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Lake Corpus Christi RV Resort

10 RV Sites

Lake Corpus Christi RV Resort in Sandia, Texas, offers 10 full-hookup RV sites on the lakeshore, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Waterfront back-in and waterfront pull-through categories join standard tiers, with a boat ramp, fishing pier, and paved sites. Ten sites span back-in, pull-through, waterfront back-in, and waterfront pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 60 feet, with picnic tables. Half the categories are waterfront and worth requesting, and 60 feet accommodates a long coach with a tow. The paved pads mean a level, all-weather site. A laundry, dump station, and restrooms handle the practical side. A boat ramp and fishing pier on the property open the lake for boating, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. The amenity set is deliberately spare — a laundry, a dump station, and restrooms — which keeps rates low at a park where half the sites sit on the water. Paved pads mean level, all-weather parking, and the layout stays uncrowded at ten sites. Pets are welcome. Lake Corpus Christi covers about 18,000 acres on the Nueces River — one of South Texas's most popular freshwater lakes, with good largemouth and white bass fishing and room to boat without coastal-bay pressure. The state park is close and Corpus Christi about 40 minutes southeast. Spring and fall bring the best fishing and the most comfortable South Texas conditions, with summer drawing boating and swimming traffic and mild winters bringing winter Texans. Reserve ahead for warm-weather weekends.

Community RV Resorts Corpus Christi

262 RV Sites

Community RV Resorts Corpus Christi in Gregory, Texas, offers 262 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 75 feet, behind a gated entrance on the Coastal Bend. Premium pond and premium exterior back-in categories — some with partial fencing — join a pool, spa, hot tub, and boat storage. Two hundred sixty-two sites span entrance back-in, premium exterior back-in, premium exterior back-in with partial fence, and premium pond back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 75 feet. The partially fenced sites are an unusual and genuinely useful option for guests with dogs. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, boat storage, personal mailboxes, and a business center handle the practical side. An outdoor pool, spa, and hot tub and sauna anchor daily recreation, with a clubhouse and recreation center for the social calendar and billiards indoors. A lake and pond support fishing, with a beach and boating besides. A golf course is nearby. Pets are welcome. Gregory sits just north of Corpus Christi in the protected bay country between Corpus Christi Bay and the Nueces River delta, where Gulf Coast birding, fishing, and beach recreation converge. The Texas State Aquarium, the USS Lexington, the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, the South Texas Botanical Gardens, and Northshore Country Club are all close. Winter Texan season and spring migration drive the heaviest demand on the Coastal Bend. Reserve ahead for those months.

from $79/night

Reel Chill RV Resort

130 RV Sites

Reel Chill RV Resort in Rockport, Texas, offers 130 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet, at a newly constructed property on the Gulf Coast. Back-in, pull-through, and a dedicated I-35-side back-in category join a boat ramp, beach, pool, and clubhouse in Aransas County. One hundred thirty sites run in back-in, back-in along I-35, and pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 60 feet. Flagging the highway-side sites as their own category is unusually candid — you know what you are booking. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and RV storage handle the practical side. The resort has invested in making its site accessible to people with disabilities. A boat ramp gives direct water access for fishing, with an outdoor pool, clubhouse, and beach filling the rest. The property is new throughout, which shows in the facilities. Pets are welcome. Rockport and Fulton sit at the center of one of the most rewarding coastal stretches in Texas — a coastline defined by Aransas Bay, Copano Bay, and the undeveloped Gulf shoreline of the barrier islands. The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge's whooping crane wintering grounds are nearby, and the redfish and speckled trout fishing is among the state's best. Fishing season and winter Texan demand drive the calendar here. Reserve ahead for the November-to-April window and for summer beach weekends.

from $72/night

Rockport RV Resort

185 RV Sites, 3 Cabins

Rockport RV Resort in Texas offers 185 full-hookup RV sites and three cabins on the Coastal Bend, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 100 feet. Deluxe and premium back-in and pull-through categories join a standard tier, with a boat ramp, outdoor pool, hot tub, fitness center, and library. One hundred eighty-five sites span standard back-in, deluxe back-in 30/50-amp, deluxe pull-thru 30/50-amp, premium back-in 30/50-amp, and premium pull-thru 30/50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 100 feet. One hundred feet is exceptional capacity and accommodates the longest coaches with a tow — a genuine advantage in a market full of winter Texans in large rigs. Three cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. A boat ramp opens the water for boating and fishing, with an outdoor pool, hot tub and sauna, fitness center, clubhouse, game room, library, billiards, shuffleboard, horseshoes, walking trails, hiking, biking, a pond, pavilion, and dog park filling the rest. A state park is nearby. Pets are welcome. Rockport and Fulton sit at one of the Gulf Coast's most celebrated points for birding, fishing, and waterfront living. The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge's whooping crane wintering grounds are close, and Aransas Bay's redfish and speckled trout draw anglers from across the state. Winter Texans fill the Coastal Bend November through April. Reserve well ahead for that window and for summer weekends.

from $50/night

Aloha Beach RV Resort

27 RV Sites

Aloha Beach RV Resort in Port Aransas, TX, offers 27 full-hookup RV sites with 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Sites come in four categories — regular back-in, regular pull-through, premium back-in, and wetland view premium back-in — all carrying water, sewer, and electric. Note the electrical: the resort runs 50-amp service, so a rig wired for lighter service will need an adapter. At 60 feet the pull-throughs take a long coach. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, boat storage, recycling, and WiFi cover the rest. Pets are welcome. An outdoor pool and beach access support swimming, birding, and boating, and the wetland view sites are worth the upgrade if you care about the birds. Port Aransas sits at the northern tip of Mustang Island where Aransas Pass meets the Gulf — barrier island beach, deep-sea and bay fishing, and some of the best birding infrastructure on the Texas coast. Rates by site category are on the booking page. Wetland view premiums are limited and book first, especially during spring migration.

from $85/night

On The Beach RV Park

81 RV Sites

On the Beach RV Park in Port Aransas, Texas, offers 81 full-hookup RV sites steps from the Gulf, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Oversized premium back-in, deluxe pull-in, and deluxe pull-through categories join premium back-in tiers on Mustang Island. Eighty-one sites span deluxe back-in 30/50-amp, deluxe pull-in 30/50-amp, deluxe pull-thru 30/50-amp, premium back-in 30/50-amp, and oversized premium back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with picnic tables. The oversized premium back-in category is the one to request if you need the room. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Contact the resort before your arrival date to confirm the check-in procedure. The beach is the amenity — guests walk from their site to the sand in moments, which eliminates the driving and shuttling most coastal camping requires. A recreation center, lake, walking trails, and dog park fill the rest, with boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and productive birding besides. Walk to the Lydia Ann Channel, take a golf cart through downtown to the jetty, or charter a boat. Pets are welcome. Mustang Island is part of the barrier chain protecting the Coastal Bend, with the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge nearby. Summer beach season and the spring and fall fishing runs drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $44/night

Tropic Island Resort

138 RV Sites, 20 Cottages, 14 Hotel Rooms, 1 Apartment

Tropic Island Resort in Port Aransas, Texas, offers 138 full-hookup RV sites and 35 apartment, cottage, and hotel room units in the heart of Mustang Island, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 48 feet. A motorhome pull-in category joins deluxe, premium, standard back-in, and transient pull-through tiers, with a pool, hot tub, bar, and beach. One hundred thirty-eight sites span standard back-in full hookup, deluxe back-in full hookup, premium back-in full hookup, motorhome pull-in full hookup, pull-thru full hookup, and standard pull-thru full hookup on the South Campus, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 48 feet, with picnic tables. The dedicated motorhome pull-in category is a useful distinction for coaches that would rather not back or unhitch. Thirty-five apartments, cottages, hotel rooms, and bunkhouses round out an unusually broad lodging mix. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a clubhouse, beach, walking trails, golf cart rentals, a dog park, on-site dining, a bar, and a snack bar filling the rest. Fishing, boating, biking, swimming, picnicking, and live music round it out, with a state park nearby and productive birding across the island. Port Aransas is one of the most entertaining small coastal towns in Texas. Summer and spring break fill the island. Reserve well ahead.

from $35/night

Copano Bay RV Resort

On the shores of Copano Bay in Rockport, Texas—in Aransas County on the Texas Coastal Bend where the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge's whooping crane winter habitat, the Rockport-Fulton area's redfish and trout sport fishing, the Key Allegro marina's private island community, and the Rockport Beach Park's Texas Blue Wave-certified swimming beach create the year-round coastal resort that artists, anglers, birders, and the Houston-San Antonio corridor's weekend outdoor community have built into one of the Gulf Coast's most consistently rewarding destinations south of Corpus Christi—Copano Bay RV Resort provides full hookup RV sites with water, electric, and sewer on the bayfront property, cabin rentals, a waterfront pool, a fishing pier, a kayak launch, a dog park, a fitness center, a game room with pool table, ping pong, and poker tables, a 16,000-square-foot clubhouse with a library and full kitchen, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, walking trails, laundry, and year-round operation in a bayfront resort whose Copano Bay fishing pier, kayak launch, and whooping crane proximity create the Rockport birding and angling base camp that the Texas Coastal Bend's most complete RV resort provides. Bayfront fishing pier. Kayak launch to Copano Bay. Whooping cranes 35 minutes north. Full hookup RV sites with water, electric, and sewer alongside cabin rentals on the Copano Bay waterfront provide the accommodation infrastructure at the resort whose 3101 FM-1781 bayfront position creates the direct-water-access that the fishing pier and kayak launch translate into operational bay and creek access from within the property. The waterfront pool's heated operation and the fitness center serve the daily health and recreation routine, and the 16,000-square-foot clubhouse—with the full kitchen, the library's book and media collection, the billiards room, ping pong tables, and poker facilities—creates the resort's social gathering infrastructure at a scale that the winter snowbird and extended-stay community genuinely occupies across the Aransas County season. Sports courts, volleyball, basketball, walking trails, the dog park, and the comprehensive laundry complete the resort's daily practical and activity inventory. Rockport sits in Aransas County on Aransas Bay and Copano Bay, in the coastal community where the Live Oak Peninsula's protective bay position and the historic fishing village identity—the Rockport Art Center, the Texas Maritime Museum, and the Fulton Mansion State Historic Site's 1877 French Second Empire mansion—create the cultural and historical depth that the birding and fishing community's primary visit adds outdoor recreation to. The Rockport Art Association's nationally recognized artist colony, whose concentration of coastal painters working the bay and live oak landscape has made Rockport the Arts Capital of the Texas Coast, creates the gallery and studio culture that the Rockport weekend visitor accesses alongside the Copano Bay's fishing. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, 35 miles north, provides the coastal marsh wintering habitat for the world's entire natural whooping crane population—the 500-plus birds that winter here from November through March represent the recovery from just 15 birds in 1941. The refuge's 115,000 acres support 400-plus bird species during fall and winter, and the Rockport whooping crane boat tours operate November through March. Copano Bay RV Resort operates year-round in Aransas County's subtropical coastal climate, with the November through April birding and fishing season the most popular period—the whooping crane arrival, the winter duck hunting, the redfish and trout concentration in the cooling bay water, and the mild coastal temperatures create the Texas Coastal Bend's peak outdoor recreation quarter. Reserve your bayfront site or cabin at Copano Bay RV Resort and let the fishing pier, the kayak launch, and the Aransas whooping crane flyway deliver the Texas Coastal Bend resort experience that Aransas County's most completely equipped bayfront campground provides.

from $69/night

LaFitte's Hideout RV Resort

96 RV Sites

LaFitte's Hideout RV Resort in Port Aransas, TX, offers 96 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Sites come in six categories — standard back-in and pull-thru, premium back-in and pull-thru, a premium pet site, and deluxe back-in — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, and ADA-accessible sites are available. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a dump station, on-site dining, golf cart rentals, and both RV and boat storage cover the practical side. The property is privately owned and campers accept camping privileges under the resort's standard liability terms, which are posted. Pets are welcome. An outdoor pool, a clubhouse, a recreation center, a game room, a library, boat docks, a beach, horseshoes, and paddle boats fill the grounds, with fishing, boating, kayaking, water sports, swimming, hiking, biking, and birding. Port Aransas sits on Mustang Island at the edge of the Gulf — a fishing village turned coastal resort town that has held onto its saltwater identity. Rates by site category are on the booking page. Summer and spring migration both fill the resort.

from $53 $46/night

Sun Retreats San Antonio West

109 RV Sites, 2 Cottages, 3 Houses

Sun Retreats San Antonio West in Texas offers 109 full-hookup RV sites and five cottage and house units on West Loop 1604 North, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet behind a gated entrance, open all year. Premiere back-in and pull-through categories join standard and economy tiers, with a pool, hot tub, fitness center, and arcade. One hundred nine sites span economy back-in, economy pull-thru, standard full hookup, standard pull-thru, premiere back-in, and premiere pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with picnic tables. Six tiers from economy through premiere give genuine budget range within one property. Five cottages and houses plus cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The property was formerly Sun Outdoors San Antonio West. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, arcade, bocce ball, horseshoes, walking trails, hiking, a playground, dog park, and on-site dining filling the grounds. Fishing, boating, swimming, and planned activities round it out. Pets are welcome. The western Bexar County loop corridor connects the Hill Country approach on US-90 with SeaWorld San Antonio, Natural Bridge Caverns, and the Medina River valley — the point where the metro's suburban edge gives way to limestone and cedar savanna. Spring and summer drive the heaviest demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $59/night

Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino Hotel

20 RV Sites

Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino Hotel in Eagle Pass, TX, offers 20 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Every site is a back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric. The property is rated big rig friendly. One rule to plan around: stays are capped at 14 days. A bathhouse, on-site dining, and a fitness center are available, and pets are welcome. What the 20 sites buy you is access to everything else on the property: an outdoor pool, a marina, a lake, a playground, and the casino itself, with swimming and dark-sky stargazing over the Rio Grande. Eagle Pass sits on the banks of the Rio Grande, where the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas operates the largest casino in the state, steps from the international border. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Note the 14-day maximum before planning an extended stay.

from $25/night

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