Horse camping is the perfect way to enjoy Fair Oaks Ranch. If you're an equestrian lover who prefers nature-based adventure, yet still wants comfort, this is the perfect opportunity for you. It's easy to find Fair Oaks Ranch equestrian campgrounds with the Dyrt. These scenic and easy-to-reach Texas campsites are perfect for your horse camping excursion.
Flowing over and around huge slabs of limestone, the Pedernales River can be turbulent. But most often it is tranquil, and a great place to relax and recharge. We are just 30 miles west of Austin. Come over for an afternoon swim or hike, or load up your gear for an overnight adventure. The river awaits! Choose a site with water and electricity or hike to a primitive site. Bring your group to the Youth Group Camp or Equestrian Group Camp.
Alamo River RV Ranch & Campground is THE military recreation park for San Antonio! Whether you are coming in for Basic Military Training (BMT) Graduation or a visit with a loved one serving at Lackland AFB, or you're on active duty and looking for a little R&R, Alamo River is here to serve you. With full-hookup RV sites, comfortable cabins, and a variety of places to pitch a tent, Alamo River can accommodate parties of all sizes. We give all of our military guests -- both active duty and veterans -- a discount to thank you for your service. We are a short ten-minute drive to Lackland AFB's BMT Graduation Center, within the 1604 Loop.
Not affiliated with the military? No problem! You are welcome, as well. Enjoy three miles of hiking/bicycling/horseback-riding trails "Down Below," fish for catfish, bass, and trout in the Medina River, and toast marshmallows at a campfire in the woods. Everyone who visits says Alamo River RV Ranch & Campground is Bexar County's best-kept secret. Come discover Alamo River RV Ranch & Campground today!
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Plenty to do during your visit, take time to shop at the Market Square, enjoy nature along the Riverwalk, of course don't forget to visit The Alamo! Take a day to visit Briscoe Art Museum, Airmen Heritage Museum, Seaworld, Fort Sam Houston, Six Flags, Tower Of The Americas, Missions National Park and MORE!!
Located on the beautiful Medina River we have 130 RV sites: 68 pull thru's and 62 back-ins. We also offer rentals: One Caboose (1 bedroom/1 bath - can sleep 2) and Two Tiny Homes (sleep 4 each). Swim in our large pool, relax in the hot tub or enjoy swimming and fishing in our private river access. The Rec Center has clean bathrooms and a full kitchen. We also have a great laundry facility. Come stay in our family and pet friendly park and take advantage of the walking distance to local attractions, events, and activities in downtown Bandera.
$45 - $60 / night
The Lightning Ranch RV park is in Pipe Creek, Texas. It is centrally located between Bandera, Boerne, Lake Medina, and San Antonio and allows the residents multiple choices of local attractions, restaurants, and activities. You can enjoy the rodeo in Bandera, while your wife enjoys the La Cantera mall in San Antonio which is about 25 minutes away. Although we are not located by a lake or river, we are located on high-level ground with a pleasant breeze to help tame the Texas heat. The sunsets are great, and the wildlife is abundant on our 76-acre property. The front of the property is where the park is located, and the rear of the property is available for hiking and wildlife viewing. We also can cater to the horse community as we have horse stables and pasture available for your horses to graze and rest from a long day of riding in the area Texas Parks and Wildlife Hill Country State Natural Area or the area rodeos. If your horse trailer is equipped with only a bed, don’t let that deter you. You can use our showers and restroom facilities during your stay for all the comforts of home. Our spaces are 90’ long and 30’ wide so even the largest of trailers will fit with ease. We have plenty of room for storage of ancillary vehicles and/or trailers if needed.
$35 / night
A private campground serving youth groups and church groups. Not open to the general public.
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Scout
The stream is beautiful. But are there any crocodiles here? Fnaf 1
Scout
Very friendly, close walk to the town and facilities very clean
Guide
Stayed on the 'hill side' and really enjoyed the park. Most sites you pull in paralllel to the road which is nice. Had deer through our site every day. Really good hiking but some of the trails were closed due to race events. Close to town and not too far of a drive to Fredericksburg and went to the Nat'l Pacific War Museum and that was well worth the drive. Here in October so park was about 1/8 full if even that.
TravelerThe tent sites are huge and spread apart. Picnic tables and fire rings at each site. Flush toilets and showers. A highway run through the camp so there is some noise from that, mainly during the day. Town is 2 miles away.
Ranger
Stayed here in October and did cold plunges and it was so lovely! Beautiful hikes and sunsets!
RangerThis was a halfway stop between Tennessee and Big Bend . Large campground with nice facilities and trails . Unfortunately it rained the nights we passed through . Nice place in the off season . I bets it’s packed in the summer
RangerGreat park near the Guadalupe River, amenities were as nice or better than most TX State Parks. Great trail along the River can be accessed from park.
Traveler
You will find all kinds of trailer with different levels. Enjoy
GuideMy boyfriend and I came here for a weekend backpacking trip and had a great time! We hiked 2 miles down wolf mountain loop then about a quarter mile on the camping trail to the primitive sites on Saturday. We arrived at the campsites around 5pm and there were so many people camping it kinda looked like a shanty town (but in a cool way!) Even though there were lots of spots filled we managed to find a decent spot fairly quickly that was somewhat secluded. The next morning we hiked to Jones Spring and also checked out the remnants of the Trammels house. When we came back to out site just about all the other campers had already packed out and we had the whole camping trail pretty much to ourselves Sunday. We packed out Monday morning and before leaving the park checked out the bird blind, (which didn’t require a hike), then drove north to the falls. The falls had a short but somewhat taxing hike, since coming out was steep uphill, but it was a beautiful sight! After that I walked down to the swimming area, which was absolutely gorgeous, but the water was very cold of course in November so I just waded around a bit. The hike back from the swimming area was short but very strenuous! Very steep uphill! Overall it was a fantastic experience!
Guide2 different entrances - you must check in at the big station and get a gate code to get to your 30 amp site, water and electric only. Grab the map, you will definitely need it. There are almost no signs to direct you. The map is badly done, but it's al you will have. Do not arrive after dark, or you will never find your site. There is no one around to ask if you do go astray, so be prepared to turn around, and watch for 1 weathered gray wooden sign about 18 inches above the grass, letters carved into the wood in matching gray weathered letters and numbers. The site is gravel pull thru with some shade. 30 amp and a faucet. Fire ring/grill unused due to burn ban. Concrete picnic table, and on site occupied armadillo nest hole under on of the oaks. Dumpster down the road about 50 yards, trailhead for teal hiking trail the other direction about 50 yards.
TravelerI went for an early morning hike in full swing Texas summer heat. I decided to do the Falls hike following the water and Hackenburg loop. Ended up doing around 3 miles right before 10:30 (started at 9). From there the sun started to beat down and enjoy some time in the water but heads up as of today the water was pretty low. So many wildlife saw some deer, birds (singing the whole time I was there) and some cool lizards!
RangerOne of my favorites you can do a lot of different activities from horse back riding swimming hiking biking. The facilities are well maintained and the sightseeing is wonderful.
This site has no shade at all but is close to one of the trails to swim
LegendThe campsites were decent size and well-spaced with buffers in between. Many of them have small pavilions over the picnic tables. All sites in electric area also have a fire pit, water and 20/30 amp electric.
Bathrooms were small but decent and well-maintained.
Note that cell service was quite weak to nonexistent (Verizon and T-Mobile) unless you were out hiking and reached a high spot.
Beautiful area to explore and the nice trails made for plenty to do. The river is super low right now (April 2022) so no water fall, but walking around on the rock formations made for a unique experience.
Also a good campground for some dark skies at night.
RangerNot my first trip here. This park is handy if you want to walk to events, restaurants, bars, shopping on Main Street or to City Park. Friendly staff (and they're dog friendly too).
Type of Park: Private
Check In: 1p Check Out: 12p
Length of Stay: 3 Nights
Regular cost per night $38, Discounts: Good Sam $11.40
My Total Cost 💲102.60
📋 Site#133 Notes:
Back In, lower level, site was very level side-to-side
Site Pad: gravel
💧 Water- knee height, wrapped with insulation due to cold weather
⚡ Max amp: 30- all green lights
💩 Sewer- threads a little stripped out
📶 Wifi available, but I didn't use it
Picnic Table: wooden
Was a little farther from the highway than my last stay. A little quieter on this end.
👎🏻 Not available:
Grill Fire
Ring w/Grate
📺 Cable available on upper pull-thru spots only
📝 Park Notes:
🚻 Clean Restrooms
🚿 Showers
🧺 Laundry facility
🐕 Off-leash dog park
🛒 Store
🚶🏻♀️ Trails- walking trail along the river, wide enough for golf carts
🌊 The Medina River runs along the edge of the park, Walk under Hwy173 to access City Park.
🤿 Pool
.🏚 Cabins
Boondocking area available
🥞 Good breakfast in the Recreation Center for just$6.50 on Saturdays when snowbirds are there. Pancakes, eggs, toast or roll, sausage patties, coffee, orange juice and all the condiments.(Should have done this on my last trip)
Many of the snowbirds have flown out, but the park was still pretty full
👍🏻 Walking distance to Main Street- bars, shops, food, entertainment, Visitor's center (Gunfights on Saturdays)
🦌 Wildlife: Several ducks, squirrels, signs of deer
GuideNo clue why there are so many negative reviews on here I thought it was great! The owner and the two "hippy" guys were really nice and funny. It's a great price for the area and it looks very well kept. We came here reluctantly after reading the reviews on here and Google and its an excellent example of not believing everything on the internet. It doesn't have a store but the office is really clean and nice, the camp ground is pretty well kept and clean, nice laundry area. No complaints at all from. Me and my husband!
TravelerExcellent park, great hike to falls
RangerThis park has fantastic hikes, new clean restrooms with showers, and great spacious campsites.
Only con (if you consider it a con) is that with ATT, there is no service at the campsites.
GuidePedernales is a classic Texas state park with a lot to offer and a short distance from Austin. It is often fully booked and your best chance to book a spot is far in advance or create a notification through the Texas State Parks site if a spot opens up. In the warm weather there's lots of swimming to be had, not in the falls themselves which are prone to flash flooding, but in another part of the park. Occasionally the water is home to poisonous algae which makes the water neither kid or dog friendly. Many of the sites have small shelters over their picnic tables.
GuideAs typical for Texas State Parks, this is well maintained, scenic with good trails. River can be dangerous during rainy season with flash floods but otherwise beautiful views and some great swimming. RV as well as primitive sites.
LegendI gave this park a 5 because I loved the park and campground. Lots of trails and very large beautiful peaceful sites with their own pergola, picnic table, and campfire ring. The only negative there, was trying to level. They have several level sites, we just didnt happen to have one.
GuideStacy was wonderful to work with and we really enjoyed our stay. Large wide RV spaces with full hookups with great views of the river. This park also offers cabins as well as vintage trailers for your stay. There is a lovely walking/biking trail that also has picnic tables and BBQ grills.
ScoutI usually don’t post reviews like this but I needed to for this place! The website is outdated and is false advertising, they don’t over everything listed on the site. we stayed here before it changed ownership. The cabins are not what they used to be, the website is not accurate. Over price cabins and now they look like they are from 1990 theme, so outdated looks like they got the furniture right out of the dumpsters. The new California owners don’t care about the park everything is broken, worn out, workers walks around smoking marijuana and walks up to you and the smell from the bearded guy is disgusting who lives in a shack there on site. They turned this once beautiful park into a dump hippie ground.
RangerLarge, spaced out sites with nicely covered picnic tables, lantern hook, and fire pit. It was nice to not easily see your neighbor. This park has it all with very many miles of trails for good hiking, rugged mountain biking, and has the beautiful falls to explore. You can even swim in parts of the river. This place is a gem and is not very far away from Austin! Two downsides: no cell service in the campground and only one dump station for quite a few RVs.
RangerIt’s good and hidden but well worth it! The swimming it awesome! Bring goggles and water shoes! Water snakes a plenty! There’s cool natural rock slides. We will definitely be back!
TravelerWe had a great time out here on the military reserve side. Took my parents and the kids. Purple campsite was just a small walk away from the small store and bathrooms. It was a nice campsite but the sites were kinda close together. The spot we had overlooked a small beach area where you could swim and launch boats. We took jet skis and had a blast.
GuideAs the title suggests, this is a pretty decent little primitive camping site. The camping area is along the top of cliffs, affording a nice view. The sites are decently spread out. The sites seem like they are used on a fairly regular basis, which makes sense as this is outside of Austin. I am hoping that the primitive camping is still open, as it was a little while ago that I camped, but I decided to go ahead with the review and share the pictures. Overall it is recommended, although there are better primitive camping experiences especially if you are willing to drive a few hours, such as lost Maples. Another good thing is that you can go check out the falls which is kind of the thing that most people do you come to this park. Enjoy!
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