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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 $32/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

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

Sun Outdoors Lake Travis

55 RV Sites, 9 Cottages

Sun Outdoors Lake Travis in Austin, Texas, offers 55 full-hookup RV sites and nine cottages three miles from the lake, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 90 feet. Premium back-in, premium pull-through, deluxe, standard, and pull-in categories join a pool, hot tub, spa, fitness center, and mini-golf on Hudson Bend Road. Fifty-five sites span standard back-in, deluxe back-in, premium back-in, premium pull-thru, and pull-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 90 feet, with picnic tables and BBQ pits. Ninety feet is exceptional for the Hill Country, where terrain usually limits length, and accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. Nine cottages round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, a business center, recycling, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. The property was formerly La Hacienda RV Resort. An outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, and spa anchor the property, with a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, mini-golf, horseshoes, walking trails, a playground, community fire pit, and dog park filling the grounds. Fishing and swimming run nearby, with planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. Lake Travis is one of Central Texas's premier recreation lakes, and the western Austin corridor keeps the Hill Country character intact. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand, with SXSW and ACL creating sharp spikes. Reserve well ahead.

from $74/night

Jellystone Park™ Austin North

78 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 1 Onsite RV/Trailer, 2 Tiny Houses

Jellystone Park Austin North in Georgetown, Texas, offers 79 full-hookup RV sites and five cabin and tiny house units 30 miles north of Austin, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 75 feet. A covered deluxe back-in category and a Rockwood Mini tier join preferred pool-side and pull-through sites, with a lazy river, splash pad, and pool. Seventy-nine sites span back-in deluxe covered, back-in preferred pool, pull-thru preferred, pull-thru standard, and Rockwood Mini categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 75 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two categories stand out: the covered deluxe sites put shade over the pad, which matters through a Central Texas summer, and the preferred pool sites put you next to the water. Five cabins and tiny houses round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, RV storage, personal mailboxes, recycling, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. Check-in is 3pm for cabins and 1pm for campsites, with checkout at 11am. A lazy river and splash pad anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool alongside. A fitness center, jumping pillow, gem mining, billiards, shuffleboard, pickleball, basketball, gaga ball, horseshoes, corn hole, golf cart rentals, a playground, community fire pit, and dog park fill the grounds. Lake Georgetown, Inner Space Cavern, and the historic courthouse square are all close. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $55/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

Castle View RV Park

5 RV Sites

Castle View RV Park in Kempner, Texas, offers full-hookup RV sites and cabins on a big-rig-friendly property behind a gated entrance, with a lake and pond, general store, dog park, and personal mailboxes. The Hill Country setting between Briggs and Kempner suits both short stays and longer residencies. Full-hookup RV sites serve guests with rigs, with cabins for those without. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and personal mailboxes handle the practical side, and a gated entrance controls access — the combination of security and mailbox service points clearly at the extended-stay market the park serves alongside travelers. A lake and pond sit on the property with boating available, and a playground and dog park fill the grounds. The amenity set is comfortable rather than elaborate, and the security and quiet are what guests consistently cite. Kempner sits in Lampasas County on US-190 west of Killeen, in the transition zone between the Balcones Escarpment's eastern edge and the inner Hill Country's cedar and live oak savanna. The rolling limestone landscape here is the Lampasas Cut Plains — the geological region shaped by the Lampasas River and its tributaries. The position gives practical access to the Killeen-Temple military and civilian corridor and the I-35 routes beyond, which keeps a steady base of longer-term guests alongside Hill Country travelers. The park operates through the Central Texas season, with spring wildflowers and fall delivering the most comfortable conditions and the heaviest visitor demand. Fort Cavazos activity drives steady year-round occupancy — call ahead for extended stays.

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

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

Horseshoe Ridge RV Resort

49 RV Sites

Built on a 31-acre former racehorse training ranch in the Texas Hill Country near Wimberley, Horseshoe Ridge RV Resort preserves the property's equestrian heritage in its name and shaded character—more than 350 mature oak trees deliver a canopy of natural shade across the resort grounds that provides meaningful temperature relief during the warm Hill Country months while framing the panoramic 15-mile views across the Blanco River valley and the distant limestone ridges of Hays County. The resort's combination of premium landscaped grounds, a comprehensive amenity package, and the natural beauty of the central Texas Hill Country landscape positions it among the more resort-caliber full-hookup RV destinations in the corridor between Austin and San Antonio. Full hookup sites with big-rig-friendly access accommodate large motorcoaches and fifth wheels, and the resort's amenity investment reflects a premium positioning in the Hill Country RV market. A swimming pool, hot tub, fishing pond, billiards room, game room, pickleball courts, horseshoe pits, corn hole, craft room, snack bar, general store, dog park, fitness center, business center, laundry facilities, and clean restrooms and showers collectively deliver a resort experience substantially more comprehensive than the typical RV park. Cabin rentals provide lodging for guests who want the resort setting without an RV, and golf cart rentals allow guests to navigate the property's 31 acres comfortably. Premium Wi-Fi infrastructure and professional-grade bathhouses complete the resort infrastructure. Wimberley, one of the Texas Hill Country's most charming small towns, is known for its artistic community, crystal-clear spring-fed swimming holes, and access to the Hill Country's iconic outdoor recreation. Blue Hole Regional Park, a beloved natural swimming area on Cypress Creek, is one of Wimberley's most visited summer destinations—a green-filtered swimming hole under massive cypress trees that embodies the spring-fed swimming culture of central Texas. Jacob's Well Natural Area, less than three miles from town, is a spring-fed limestone shaft that is one of the most photographed swimming destinations in Texas, with crystal-clear water flowing from an ancient cave system at a consistent temperature year-round. The San Marcos River, accessible from San Marcos 15 miles south of Wimberley, provides additional spring-fed tubing, kayaking, and natural swimming access in one of the clearest rivers in Texas, fed by Spring Lake at the headwaters. The Blanco River, running through the broader Wimberley valley, offers fishing and tubing in a more intimate Hill Country river setting. Austin, approximately 45 miles northeast of the resort via Ranch Road 12 and US 290, provides the full metropolitan cultural and entertainment infrastructure of Texas's capital city on a straightforward day trip, while the historic German settlements of Fredericksburg and New Braunfels extend the Hill Country cultural itinerary in the opposite direction. Horseshoe Ridge RV Resort is open year-round, with the Texas Hill Country's mild climate supporting outdoor recreation and resort-style camping across all seasons. Spring and fall offer the most comfortable temperatures for outdoor activity, and the Wimberley Market Days—held the first Saturday of each month at the Lions Field market—draws regional vendors and shoppers that give guests a recurring local event to plan around. Summer brings the peak Hill Country swimming season at Blue Hole and Jacob's Well, when reservations at both natural swimming destinations require advance planning. Resort sites should be reserved well in advance for Hill Country spring wildflower season and spring break periods.

from $64/night

Austin Lone Star

17 RV Sites, 3 Park Models

Five miles from the live music venues, taco trucks, and iconic energy of downtown Austin, Austin Lone Star puts you squarely in the center of one of America's most vibrant cities without sacrificing the space, hookups, and practicality that RV travel demands. Located at 7009 S I-35 Frontage Road, the community offers a full-service urban RV destination that serves long-term Austin workers and short-stay visitors in equal measure. In a city where hotel rooms run high and parking is perpetually scarce, having a full-hookup site just minutes from everything Austin offers is a genuine and underappreciated advantage. Austin Lone Star delivers on the essentials with a heated pool perfect for Austin's long, hot summers and a fitness room that keeps active guests on their routines. Twelve private bathrooms—including two ADA-compliant suites—keep wait times to a minimum, and the pet park with artificial turf sanitized twice monthly makes this one of the most dog-friendly urban parks in the state. A clubhouse with billiards and spacious picnic areas scattered throughout the property round out the communal spaces, while laundry facilities, propane, and a dump station cover the practical needs of self-sufficient travelers. Reliable WiFi throughout the park serves remote workers and families streaming their evening entertainment alike. Austin's South Side—where the park is located—captures the city's creative, unconventional energy at its most concentrated. South Congress Avenue runs north from the park toward downtown, lined with vintage boutiques, acclaimed restaurants, and the kind of only-in-Austin shops that make an afternoon of browsing genuinely memorable. The South Lamar corridor adds additional dining and nightlife options, while the proximity to I-35 gives quick freeway access in every direction—north to the Domain shopping district, west toward Barton Creek and the Hill Country, south toward San Marcos and New Braunfels. Barton Springs Pool—a natural, spring-fed swimming hole in Zilker Park maintained at a constant 68°F year-round—is one of Austin's great civic treasures and a short drive from camp. Lady Bird Lake's hike-and-bike trail encircles the Colorado River impoundment through the heart of downtown, offering kayaking, paddleboarding, and the city's best running route. The Congress Avenue Bridge hosts the world's largest urban bat colony—1.5 million Mexican free-tails that spiral into the evening sky in a nightly spectacle from March through October. Sixth Street and the Red River Cultural District offer live music virtually every night of the week, year-round. Austin's outdoor lifestyle is genuinely year-round, though spring wildflower season and fall's comfortable temperatures are the most coveted times to explore the city on foot and by bike. Summer heat is real but the social calendar never slows, and the park's heated pool becomes a daily necessity. The Austin City Limits Music Festival in October and SXSW in March draw massive crowds—book well ahead for those weeks. Reserve your site at Austin Lone Star and plug into the energy of one of the most dynamic and entertaining cities in the American South.

from $39/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