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Dos Rios RV Park

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

Where the James River meets the Llano River in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, Dos Rios RV Park occupies one of the most distinctive natural settings of any campground in the state. The name says it all — two rivers, one property, and a twenty-acre island accessible from the grounds that guests can explore on foot or wade across when water levels allow. Mason County sits in an uncommonly beautiful part of the Hill Country where granite outcrops, juniper mesas, and spring-fed rivers define the landscape, and the campground puts all of it within reach. The accommodation options at Dos Rios cover the full spectrum from tent sites and full-hookup RV pads to rental cabins, tiny homes, a vintage Airstream trailer, and glamping setups for those who prefer their wilderness experience with better bedding. The property's spread along both river banks and onto the island gives different sites genuinely different characters — some face the James River, others overlook the Llano, and the island itself offers a feeling of total seclusion that traditional campgrounds simply cannot replicate. Picnic tables, fire rings, and river access are standard throughout, and the overall setup encourages multi-day stays. Both rivers run clear over limestone and granite bedrock through most of the year, creating exceptional conditions for kayaking, tubing, and stand-up paddleboarding from the campground's own put-ins. The area around Mason County is one of the few places in the United States where blue topaz — the Texas state gemstone — can be found by amateur collectors, and the campground can direct guests to rock-hunting locations where the gemstones turn up in river gravel and hillside outcrops. OHV terrain and stargazing on the island round out the activity offerings; Mason County lies within the Hill Country's certified dark sky corridor, and the absence of light pollution on clear nights is genuinely striking. Mason itself, a small German-settlement town three miles from camp, preserves one of the better collections of nineteenth-century limestone architecture in central Texas. Fort Mason, established in 1851, served as the post where Robert E. Lee spent several periods of his pre-Civil War military career, and the site remains a quiet but historically resonant piece of Texas frontier history. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, the great pink granite dome that anchors the southwestern Hill Country, rises 42 miles south of Mason — a full day of hiking, bouldering, and panoramic views. The Old Tunnel Wildlife Management Area, roughly 30 miles east, harbors a bat colony of approximately four million Mexican free-tailed bats that emerge at dusk in a sustained column visible for miles. The Hill Country enjoys a long spring season from March through May, when wildflowers — particularly bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush — carpet the roadsides and river banks and the rivers run at their most reliable levels. Summer brings tubing season in earnest, with river levels dependent on rainfall but typically adequate through July. Fall is the second peak, when cooler temperatures and changing sumac and cypress color make the river setting especially scenic. The stargazing is excellent year-round in Mason County; winter nights are long and cold, with the Milky Way visible in full glory from the island.

from $35/night

Jellystone Park™ Guadalupe River

140 RV Sites, 36 Cabins, 66 Cottages

Jellystone Park Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, offers 140 full-hookup RV sites and 102 cabin and cottage units four miles from town, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 70 feet. Riverfront Red Carpet and Best Premium categories join preferred premium and standard tiers, alongside a water park, indoor and outdoor pools, laser tag, and a disc golf course. One hundred forty sites span premium back-in, premium pull-thru, preferred premium, Best Premium, Red Carpet, and riverfront Red Carpet categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. The riverfront Red Carpet tier is the one to request. One hundred two cabins and cottages round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. One policy to know: personal golf carts are not allowed, though rentals are available. Motorized wheelchairs are welcome. A water park and both indoor and outdoor pools anchor the recreation, with a hot tub and sauna alongside. Laser tag, mini-golf, a disc golf course, jumping pillow, arcade, gem mining, gaga ball, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, a fitness center, recreation center, craft room, playground, dog park, and on-site dining fill the rest, with fishing and live music. The spring-fed Guadalupe slides over limestone ledges here beneath bald cypress and live oak. Summer river season drives demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $62/night

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.

Lake Fun Properties

28 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 1 House

Lake Fun Properties in Kingsland, Texas, delivers a lakefront resort camping experience on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson in Llano County's Hill Country corridor, where the Highland Lakes chain's deepest reservoir provides year-round boating, fishing, and water skiing on the clear, warm waters of the Colorado River impoundment that the Lower Colorado River Authority created in 1951. Positioned in the Colorado River's Highland Lakes chain between Lake Marble Falls to the east and Lake Buchanan to the west, the resort serves the lake-lifestyle visitors and Hill Country tourism travelers whose Kingsland itinerary centers on LBJ Lake's consistent recreational productivity and the nearby wine country and natural scenery of central Texas's most popular vacation region. The resort's waterfront amenity package delivers direct lake engagement: boat docks for guests who bring their own watercraft, canoeing and kayaking access, swimming in the Highland Lakes' clear warm water, and the walking trails and pavilion that extend the outdoor experience beyond the waterfront. Full hookup big-rig-friendly sites, cabin rentals, a clubhouse, dining, laundry, dump station, and Wi-Fi provide the complete infrastructure for multi-day lake stays, and the golf course access nearby serves guests who integrate fairway recreation into their lake-centered itinerary. Stargazing under the Hill Country's dark skies adds a celestial dimension to evening hours on the lake that the region's low light pollution makes genuinely rewarding. Lake LBJ is the deepest lake in the Highland Lakes chain and the most constant in level, receiving its water from the Highland Lakes impoundments above and maintaining consistent boating conditions that make it particularly popular for water skiing, wake boarding, and the pontoon boating culture that has defined the Kingsland and Horseshoe Bay residential lake community since the 1960s. The lake's 6,000 acres of clear Colorado River water enclosed by the Hill Country's granite-and-limestone terrain create the visual character of the central Texas lake experience at its most appealing—glassy morning water reflecting the live oak and juniper hillsides on both shores before the afternoon breeze arrives. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, approximately 30 miles northwest via RM-152 and RM-965, provides the Hill Country's most celebrated geological attraction in the massive exfoliated granite dome that rises 425 feet above the Llano Uplift and is considered sacred by the Tonkawa people who inhabited this territory before European settlement. The Fredericksburg wine tasting corridor and the LBJ Ranch's birthplace and burial site are accessible in under an hour, and the Llano River—a dedicated Geological State Landmark for its exposure of some of the oldest rocks in Texas—flows through nearby Mason County in one of the Hill Country's clearest and most beautiful river corridors. Lake Fun Properties operates year-round in the Highland Lakes' semi-arid Hill Country climate, with the Lake LBJ boating and water sports season running at full capacity from late April through September when the warm water, consistent sunshine, and school-vacation calendar drive maximum lake recreation demand. Fall's cooler temperatures extend the boating and kayaking season into November with dramatically reduced boat traffic, and the wine harvest season at the surrounding Hill Country wineries creates an additional September-October visitation draw for guests combining lake recreation with the corridor's wine tourism. Winter's mild conditions sustain year-round lake fishing for the bass and crappie populations that LBJ's clear, deep water sustains.

from $45/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 $28/night

Oasis Lake Buchanan

7 RV Sites, 7 Cabins

Oasis Lake Buchanan in Bluffton, Texas, offers an intimate lakeside retreat on the shores of Lake Buchanan—the largest and westernmost of the Highland Lakes chain on the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country—providing a quiet and relaxed escape for campers seeking the serene shoreline and recreational opportunities of one of Central Texas's most beautiful and least-crowded major reservoirs. Positioned on Lake Buchanan's tranquil waters in Llano County where the Hill Country's granite and limestone terrain meets the impoundment's clear water, the small park delivers a genuine lake-life experience without the commercial development pressure that characterizes more heavily visited Highland Lakes communities. The park's amenity focus is water recreation—a sandy beach, boat ramp, boat rentals, and kayak rentals give guests the tools to access Lake Buchanan's 23,060 acres of clear water without bringing their own equipment, and the lake's protected coves and open water fishing areas are accessible from the park's dock infrastructure. A dump station serves self-contained RV travelers, and the property's pet-friendly character welcomes the canine companions that make extended lake camping trips more enjoyable. The intimate scale of the park itself reflects the low-key, neighbor-to-neighbor character of the Bluffton community along the lake's western shore. Lake Buchanan's geology is among the most dramatically scenic of any Texas reservoir, formed where the Colorado River was impounded behind Buchanan Dam in 1937 and immediately surrounded by the pink granite and reddish-brown sandstone of the Llano Uplift's basement rocks—ancient Precambrian formations that give the lake's shoreline and the islands within it a raw geological character quite different from the limestone-rimmed lakes downstream in the Highland Lakes chain. The lake's size, depth, and infrequent motorboat crowding compared to Lake Travis and Lake LBJ make it a preferred destination for anglers targeting striped bass, largemouth bass, and catfish in productive open water. The Fall Creek Falls, accessible via a short hike near Bluffton, provide one of the Hill Country's most rewarding waterfall experiences in wet seasons, and the Colorado Bend State Park approximately 20 miles northeast protects a spectacular river canyon with Gorman Falls—a travertine cascade considered one of the most beautiful waterfall formations in Texas. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, accessible via FM-2341 approximately 25 miles southeast, is the Hill Country's most iconic granite dome destination and a premier hiking and rock climbing location. Llano, the granite capital of Texas and gateway to deer hunting country, provides the nearest commercial services for Lake Buchanan visitors. Oasis Lake Buchanan operates year-round in the Hill Country's moderate climate, with spring's wildflower displays—bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush blanket the roadsides from March through April—and fall's comfortable temperatures representing the most popular booking windows. Summer brings fishing enthusiasts targeting the lake's striped bass in the cooler, deeper waters, and the lake's size buffers against the worst summer heat with reliable afternoon breezes across the open water. The park's quiet, unhurried character makes it particularly appealing for guests who have experienced the more crowded downstream Highland Lakes and want the Highland Lakes experience without the crowds.

from $69/night

Texas Hills RV Haven

8 RV Sites

At 111 Willow Shores Drive in Tow, Texas—on the shore of Lake Buchanan in Llano County where the uppermost of the Highland Lakes chain fills the Colorado River Valley's widest basin in the Hill Country, producing the 23,000-acre reservoir that supports the largest wintering bald eagle concentration in Texas, the hybrid striped bass fishery that draws anglers from across central Texas, and the pink granite shoreline that exposes the Precambrian bedrock underlying the Hill Country's limestone veneer—Texas Hills RV Haven provides full hookup RV sites with three-way connections, three cabins, a lake house, a private boat ramp, complimentary kayak use, and a seasonal beachfront swimming area in the family-operated lakefront campground that has served the Buchanan Lake recreation community since 2008. The private boat ramp, the complimentary kayaks, and the beachfront swimming area together constitute the water access infrastructure that makes Texas Hills a functional water-recreation base rather than simply a lakeside parking spot. Full hookup RV sites with three-way connections—power, water, and sewer—provide the complete hookup infrastructure at each site, eliminating the black-water tank management that partial hookup sites require. Fire rings at individual sites provide the evening campfire setup. Three cabin rentals and a fully appointed lake house serve the guests without RV equipment and provide the family reunion and group accommodation format that a single RV site doesn't support. A private boat ramp—the campground's own concrete launch rather than a shared public facility—provides the immediate lake access for trailered watercraft without the Highland Lakes public ramp congestion that summer weekends at Lake Buchanan generate. Complimentary kayak use available to all registered guests gives the paddling option without requiring guests to own, transport, or rent equipment. A seasonal beachfront swimming area provides the supervised freshwater beach experience directly on Buchanan's shore. A pavilion, playground, horseshoes, washers, and a common area with board games and movies provide the social gathering and rainy-day entertainment infrastructure. Lake Buchanan's fishing calendar features the largemouth and smallmouth bass, catfish, white bass, and the hybrid striped bass that Texas Parks and Wildlife has stocked and managed in the reservoir since the 1970s. The Highland Lakes' uppermost impoundment provides the most rural and least-developed of the chain's six reservoirs, with the sparse development along Buchanan's shoreline preserving the natural character that lower Highland Lakes reservoirs—particularly Lake Travis—have largely lost to residential development. Bald eagle viewing tours, operated by local tour operators on Lake Buchanan during the winter months from November through March, provide the most accessible concentration of bald eagles in Texas at a viewing density that surprises first-time participants. Inks Lake State Park—adjacent to Inks Lake immediately downstream from Buchanan on the Highland Lakes chain—provides the state park infrastructure, hiking trails, and Inks Lake's clear, granite-bottomed freshwater swimming and paddling access that complements the Buchanan camping base with managed park facilities. The Vanishing Texas River Cruise, headquartered in Burnet and operating on Buchanan Lake, runs the eagle tours and scenic lake excursions that the Buchanan environment makes distinctive for the Texas nature travel itinerary. Texas Hills RV Haven is open year-round, welcoming anglers, families, couples, and snowbirds across all seasons in the Highland Lakes' temperate climate. Summer brings the lake recreation and swimming season peak; winter attracts the bald eagle viewing guests and the snowbird population seeking the Hill Country's mild December-through-February temperatures. Reserve the waterfront site or lake house well in advance for summer weekends, plan the eagle tour for the January morning, and let Lake Buchanan's pink granite shore earn the Highland Lakes experience that the chain's uppermost reservoir preserves in its most natural form.

from $50/night

Miller Creek RV Park

16 RV Sites

Miller Creek RV Resort in Johnson City, Texas, offers cabin and RV site accommodations with a gift shop and recreational programming in the heart of the Texas Hill Country's most historically rich corridor — Blanco County's Johnson City, the boyhood home of Lyndon B. Johnson, whose presence as the 36th President of the United States gives this stretch of the Hill Country between Fredericksburg and Austin the presidential history density, the wildflower-seasonal beauty, and the wine country viticulture that make the Blanco County Hill Country one of the most layered day-trip environments in south-central Texas. The resort's Johnson City position gives guests immediate access to the LBJ National Historical Park units and the Fredericksburg Hill Country wine corridor. Cabin accommodations and RV sites with a gift shop give guests the complete lodging range for Hill Country stays in Blanco County, where the spring wildflower season from March through April — when LBJ country's roadsides erupt in Texas bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, and the regional wildflower mix that Lady Bird Johnson's national beautification program specifically celebrated — and the summer and fall wine touring seasons sustain the visitor economy that the Fredericksburg corridor's viticulture has built into one of the most visited wine regions in the southern United States. Pets are welcome. Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park's Johnson City District preserves the original Johnson family home and the boyhood home where Lyndon Johnson grew up on the edge of the Hill Country — a simple Victorian frame house that the National Park Service interprets in the context of the Hill Country's Great Depression-era hardship and the specific experiences that shaped Johnson's lifelong commitment to rural electrification, education, and the social legislation of the Great Society. The LBJ Ranch Unit, 14 miles west of Johnson City near Stonewall, preserves the Texas White House — the Pedernales River ranch where Johnson worked, entertained heads of state, and was ultimately buried in 1973 in the family cemetery under the live oaks that his grandfather planted. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, 18 miles northwest of Johnson City in Llano County, preserves one of the most extraordinary geological features in Texas — a 425-foot-tall pink granite dome of Precambrian stone, 1.5 billion years old, rising from the Hill Country floor in a batholith exposure that the summit loop trail climbs in a moderate hike rewarded with panoramic views across the Hill Country's cedar and live oak savanna. The dome's geologically ancient granite, its documented 11,000-year history of human use from prehistoric camps to Republic of Texas-era treaty agreements, and the specific sunset and moonrise viewing character that the summit's isolation provides give Enchanted Rock the natural and historical significance that earned it a National Natural Landmark designation. Miller Creek RV Resort serves guests year-round in Blanco County's temperate Hill Country climate, where the spring bluebonnet season from late March through April represents the single most visited window in the Johnson City corridor and the fall wine harvest season from September through November sustains the second peak from the Austin and San Antonio regional markets. Pedernales Falls State Park, 9 miles east of Johnson City in Blanco County, provides the Hill Country's signature limestone waterfall experience and the Pedernales River's swimming holes that give the immediate resort day-trip range the outdoor water recreation complement to the presidential and wine tourism. Reserve sites and cabins months ahead for the spring wildflower peak, when Blanco County bluebonnet demand fills Hill Country accommodation well in advance.

from $52/night

Terraqueous RV Resort

135 RV Sites

Terraqueous RV Resort in Blanco, Texas, offers 135 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet, in the Texas Hill Country. Deluxe covered, deluxe waterfront, and premium shaded categories join a splash pad, hot tub, and pickleball courts in a certified International Dark Sky Community. One hundred thirty-five sites span deluxe covered back-in, deluxe waterfront back-in, deluxe pull-through, premium shaded back-in, and premium pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, BBQ pits, and site WiFi. Covered and shaded categories are worth requesting in a Texas summer, and the waterfront sites carry the best outlook. Laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and splash pad anchor the warm months, with a hot tub and sauna alongside. A lake and pond support fishing, with pickleball, bocce ball, basketball, horseshoes, walking trails, a playground, dog park, and snack bar filling the grounds and planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. Blanco County's designation as a certified International Dark Sky Community is the distinguishing feature — the night sky here is protected by ordinance, and the stargazing is consistently exceptional rather than weather-dependent luck. The resort sits off RM-32 where the Blanco River slides through limestone ledges and cypress groves, with Hill Country vineyards and a state park nearby. Spring wildflowers and fall drive the heaviest Hill Country demand. Reserve ahead.

from $29/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

Spicewood RV Resort

101 RV Sites

Spicewood RV Resort in Texas offers 101 full-hookup RV sites with 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 80 feet in the Hill Country between Austin and Marble Falls. Waterfront, premium, compact, and standard back-in categories join pull-through sites, with an outdoor pool, clubhouse, pickleball, and a pond. One hundred one sites span compact back-in, standard back-in, premium back-in, waterfront back-in, and pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 80 feet. Two things worth knowing: service is 50-amp throughout, so bring an adapter if your rig runs 30, and the 80-foot capacity handles the longest coaches. The compact category gives smaller rigs a right-sized option. A general store, laundry, propane fills, restrooms, showers, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a pond supporting fishing, and pickleball, volleyball, ping pong, gaga ball, sports courts, a clubhouse, pavilion, playground, dog park, and biking filling the grounds. A golf course is nearby. Pets are welcome. Spicewood sits in Burnet County's Lake Travis and Lake LBJ corridor, where the Highland Lakes chain on the Colorado River gives the Hill Country its water recreation and the surrounding country gives it the limestone-and-live-oak character people come for. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand from Austin, with spring wildflowers and fall bringing the most comfortable Hill Country conditions. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $25/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