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Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino Hotel

20 RV Sites

Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino Hotel brings a unique combination of full-service casino entertainment and RV camping to the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas — where the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas operates the largest casino in the state just steps from the international border. For travelers who want resort-quality gaming amenities alongside convenient RV parking in a genuinely singular South Texas setting, the Lucky Eagle delivers an experience unlike anything else in the region, and one that draws return visitors from across the Southwest specifically for its combination of gaming, dining, and border country character. The RV park features twenty back-in sites with full 30- and 50-amp electrical, water, and sewer hookups, placing RV guests within easy walking distance of the casino hotel's complete lineup of dining and entertainment. Over 3,300 slot machines, a private poker room, live bingo, and multiple on-site restaurants — including IHOP, Freddy's Steakburger, Red Sky Grill, and Grande Pizza — ensure there is always something happening on the property regardless of the hour. The 249-room hotel offers river-view suites overlooking the Rio Grande for guests not traveling by RV, and the fully connected resort experience makes Kickapoo Lucky Eagle feel more like a destination than a waypoint. Pets are welcome for RV park guests, and the casino's staffing creates a level of 24-hour activity and service availability that few campgrounds can approach. The Rio Grande setting gives Kickapoo Lucky Eagle its most distinctive quality — the river and the international border create a layered sense of place, where two countries meet daily and the cultural mix of the Texas-Mexico borderlands is woven into everything from the dining menu to the surrounding streetscape of Eagle Pass. The views across the river from the hotel suites and casino terraces capture something genuinely singular about South Texas — a frontier character that persists despite the development on both sides of the border. Fort Duncan Museum, less than ten miles from the resort, preserves the history of the U.S. Army outpost that once guarded this critical stretch of the Rio Grande border and offers a compelling half-day excursion for history enthusiasts. Maverick County Lake provides fishing and outdoor recreation just a short drive from the casino. The international bridge to Piedras Negras, Coahuila — a lively mid-sized Mexican city with exceptional regional cuisine, markets, and commerce — makes a cross-border excursion a natural extension of any Eagle Pass casino hotel stay for guests holding appropriate travel documents. Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino operates year-round with the gaming floor and resort amenities running around the clock regardless of season. South Texas winters are mild and pleasant, while summer months bring the intense heat common to the Chihuahuan Desert-edge climate — the air-conditioned casino environment makes this a reliably comfortable destination in any weather and a practical refuge during the hottest July and August days. Book RV sites well in advance for holiday weekends and major casino promotion events, when the property sees its highest demand and site availability moves quickly for a small park attached to a full-scale resort.

from $25/night

Nueces River RV and Cabin Resort

78 RV Sites, 20 Cabins, 24 Tent Sites

Nueces River RV and Cabin Resort in Camp Wood, Texas, offers 78 RV sites, 20 cabins, and 24 tent sites on the Nueces River in Real County, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 50 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Full-hookup and partial-hookup back-ins join pull-throughs, with a splash pad and outdoor pool. Seventy-eight sites span back-in partial hookup, full-hookup back-in, and pull-through categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet, with picnic tables, BBQ pits, cable TV, and site WiFi. The partial hookup option lets self-contained rigs book at a lower rate. Twenty cabins and 24 tent sites round out a broad lodging range. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and splash pad anchor the warm months, with sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, corn hole, a playground, and a dog park across the grounds. Pets are welcome. The river is what distinguishes this from the commercial Hill Country tubing corridor. The upper Nueces runs through one of the most undeveloped and pristine river canyons in the region, producing natural swimming holes, limestone cliff access, and spring-fed transparency that the heavily visited Guadalupe cannot match. Camp Wood sits at the junction of that canyon and the rugged cedar and live oak country of Real County — genuine Texas backcountry. Summer river season drives demand. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends.

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 $57/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

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

Admiralty RV Resort

175 RV Sites, 7 Cabins

Admiralty RV Resort in San Antonio, Texas, offers 175 full-hookup RV sites and seven cabins two miles from SeaWorld, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet behind a gated entrance. Luxury pull-through, Superslab pull-through, and Premium Plus back-in categories join standard tiers, with a pool, fitness center, and a complimentary daily SeaWorld shuttle. One hundred seventy-five sites span standard back-in, standard pull-thru, standard Plus pull-thru, Premium Plus back-in, Superslab pull-thru, and luxury pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with picnic tables. The Superslab and luxury tiers give larger rigs a proper pad. Seven cabins and trailer rentals round out the lodging. A laundry with drop-off and pick-up service, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side — laundry service rather than just machines is an unusual and welcome touch. The complimentary SeaWorld shuttle departs at 10am and returns at 5pm, which eliminates the parking search and the long asphalt walk that starts most theme park days badly. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, sports courts, pickleball, basketball, a playground, dog park, and picnicking besides. The River Walk, the Alamo, Hemisfair Park, the Pearl District, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, the Frost Bank Center, and Lackland Air Force Base are all reachable. Summer and spring break fill the San Antonio corridor. Reserve well ahead.

from $49/night

David's RV Park

13 RV Sites

At 9360 US Highway 281 in Pleasanton, Texas—in Atascosa County south of San Antonio in the brush country transition between the South Texas Plains and the Hill Country's northern edge, a landscape whose cattle ranching history gave Pleasanton its claim to the birthplace of the American cowboy—David's RV Park provides 37 full hookup spaces with 30 and 50-amp service, fiber-optic WiFi, a swimming pool, a gated dog park, and the all-inclusive rate structure that includes water, sewer, garbage, and WiFi in a single price, on freshly paved roads with new utilities throughout. Built on new infrastructure from the ground up, the electrical, water pressure, and internet systems at David's perform without the accumulated maintenance problems that older RV parks' aging utility networks generate for guests who have experienced the frustration of power inconsistency and weak water pressure at poorly maintained campgrounds. Thirty-seven full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer connections in back-in and pull-through configurations, along with premium and covered site options that provide overhead protection from Texas sun and rain, serve the full RV market on the freshly paved roads and level spaces that new construction provides without years of deferred maintenance. All-inclusive pricing covering water, sewer, garbage, and fiber-optic WiFi eliminates the utility surcharge calculations that many Texas campgrounds require guests to anticipate separately. A new swimming pool provides the heat relief that South Texas's extended summer season—when temperatures regularly reach 100 degrees from June through September—makes the single most-used resort amenity. A gated dog park gives traveling pets the secure off-leash exercise space that the US Highway 281 corridor traffic makes unsafe without fencing. A playground, on-site laundry, and storage options complete the practical infrastructure. Pleasanton's claim as the birthplace of the American cowboy—acknowledged through the Cowboy Capital of the World designation and the Cowboy Homecoming rodeo that the community stages each August—reflects the Atascosa County ranching heritage that the cattle drives north from the South Texas brush country to the Chisholm Trail established after the Civil War. The longhorn cattle herds that moved through Atascosa County in the 1870s and 1880s carried the trail-driving culture that defined American cowboy identity, and Pleasanton's community celebration of that heritage in August provides the most authentically local Texas cultural event accessible from David's RV Park. San Antonio—30 minutes north via US 281—provides the Texas cultural capital access that includes the Alamo's preserved 1836 mission battlefield, the River Walk's tourist restaurant and bar district along the San Antonio River's downtown channelized course, SeaWorld's marine entertainment complex, Six Flags Fiesta Texas's theme park, the Pearl District's converted brewery and culinary programming, and the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park's four Spanish colonial missions. Braunig Lake Park, a 1,350-acre reservoir south of San Antonio created from a power plant cooling pond, provides warm-water fishing and boating access within 20 minutes of the campground. David's RV Park is open year-round in South Texas's warm climate that makes Atascosa County camping practical across all seasons. The winter snowbird migration corridor along US 281 generates the November-through-February travel flow, and the summer San Antonio weekend market provides the shorter-stay guest population. Reserve your paved pull-through site, plan the San Antonio day trip, and let Pleasanton's brush country quiet and new-construction reliability earn what a well-built South Texas RV park looks like when the infrastructure hasn't had time to wear out.

from $55 $48/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

Traveler's World

115 RV Sites

Traveler's World in San Antonio, Texas, offers 115 full-hookup RV sites three miles from the Alamo and the River Walk, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 57 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. An oversized full-hookup back-in category joins standard back-in and pull-through tiers, with a pool, hot tub, fitness center, mini-golf, and library. One hundred fifteen sites run in full hookup back-in, full hookup pull-through, and oversized full hookup back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 57 feet, with picnic tables. The oversized tier is worth requesting for a longer rig. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and recycling handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a fitness center, game room, library, mini-golf, pickleball, shuffleboard, billiards, ping pong, horseshoes, walking trails, hiking, a lake, creek, playground, dog park, and on-site dining filling the grounds. Live music and planned activities run through the season. Pets are welcome. Three miles is about as close as an RV park gets to San Antonio's historic core, and it makes a real difference — the River Walk's restaurants, bars, and cultural programming, the Alamo, the Pearl District, and the Missions National Historical Park are all a short drive rather than a cross-town commute. The Mission Reach trail runs nearby along the river. Spring, Fiesta week, and the holiday River Walk lights drive the sharpest demand in San Antonio. Reserve well ahead for those, and ask about extended-stay rates.

from $49/night

Firefly Resort

In the Texas Hill Country at Fredericksburg—in Gillespie County where the German immigrant community's 1846 settlement created the wine country, peach orchard, and historic Main Street character that has made Fredericksburg the most visited small city in Texas—Firefly Resort, voted #2 Resort in the United States by USA Today, provides luxury full hookup RV sites alongside fully furnished move-in-ready tiny homes, a multi-level swimming pool with an adults-only section, pickleball, a dog park, a clubhouse with laundry, and fast WiFi throughout, with select premium sites featuring outdoor kitchens, pergolas, and covered seating, in a resort whose Fredericksburg address puts the Texas Wine Trail's 60-plus wineries and tasting rooms at the doorstep and the Hill Country's complete outdoor and cultural landscape within comfortable day-trip range of what USA Today has ranked among the very best resorts in the country. USA Today says #2. The Texas Wine Trail confirms it. Luxury full hookup RV sites—clean, level, and serviced to the resort standard that the Firefly's USA Today ranking reflects—and fully furnished tiny homes that guests arrive at without needing to provision or stage provide the accommodation range for every Fredericksburg visitor whose itinerary prioritizes the Hill Country wine trail and the city's historic Main Street over the campground's own amenity set. The multi-level pool's design—with dedicated zones for active swimming and the adults-only section for the evening glass of Tempranillo without the cannonball competition—creates the pool experience that a luxury Hill Country resort delivers beyond the standard rectangular concrete rectangle. Pickleball, a dog park, a clubhouse with round-the-clock laundry, and the fast WiFi that the remote-worker extended-stay community requires complete the resort infrastructure. Premium site upgrades—outdoor kitchens, pergolas, and covered seating—create the elevated outdoor living spaces that the Fredericksburg Hill Country evenings, reliably cool and star-filled, reward. Fredericksburg sits in Gillespie County at 1,700 feet on the Pedernales River's headwater plateau, in the community that Adelsverein colonization society German immigrants established in 1846 under John O. Meusebach's treaty with the Comanche—a genuine peace treaty whose terms both sides honored, making it one of the few Indian treaties in Texas history that actually held. The German heritage that Fredericksburg's Vereins Kirche museum, the Sunday Houses, and the Wurstfest sausage-and-beer tradition celebrate has coexisted productively with the Texas Wine Trail's 60-plus winery and tasting room corridor that US-290 east and west of Fredericksburg now sustains in the recognized Texas Hill Country AVA. The National Museum of the Pacific War on the courthouse square provides the most comprehensive Pacific Theater World War II museum in the United States—the Admiral Nimitz Museum, the George H.W. Bush Gallery, and the Pacific Combat Zone outdoor exhibit draw visitors specifically for the museum alongside the wine. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, 18 miles north on RR-965, protects the 1,825-foot pink granite dome that the Llano Uplift's exposure has created in one of the most recognizable geological landmarks in Texas—the summit hike's panoramic Hill Country views and the night sky observation from the dome's bare rock surface create the outdoor experience that the Hill Country's stargazing culture organizes around. Firefly Resort operates year-round in Gillespie County's temperate Hill Country climate, with the spring wildflower season from March through May (bluebonnets along US-290, Indian paintbrush in the cedar draws), the summer wine harvest from August through October, and the Fredericksburg Peach season from late May through July providing the three most distinctive seasonal activities in the annual calendar. Reserve your luxury site or tiny home at Firefly Resort and let the #2 USA Today ranking, the Texas Wine Trail's 60-plus wineries, and the Fredericksburg Hill Country character prove that the resort lived up to the recognition.

from $35/night

Jellystone Park™ Texas Wine Country

106 RV Sites, 13 Tent Sites, 9 Cottages, 1 Wagon, 6 Park Models

Jellystone Park Texas Wine Country in Fredericksburg offers 106 full-hookup RV sites, 15 cottage and park model units, 13 tent sites, and a wagon, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 90 feet. Wine Row, Creek Side, Garden Side, and Meadow categories join pull-in and pull-through tiers, alongside a water park, splash pad, spa, and mini-golf. One hundred six sites span Creek Side back-in, Creekside pull-in, Garden Side back-in, Meadow back-in, pull-thru, and Wine Row back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 90 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Naming every category for its setting rather than a tier number is unusually helpful, and 90 feet accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. Fifteen cottages and park models, 13 tent sites, and a wagon round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, firewood, and a snack bar handle the practical side. A water park and splash pad anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool and spa alongside. Mini-golf, a jumping pillow, arcade, game room, craft room, fitness center, recreation center, gaga ball, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, a creek, pond, playground, pavilion, community fire pit, and dog park fill the rest. Ten miles east of Fredericksburg on US-290, the property sits on the most productive wine tourism route in the American South, in Gillespie County's oak-covered hills. Spring wildflowers and fall harvest drive the sharpest demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $55/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