach. A bathhouse with showers, a general store, a clubhouse, a recreation center, and a dump station cover the essentials. Note the pet policy: cabins and lodges carry a $50 per pet charge per reservation. Cancellation terms are published on the resort's site and worth reading before you book. An outdoor pool, walking trails, volleyball, and river frontage support swimming, paddling, paddle boarding, boating, fishing, birding, and stargazing. Kerrville sits in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, a landscape of clear limestone-bottomed rivers, juniper and live oak woodland, and cedar-covered hills that draws more visitors annually than any other inland region in the state. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. Thirteen RV sites in Kerrville means spring and fall weekends book first.

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

Antler Oaks Lodge and RV Resort

98 RV Sites

Antler Oaks Lodge and RV Resort in Bandera, Texas, offers 98 full-hookup RV sites on the Medina River with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet, behind a gated entrance. Standard back-in buddy sites join deluxe back-in, deluxe pull-through, and standard pull-through categories, with a pool, fitness center, library, and game room. Ninety-eight sites span standard back-in buddy, standard pull-thru, deluxe back-in, and deluxe pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet. The buddy sites are built for two rigs traveling together — friends or family parked side by side rather than a section apart. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and a gated entrance handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a fitness center, library, game room, sports courts, basketball, volleyball, bocce ball, gaga ball, ping pong, and horseshoes filling the grounds. The Medina River runs through the property for boating, with a playground, dog park, and cabins besides. Live music runs through the season, and the resort operates as a wedding venue. Pets are welcome. Bandera calls itself the Cowboy Capital of the World and has the working dude ranches and Main Street honky-tonks to back it up — a Hill Country town whose Western character is genuinely operational rather than performed for visitors. Spring wildflowers and fall bring the most comfortable Hill Country conditions. Reserve ahead for rodeo weekends and holiday periods.

from $50/night

Lake Fun Properties

28 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 1 House

Lake Fun Properties in Kingsland, TX, offers 28 full-hookup RV sites and 6 cabin and house rentals, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 70 feet. Sites come as back-ins and pull-thrus, each carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi. The property is rated big rig friendly and the 70-foot maximum handles long coaches. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a dump station, a clubhouse, a pavilion, and on-site dining cover the day-to-day, and the cabins and houses give larger groups a way to book together. Pets are welcome. Boat docks put guests straight onto the lake for boating, fishing, swimming, kayaking, and water skiing, with walking trails, horseshoes, and hiking on and around the property. The dark Hill Country sky is worth staying up for. Kingsland sits in Llano County on Lake LBJ, the deepest reservoir in the Highland Lakes chain, where the Llano and Colorado rivers meet. The Kingsland Aqua Boom Festival over the Fourth of July is the biggest weekend of the year here. Rates for sites, cabins, and houses are on the booking page. Summer weekends and the Aqua Boom holiday book far ahead.

from $45/night

Horseshoe Ridge RV Resort

49 RV Sites

Horseshoe Ridge RV Resort near Wimberley, Texas, offers 49 full-hookup RV sites across a 31-acre former racehorse training ranch, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 75 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. Executive, premium, and deluxe back-in and pull-through categories join a pool, hot tub, fitness center, and clubhouse. Forty-nine sites span deluxe back-in, deluxe pull-thru, executive back-in, executive pull-thru, premium back-in, and premium pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 75 feet, with picnic tables. Six tiers is unusually granular for a park this size and gives real budget range. A general store, laundry, propane fills, restrooms, showers, a business center, premium WiFi, and golf cart rentals handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, craft room, game room, billiards, pickleball, horseshoes, corn hole, a pond, playground, pavilion, community fire pit, dog park, and snack bar filling the rest. Fishing runs on site and boating is nearby. Cabins are available. More than 350 mature oaks shade the grounds — the equestrian heritage lives on in the name and the canopy. Wimberley sits in the Hill Country between Austin and San Antonio, with the Blanco River, Jacob's Well, and the square's galleries close. Spring wildflowers and summer river season drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $64/night

Mystic Quarry Resort

52 RV Sites, 9 Cabins, 9 Tent Sites, 6 Glamping Sites, 5 Tipis, 15 Tiny Houses

Mystic Quarry Resort in Canyon Lake, Texas, offers 52 full-hookup RV sites, 24 cabin and tiny house units, nine tent sites, and 11 glamping sites and tipis in a former limestone quarry, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Premium pull-through, deluxe back-in, and standard back-in categories join a pool, hot tub, fitness center, and bocce ball. Fifty-two sites run in standard back-in, deluxe back-in, and premium pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Twenty-four cabins and tiny houses, nine tent sites, and 11 glamping sites and tipis make the lodging range genuinely unusual. A general store, laundry, propane fills, restrooms, showers, firewood, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, game room, billiards, ping pong, bocce ball, volleyball, horseshoes, sports courts, golf cart rentals, walking trails, hiking, biking, a playground, pavilion, and dog park filling the grounds. A lake and river support fishing, boating, and swimming. The quarry is the differentiator — vertical limestone walls around clear water, with swimming and cliff jumping in a setting no purpose-built resort could replicate. Canyon Lake and the Guadalupe are minutes away. Summer river and lake season drives demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $30/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

Summit Vacation

66 RV Sites, 43 Cabins, 5 Tent Sites, 4 Wagons

Summit Vacation and RV Resort in New Braunfels, Texas, offers 66 full-hookup RV sites, 43 cabins, five tent sites, and four wagons on River Road along the Guadalupe, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 88 feet. Deluxe pull-through and full-hookup back-in categories join a water park, marina, hot tub, mini-golf, and fitness center. Sixty-six sites run in deluxe pull-through and full hookup back-in categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 88 feet, with picnic tables. Eighty-eight feet is exceptional for a river property in the Hill Country and accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. Forty-three cabins, five tent sites, and four wagons make the lodging range unusually broad. A laundry, dump station, and showers handle the practical side. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a hot tub and sauna alongside. A marina, lake, and river open the water for boating, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and swimming. Mini-golf, a fitness center, clubhouse, sports courts, tennis, volleyball, basketball, billiards, shuffleboard, horseshoes, walking trails, biking, a playground, pavilion, dog park, on-site dining, and a bar fill the rest. The property operates as a wedding venue. River Road is the heart of the Guadalupe tubing corridor, where the spring-fed current draws more than a million visitors a year, with Gruene's historic dance hall and Landa Park close. Summer river season drives demand hard, and River Road fills. Reserve well ahead for June through August.

from $36/night

Soggy Dollar Camp

36 RV Sites, 4 Cabins, 15 Tent Sites, 3 Motel Rooms, 2 Onsite RV/Trailers

Soggy Dollar Camp in New Braunfels, TX, offers 38 full-hookup RV sites, 7 cabin and motel rooms, and 15 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Sites come as standard, premium, and pull-through, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. For guests arriving without a rig there are two on-site RV rentals — one with a queen and double bunks, one with a walkaround queen and a bunkhouse. The camp is rated big rig friendly. A bathhouse with showers and an on-site bar cover the rest, and pets are welcome. The Guadalupe runs along the property, and that's the whole reason people come — swimming, floating, and boating straight off the camp, with Koozies and the Lonestar Float House nearby. New Braunfels has built its identity around the cold, spring-fed river through its center and the tubing culture that follows, with Schlitterbahn, Gruene Hall, and the whitewater park all close. Rates for sites, cabins, tent spots, and the RV rentals are on the booking page. Summer float season books out well ahead.

from $39/night

Lake Buchanan RV and Cabin Resort

69 RV Sites, 12 Cabins

Lake Buchanan RV and Cabin Resort in Burnet, Texas, offers 69 full-hookup RV sites and 12 cabins on the Texas Highland Lakes, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet, open year-round. Waterview, premium, and deluxe categories join a boat ramp, boat docks, beach, outdoor pool, hot tub, and fitness center. Sixty-nine sites run in deluxe, premium, and waterview categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 60 feet, with picnic tables. Three tiers keep booking simple, and the waterview category is the one to request. Sixty feet accommodates a long coach with a tow. Twelve cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A boat ramp, boat docks, and beach open the lake for boating, fishing, and swimming, with an outdoor pool, hot tub and sauna, fitness center, clubhouse, disc golf course, volleyball, horseshoes, walking trails, a pavilion, and playground filling the rest. Pets are welcome. Lake Buchanan is the largest and most western of the six Colorado River Highland Lakes that stretch from Austin northwest through the Hill Country — a 22,000-acre reservoir with genuinely open water, dramatic bluffs on the western shore, and a winter bald eagle population that draws birders. Burnet is the county seat, with Longhorn Cavern, Inks Lake State Park, and Marble Falls all close and Austin about an hour southeast. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand, with spring wildflowers and mild winters drawing steady shoulder traffic. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $30/night

Oasis Lake Buchanan

7 RV Sites, 7 Cabins

Oasis Lake Buchanan in Bluffton, Texas, offers 7 full-hookup lakefront back-in RV sites and seven cabins on the shores of Lake Buchanan, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 86 feet. Every site is lakefront, with a boat ramp, beach, kayak and boat rentals, and dump station. Seven back-in sites are lakefront throughout, carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 86 feet, with fire pits. A single lakefront category means there is no inferior inland tier — every guest gets water frontage, which almost no property can claim. Eighty-six feet accommodates the longest coaches with a tow, genuinely generous at this size. Seven cabins round out the lodging. A dump station handles the practical side. A boat ramp, beach, boat rentals, and kayak rentals open the lake for boating, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. The amenity set is deliberately minimal, and that is the proposition — this is a quiet, intimate lakeside retreat rather than a resort with programming, and the rates and the pace reflect it. Pets are welcome. Lake Buchanan is the largest and westernmost of the Highland Lakes chain on the Colorado River — 22,000 acres of genuinely open water with dramatic bluffs on the western shore, striped bass fishing, and a wintering bald eagle population that draws birders on the Vanishing Texas River Cruise. Bluffton sits on the quieter northern end, well away from the Austin crowds, with Llano, Burnet, and Inks Lake State Park all within a short drive. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand, with spring wildflowers and the winter eagle season drawing distinct shoulder waves. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $69/night