Canoeing/Kayaking

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.

Dos Rios RV Park

14 RV Sites, 10 Cabins, 5 Tent Sites, 6 Glamping Sites, 3 Airstreams

Dos Rios RV Park in Mason, TX, offers 14 full-hookup RV sites, 10 cabins, 5 tent sites, and 9 Airstream and glamping sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Sites are grouped by position on the property — Lower, Upper, and Pull-Throughs — all carrying water, sewer, and electric. A bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, and WiFi cover the essentials, with cabins and Airstreams for guests arriving without a rig. Pets are welcome. The name says it: the James River meets the Llano here, and a twenty-acre island is accessible from the grounds. Guests kayak, fish, hike, and stargaze under some of the darkest sky in Texas. Mason sits in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. The park is less than eight miles south of town: take Highway 87 south for a mile, turn right on RR 1723 for 2.4 miles, then right on RR 2389 for 4.4 miles. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. Two rivers and an island on 14 RV sites — reserve well ahead for spring and fall.

from $35/night

Camp Riverview

On the cool, clear Frio River in Concan, Texas—in Uvalde County where the Edwards Plateau's limestone springs and cypress-lined river banks create the Hill Country water paradise that the Frio River's reputation as one of Texas's premier tubing and swimming rivers has sustained for generations of San Antonio and Austin families who make the annual pilgrimage to the Concan corridor each summer—Camp Riverview offers full hookup 20, 30, and 50-amp sites with level rock pads, electricity, water, and sewer and built-in fire pits across three distinct sections (Hilltop, Pecan Grove, and Riverview), along with direct Frio River access for tubing, swimming, and fishing, tube rentals, a playground, a Gaga Ball pit, a laser tag course, clean bathhouses, laundry, a camp store, and WiFi throughout a riverside campground that puts the clearest, coldest river in the Texas Hill Country within steps of your site. On the Frio, tubing is the activity. Everything else is a bonus. Full hookup sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer in the Hilltop, Pecan Grove, and Riverview sections provide the infrastructure variety that matches different site preferences—shade from the pecan trees in the grove section, the open elevation of the hilltop positions, and the direct river proximity of the Riverview sites—all with level rock pads and built-in fire pits for evening use. Tube rentals eliminate the logistics problem that Frio River first-timers face, and the direct river access means the float begins at the campground edge rather than a shuttle drop. Playground equipment, the Gaga Ball pit, and the laser tag course keep the 8-to-12 demographic entertained during the non-river hours, and clean bathhouses, laundry, a camp store, and WiFi handle the practical daily needs of the extended summer stay. Concan sits in Uvalde County on the Frio River where the Edwards Plateau's karst spring system feeds the river with the 68°F groundwater that gives the Frio its name and its distinctive coolness—the limestone aquifer's consistent temperature makes the Frio River reliably cold even in August when the surrounding Texas Hill Country air temperature pushes into the upper 90s and the river's cooling effect shifts from pleasant to essential. The cypress trees that line the Frio's limestone banks create the shade canopy and the root structure that give Concan's river corridor its iconic character. Garner State Park, 8 miles upstream on FM-1050, protects 1,774 acres of the Frio River corridor in one of the most popular state parks in Texas—the nightly outdoor dance on the pavilion, the 2-mile scenic drive to the Frio River overlook, and the inner tube outpost that launches floaters from the park's river access make Garner a complementary destination for the Concan camper whose daily Frio float appetite exceeds what the campground's immediate reach provides. Uvalde, 30 miles west on US-90, provides the regional service infrastructure and the John Nance Garner Museum—the former Speaker of the House and Vice President's memorabilia in the Victorian home where the Uvalde-born politician grew up. Camp Riverview operates through the primary Frio River season from spring break through Labor Day, with the Memorial Day through Labor Day summer window the most heavily attended period when the Frio River's capacity is tested by the full range of Concan's campgrounds, cabins, and river properties. Reservations open months in advance and fill quickly for the peak summer weekends. Book early for Camp Riverview and let the cold, clear Frio River, the full hookup sites, and the cypress-shaded Concan corridor deliver the Texas Hill Country summer water experience that the river's reputation has promised for as long as Hill Country families have been loading tubes and heading south.

from $59/night

Rebecca Creek Campgrounds

5 Glamping Sites

On a scenic bend where the Guadalupe River meets Rebecca Creek and Schultz Creek in the Texas Hill Country of Comal County, Rebecca Creek Campgrounds has created a multi-use outdoor destination on more than 15 acres of riverfront property in the community of Spring Branch—a campground that serves the tube floating, kayaking, and river swimming crowd that makes the Guadalupe the most popular river in Texas from May through September with a variety of accommodations ranging from primitive tent sites to fully furnished glamping tents with hotel-style amenities. Full-hookup RV sites, primitive water and electric sites, private bunk rooms, and kayak and tube rentals position Rebecca Creek as one of the Hill Country river campgrounds that thought through the full visitor experience rather than simply providing a parking spot near moving water. Full-hookup RV sites with water and electric connections, primitive sites with covered tables, glamping tents with hotel amenities, private bunk rooms with separate shower houses, and primitive tent camping collectively cover the full accommodation spectrum from the self-contained motorhome to the group of friends sharing a bunk room for a weekend float trip. A fully plumbed bathhouse with showers, an on-site laundromat, and free Wi-Fi throughout most of the campground provide the practical support infrastructure, and tube and kayak rentals with complimentary life vests on a first-come, first-served basis give guests immediate river access without requiring personal watercraft. The Guadalupe River's convergence with Rebecca Creek creates the campground's most natural recreational asset—a swimming, floating, and fishing location where the cold spring-fed Guadalupe stays refreshingly cool through the summer heat that makes July and August float trips the most popular outdoor recreation in Comal County. White bass runs in the early spring, catfish fishing year-round, and the swimming that the campground's river frontage enables give the property a multi-season fishing and aquatic character beyond the summer tube-floating crowd. A horseshoe court, volleyball area, and children's playground with a small rock wall complete the recreational infrastructure for guests who want activity beyond the river. Canyon Lake, about 12 miles west on the Guadalupe River upstream from Spring Branch, provides the flatwater reservoir recreation that complements the river camping experience—an 8,230-acre Corps of Engineers reservoir with swimming beaches, boat ramps, and the whitewater release below the spillway that activates the Guadalupe's most exciting paddling when the Army Corps releases water through the dam gates. Guadalupe River State Park, about 14 miles east, preserves four miles of the Guadalupe's most scenic cypress-lined corridor in a managed natural environment. New Braunfels, 15 miles southeast, offers Schlitterbahn Waterpark, River Road's tubing outfitters, and the German heritage Wurstfest celebration each November. The Texas Hill Country's mild climate makes Rebecca Creek functional from spring through fall, with the peak floating season running from Memorial Day through Labor Day when the Guadalupe's spring-fed cool water provides an escape from intense Hill Country summer heat. Spring brings the white bass run and wildflower season to the Hill Country landscape, with the Comal County limestone hills flowering in Indian paintbrush and bluebonnets in late March and April. Fall provides more moderate river temperatures and the shift in the Hill Country's recreational calendar toward hiking and family camping that summer crowds the Guadalupe's swimming holes, making September and October the most enjoyable months for an extended riverfront stay.

from $10/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

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

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

Texas Hills RV Haven

8 RV Sites

Texas Hills RV Haven in Tow, TX, offers 8 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 38 feet. Sites are back-ins carrying water, sewer, and electric with a fire pit and picnic table. The 38-foot maximum keeps this to mid-size rigs. A community fire pit, a library, a playground, walking trails, and cabins are on the property, and pets are welcome. At eight sites this is a small, quiet retreat rather than a resort. The lake is the reason to come: a boat ramp and beach on the property put guests directly onto Lake Buchanan for boating, kayaking, swimming, and fishing, with hiking, biking, and wine tasting close by. Tow sits on the shore of Lake Buchanan in Llano County — the uppermost of the Highland Lakes, a 23,000-acre reservoir filling the widest basin of the Colorado River valley, and home to the largest wintering bald eagle concentration in the Hill Country. Directions matter here: from Burnet, take Highway 29 west to Highway 261, continue to the historic Bluffton Store, turn right onto Ranch Road 2241, and drive exactly four miles. Rates are on the booking page.

from $50/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

San Marcos River Resort

186 RV Sites, 18 Cabins, 21 Tent Sites, 3 Treehouses

San Marcos River Resort in Fentress, Texas, offers 186 full-hookup RV sites, 21 cabin and treehouse units, and 21 tent sites among pecan trees on the San Marcos River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Covered Elite, Prime Elite, and Riverview Elite categories join standard back-in and pull-through tiers, with a pool, mini-golf, and fitness center. One hundred eighty-six sites span covered Elite, Elite back-in, Elite pull-thru, Prime Elite, Riverview Elite, and standard categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The covered Elite sites put a shade structure over the pad — a real benefit through a Central Texas summer — and Riverview is worth requesting. Twenty-one cabins and treehouses and 21 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. RV and tent check-in is 1pm, cabins 3pm, with checkout at noon for everything. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with mini-golf, a fitness center, clubhouse, sports courts, basketball, horseshoes, walking trails, a playground, pavilion, and dog park filling the grounds. The river carries swimming, fishing, canoeing, and kayaking. The San Marcos is one of the clearest and most consistently beautiful rivers in Texas, spring-fed and cool year-round. The resort was known for decades as Leisure Resort. Summer river season drives demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $51/night

River Bend Bliss

4 RV Sites

River Bend Bliss in Cedar Creek, TX, offers 4 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 35 feet. Every site is a back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. Laundry and a community fire pit are on the property. The 35-foot maximum keeps this to mid-size rigs — check yours before booking. Four sites on the riverbank is the entire proposition. Direct Colorado River access, a private viewing deck, fire pits, and yard games, with boating, fishing, kayaking, and picnicking straight from the site. Cedar Creek sits thirty minutes southeast of Austin along the Colorado River, in the kind of natural riverbank setting that's getting genuinely rare as the Austin corridor develops. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Four sites this close to Austin means weekends book out well in advance.

from $70/night