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San Marcos River Resort

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

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

from $51/night

Lake Falling Star RV Resort

40 RV Sites

On 44 acres of privately developed lakefront in Dale, Texas—in Caldwell County where the family-purchased Tinney Lake has been transformed over 17 years into Lake Falling Star RV Resort, a quiet, clean, and extraordinarily beautiful property whose sunset views over the water, star-filled rural night skies, and the pond-and-wildlife character of the Central Texas landscape create the stress-relief experience that the resort's description identifies as its core purpose—Lake Falling Star offers full hookup sites, a pergola-shaded pool, granite walkways along the waterfront, a laundry facility overlooking the lake, and the bird watching, sunset watching, and night sky observation that the Caldwell County rural environment enables for guests who are 30 minutes southeast of Austin and looking for the antidote to it. Lockhart's legendary BBQ is 10 miles north. Full hookup sites on the 44-acre lakefront property provide the RV infrastructure alongside the amenities that a family-created resort builds specifically around the experiences that matter most to its owners—the pergola over the pool that keeps afternoon shade where it's needed during the Texas heat, the granite walkways along the water's edge that make the lakefront accessible in the comfortable way a well-maintained resort provides, and the laundry room positioned to overlook the lake while the wash cycles run in the time-efficient multitasking that extended-stay guests appreciate. Clean bathrooms and showers complete the daily infrastructure for the overnight and weekly guests who use Dale as a convenient Austin-adjacent escape. The bird watching that Tinney Lake's aquatic habitat supports—the herons, egrets, kingfishers, and the songbird variety that the lake's wooded margins attract—provides the natural recreation that the description specifically notes as a campground feature. Dale sits in Caldwell County on the Post Oak Savanna ecoregion's blackland prairie edge, in the rolling terrain between the Balcones Escarpment's limestone hills and the coastal plains' expansive flatlands. The Post Oak Savanna's characteristic landscape—scattered post oak and live oak on sandy loam soils between the clay-dominant blackland prairie and the sandy-soiled East Texas Pineywoods—creates the gently rolling, tree-dotted terrain that the Lake Falling Star property occupies in Caldwell County's agricultural landscape. The rural darkness and the low elevation's wide-open sky create the stargazing conditions that the resort's description elevates to a primary amenity alongside the lake sunsets. Lockhart, 10 miles north on US-183, holds the title of BBQ Capital of Texas—a designation the Texas Legislature formalized in 1999 acknowledging Lockhart's extraordinary concentration of generational Central Texas barbecue institutions. Kreuz Market's shoulder clod and ribs served on butcher paper without sauce in the no-fork tradition of Central Texas barbecue, Smitty's Market's pit-smoked brisket in the original 1948 market building, and Black's Barbecue's 80-year family operation create the pilgrimage inventory that BBQ travelers make specifically to Lockhart on the Central Texas Barbecue Trail. Austin, 30 miles northwest on SH-130, provides the full metropolitan cultural experience when the lakeshore serenity calls for a day of live music, tacos, and Sixth Street. Lake Falling Star operates year-round in Caldwell County's Central Texas climate, where the spring and fall months provide the most pleasant outdoor conditions for lakeside relaxation and the summer heat is managed by the pergola pool shade and the lake breezes that the water body generates. The winter months are mild and bring the migratory waterfowl to Tinney Lake in the duck and goose populations that make Central Texas lake birding rewarding from November through February. Reserve your lakefront site at Lake Falling Star and let the Caldwell County sunsets, the star-filled rural skies, Lockhart's BBQ, and the 44-acre private lake deliver the quiet, unhurried Texas lake stay that the resort's 17-year family investment has created specifically for guests who need it.

from $55/night

Treeside RV Resort

251 RV Sites, 4 Cabins

Treeside RV Resort in New Braunfels, Texas, offers 251 full-hookup RV sites and four cabins with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 75 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Elite back-in categories — some with dedicated gravel car parking — join a pool, fitness center, mini-golf, and lake in the heart of the Hill Country. Two hundred fifty-one sites run in elite back-in categories, including variants with separate gravel car parking, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 75 feet. The dedicated car parking is worth requesting — it keeps the site clear when you are towing. Four cabins round out the lodging. A laundry, restrooms, showers, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a fitness center, clubhouse, mini-golf, sports courts, and corn hole across the grounds and a lake on the property. Live music runs through the season. Pets are welcome. New Braunfels is one of Texas's most visited summer destinations — a Hill Country river town whose spring-fed Comal and Guadalupe rivers, German heritage, and position between San Antonio and Austin have made it one of the fastest-growing communities in the country. The tubing season is the regional draw. Summer river season drives demand hard, and New Braunfels lodging fills across the board from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Reserve well ahead for those months, with spring and fall offering more comfortable conditions and easier availability.

from $57/night

Canopy RV Resort

295 RV Sites

Canopy RV Resort in New Braunfels, Texas, offers 295 full-hookup RV sites five minutes from downtown, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 100 feet. Superior back-in and pull-through categories join premium, deluxe, and standard tiers, with an outdoor pool, fitness center, clubhouse, and pickleball courts behind a gated entrance. Two hundred ninety-five sites span standard back-in, deluxe back-in, premium back-in, superior back-in, premium pull-thru, and superior pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 100 feet, with picnic tables. One hundred feet is exceptional for the Hill Country, where terrain usually limits length, and the six-tier structure gives real budget range. A laundry, propane fills, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a fitness center, clubhouse, pavilion, pickleball, tennis, horseshoes, corn hole, a playground, and dog park filling the grounds. Planned activities run through the season. Pets are welcome. Five minutes from downtown New Braunfels puts guests at the center of the most comprehensively entertaining small city in the Texas Hill Country — the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers for tubing, Schlitterbahn, Gruene Hall's century-old dance floor, and Natural Bridge Caverns are all close, with San Antonio and Austin both within an easy drive. Summer river season drives demand hard in New Braunfels, with Wurstfest in late fall creating a second spike. Reserve well ahead for June through August.

Camp Landa Resort

93 RV Sites, 5 Cabins

Camp Landa Resort in New Braunfels, Texas, offers 93 full-hookup RV sites and five cabins near the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 85 feet, open all year. Classy Creek View back-in, Compact Classy Creek View, Meadows, and Elite pull-through categories join premium tiers, with a pool, jumping pillow, craft room, and bar. Ninety-three sites span Classy Creek View back-in, Compact Classy Creek View back-in, Meadows back-in, Meadows pull-thru, Elite pull-thru, and premium categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 85 feet, with picnic tables. Eighty-five feet is exceptional for a downtown-adjacent Hill Country property, and the Compact tier right-sizes for smaller rigs. Five cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The resort recommends booking at least six months ahead — sites fill quickly. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a jumping pillow, arcade, craft room, sports courts, pickleball, basketball, corn hole, a creek, playground, community fire pit, dog park, on-site dining, and a bar filling the rest. A golf course is nearby. Pets are welcome. New Braunfels is one of Texas's most beloved river towns, built around the clear spring-fed Comal and the Guadalupe's Hill Country flow — tubing, kayaking, and swimming sustain the whole local economy, and Schlitterbahn and Gruene's dance hall are close. Summer river season drives demand hard. Book six months out for June through August.

from $115 $100/night

Buda Place

79 RV Sites

Buda Place in Buda, Texas, offers 79 full-hookup RV sites on 30 acres along Interstate 35, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Lakeside premium and luxury lakeside back-ins join premium pull-throughs and a color-coded Boulevard East category, ten minutes from downtown Austin. Seventy-nine sites span Boulevard East back-in, lakeside premium back-in, luxury lakeside back-in, premium pull-through, and standard pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 60 feet. Cabins round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side, and the bathrooms draw specific praise in guest reviews — a hotel-quality standard that is genuinely unusual at a campground. A pet washing station is on site. An outdoor pool and hot tub anchor the warm months, with a catch-and-release fishing lake, fishing pier, and beach on the property supporting paddle boats, paddle boarding, canoeing, kayaking, and boating. Mini-golf, horseshoes, ping pong, walking trails, a clubhouse, barn, dog park, and on-site dining fill the rest, with strong stargazing and birding across the acreage. Pets are welcome. Buda sits 0.2 miles off I-35 in Hays County, five minutes from a downtown that has kept its small-town character against the suburban push south from Austin. Doc's Drive-In Theatre is two miles away, with Main St. Pizzeria and Beer Garden and MudBugs both two miles and Willie's Joint bar and grill three. Austin event weekends drive demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $61/night

Arroyo Valle RV Resort

181 RV Sites

Arroyo Valle RV Resort in Del Valle, Texas, offers 181 full-hookup pull-through RV sites 20 miles from downtown Austin, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 80 feet. Lakeside Elite back-in sites join Elite back-in and Elite pull-through categories, with an outdoor pool, fitness center, clubhouse, and lake. One hundred eighty-one sites run in Elite back-in, Elite pull-thru, and Lakeside Elite back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 80 feet. Every category carries the Elite designation, which means a consistent spec across the property rather than a budget tier and a premium tier, and 80 feet accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. The Lakeside Elite sites are the ones to request. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, and a dump station handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a fitness center, clubhouse, pavilion, lake, and community fire pit filling the grounds. The amenity set is focused rather than sprawling, which suits a resort whose guests are mostly here for Austin. Pets are welcome. The address is 2416 FM 812, six miles from the Circuit of the Americas in the Travis County countryside southeast of the capital, where the Onion Creek and Colorado River watersheds shape rolling cedar and live oak terrain. Austin-Bergstrom airport is close. Formula 1 race weekends, SXSW, and ACL drive the sharpest demand and fill the corridor months ahead. Reserve as early as you can for those dates, with easier availability the rest of the year.

from $52/night

Sun Retreats Texas Hill Country

141 RV Sites, 52 Cottages

Sun Retreats Texas Hill Country in New Braunfels offers 141 RV sites and 52 cottages across 32 acres on the Guadalupe River, with 30 and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 67 feet. Six tiers from cozy through elite join heated indoor and outdoor pools, a hot tub, fitness center, and mini-golf behind a gated entrance. One hundred forty-one sites span cozy back-in, standard back-in, standard pull-through, premium back-in, premium pull-through, and elite back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 67 feet, with picnic tables and BBQ pits. The six-tier structure gives real budget flexibility. Fifty-two cottages round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A daily resort fee covers basic WiFi, the gated property, the heated outdoor pool and hot tub, and the indoor pool. Heated indoor and outdoor pools and a hot tub and sauna anchor the property year-round, with a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, library, arcade, and mini-golf besides. Shuffleboard, billiards, volleyball, and corn hole fill the courts, with a playground, dog park, and pavilion across the grounds. Pets are welcome. The Guadalupe River frontage is the draw in one of the most beloved destinations in Texas, and the property scales from couples to full family groups. Summer river season drives demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $21/night

Soggy Dollar Camp

36 RV Sites, 4 Cabins, 15 Tent Sites, 3 Motel Rooms, 2 Onsite RV/Trailers

On the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels, Texas—in the Hill Country city that has organized its entire outdoor recreation identity around the cold, spring-fed river that flows through its heart and the tubing culture that has made New Braunfels one of the most popular warm-weather destinations in the state—Soggy Dollar Camp offers tent camping, RV sites with full hookups, cabins, and a bar directly on the Guadalupe, putting guests on the water's edge of one of Texas's most beloved recreation rivers for the tubing, swimming, and floating that define the New Braunfels summer experience. The bar on-site and the immediate river access create the casual, festive Texas Hill Country atmosphere that the Guadalupe corridor has sustained for generations of summer visitors. Full hookup RV sites accommodate big rigs on a pet-friendly property with WiFi, bathrooms, and showers providing the essential amenities in a campground whose primary selling point is the location—directly on the Guadalupe River, where the cold, clear, spring-fed water runs at a constant 68°F regardless of the air temperature above it. Cabin accommodations extend the options for guests who want a structure rather than an RV or tent, and the bar provides the social infrastructure that turns a river campground into a genuine gathering place for the tubing community that defines New Braunfels's summer personality. The "Soggy Dollar" name captures the spirit of the Guadalupe experience: wet, happy, and entirely worth the river-soaked state you'll be in by the end of the day. New Braunfels occupies the Guadalupe River valley in Comal County between San Antonio and Austin, in the northern edge of the Texas Hill Country where the river descends from the Edwards Plateau through a series of rapid-fed chutes and pool sequences that create the tubing conditions that have attracted Texas families since the 1950s. The Guadalupe's temperature stays in the mid-60s year-round thanks to the spring-fed inflow from the Trinity Aquifer's discharge points, making it genuinely refreshing on a 100-degree Texas July afternoon and one of the primary reasons New Braunfels draws over a million visitors annually to its river corridor. Schlitterbahn Water Park, the original location of the waterslide empire that began in New Braunfels in 1979 and became a Texas institution, is the city's most famous attraction—a water park complex built around the Comal River's natural current, using the river as the power source for its master blasters and the backdrop for its outdoor attractions. Gruene Historic District, adjacent to New Braunfels on the Guadalupe's west bank, preserves the 19th-century cotton gin town where Gruene Hall has hosted live music continuously since 1878—the oldest continuously operating dance hall in Texas, still booking the country, blues, and Texas music acts that make a Gruene Hall evening one of the state's finest cultural experiences. Soggy Dollar Camp operates seasonally in alignment with the Guadalupe's peak tubing season, with summer being the high-demand period when the river and the New Braunfels recreation infrastructure operate at full capacity. Advance reservations for Memorial Day weekend, Fourth of July, and Labor Day are essential—these are the busiest weekends on the Guadalupe and every river camp fills months in advance. Canyon Lake, 15 minutes west, provides the deepwater boating, sailing, and scuba diving counterpoint to the Guadalupe's river float experience. Reserve your riverside site or cabin at Soggy Dollar Camp and let the Guadalupe's cold current and the New Braunfels Hill Country atmosphere deliver the Texas summer river experience at its best.

from $39/night

Summit Vacation

66 RV Sites, 43 Cabins, 5 Tent Sites, 4 Wagons

Summit Vacation and RV Resort in New Braunfels, Texas, offers 66 full-hookup RV sites, 43 cabins, five tent sites, and four wagons on River Road along the Guadalupe, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 88 feet. Deluxe pull-through and full-hookup back-in categories join a water park, marina, hot tub, mini-golf, and fitness center. Sixty-six sites run in deluxe pull-through and full hookup back-in categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 88 feet, with picnic tables. Eighty-eight feet is exceptional for a river property in the Hill Country and accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. Forty-three cabins, five tent sites, and four wagons make the lodging range unusually broad. A laundry, dump station, and showers handle the practical side. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a hot tub and sauna alongside. A marina, lake, and river open the water for boating, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and swimming. Mini-golf, a fitness center, clubhouse, sports courts, tennis, volleyball, basketball, billiards, shuffleboard, horseshoes, walking trails, biking, a playground, pavilion, dog park, on-site dining, and a bar fill the rest. The property operates as a wedding venue. River Road is the heart of the Guadalupe tubing corridor, where the spring-fed current draws more than a million visitors a year, with Gruene's historic dance hall and Landa Park close. Summer river season drives demand hard, and River Road fills. Reserve well ahead for June through August.

from $36/night

Camp Fimfo Texas Hill Country

217 RV Sites, 213 Cabins, 30 Tent Sites

Camp Fimfo Texas Hill Country in New Braunfels offers 217 full-hookup RV sites, 213 cabins, and 30 tent sites across 450 acres on the Guadalupe River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 50 feet behind a gated entrance, open all year. Red Carpet and Preferred Red Carpet categories join a water park, spa, mini-golf, and jumping pillow. Two hundred seventeen sites run in Red Carpet back-in, Red Carpet pull-thru, and preferred Red Carpet back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Two hundred thirteen cabins and 30 tent sites make the lodging inventory larger than the RV side. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Cabin check-in is 4pm with checkout at 11am; campsites are 3pm and 1pm. Visitors pay a guest fee. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a spa alongside. Mini-golf, a jumping pillow, gem mining, inflatable water toys, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, corn hole, a craft room, recreation center, clubhouse, golf cart rentals, walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, dog park, on-site dining, a snack bar, and a bar fill the rest, with fishing, live music, and planned activities. The property operates as a wedding venue. Four hundred fifty acres of cypress-lined Guadalupe frontage is the draw, and the property won a 2026 Campspot award. Summer river season drives demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $57/night

Rio Guadalupe Resort

64 RV Sites, 25 Cabins

Rio Guadalupe Resort in New Braunfels, Texas, offers 64 full-hookup RV sites and 25 cabins on the Guadalupe River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 94 feet, open all year. Premiere sites join back-in 30/50, back-in water-and-electric, and pull-through categories, with an outdoor pool, boat and kayak rentals, and a boutique shop. Sixty-four sites span back-in 30/50-amp, back-in water-and-electric, pull-thru 30/50-amp, and Premiere categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 94 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer at the site. Ninety-four feet is exceptional for a riverfront Hill Country property. Twenty-five cabins round out the lodging. A general store, boutique shop, restrooms, showers, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. Four dog-friendly cabins are available with a 25-pound weight restriction for all breeds excluding service dogs; there is no weight restriction for dogs staying at RV sites. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with boat rentals and kayak rentals opening the river for boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, swimming, and fishing. A playground, pavilion, dog park, and picnicking fill the rest, and the property operates as a wedding venue. The resort opened in 1976 on 25 acres that German settlers once used as a riverfront park. Summer river season drives demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $65/night