Best Glamping in Texas

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Pedernales Falls State Park and Tyler State Park house some of Texas' most distinctive glamping accommodations, where canvas-walled luxury tents and boutique yurts blend outdoor adventure with upscale comfort. These state park glamping options feature real beds with quality linens, climate control systems, and access to upgraded shower facilities while maintaining proximity to natural attractions. At El Cosmico in Marfa, unique accommodations range from stylish yurts to vintage trailers and teepees, all thoughtfully designed with artistic touches and comfortable furnishings. Many Texas glamping sites provide electricity, private decks, and kitchenettes, elevating the outdoor experience beyond traditional camping. One guest shared, "Teepee is nice and host is accommodating - brought towels quickly, lots of beverages and food in store waiting for the heat to die down and night to fall."

South Llano River State Park glamping units sit along pristine waterways, offering direct access to fishing, swimming, and paddling opportunities just steps from luxury canvas accommodations. Visitors appreciate the stargazing opportunities at these remote locations, with minimal light pollution creating spectacular night sky viewing. According to a recent visitor, "The RV sites are spacious, and the grounds are spaced out nicely. The river access is nice." Dinosaur Valley State Park combines glamping comfort with unique natural history, allowing guests to explore prehistoric dinosaur tracks by day and return to plush safari-style tents by night. Most Texas glamping destinations require advance reservations, especially during peak spring and fall seasons when temperatures are ideal for enjoying the blend of outdoor adventure and luxury camping amenities. Many locations offer special packages that include guided experiences, from wildlife viewing to horseback riding through scenic Texas landscapes.

Best Glamping Sites in Texas (315)

    1. Pedernales Falls State Park Campground

    85 Reviews
    Johnson City, TX
    Website
    +1 (830) 868-7304

    $10 - $100 / night

    "Another Texas State park that shines! Sites are big and even though pretty close to the other sites still feels very secluded! Picnic table with shelter and Fire Pit with grilling included."

    "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."

    2. McKinney Falls State Park Campground

    80 Reviews
    Sunset Valley, TX
    Website
    +1 (512) 243-1643

    $20 - $86 / night

    "This state park is a little outside of Austin near the airport."

    "Sites were plenty big with electric and running water. The great part is the swimming. The water was warm, and it was perfect for new swimmers with floaties and advanced swimmers."

    3. Dinosaur Valley State Park Campground

    60 Reviews
    Glen Rose, TX
    Website
    +1 (254) 897-4588

    $18 - $70 / night

    "It was my first time doing a walk in campsite. While it is a relatively quick walk to the site from the parking lot, you should bring a folding wagon if you aren't traveling with backpacker gear."

    "There is an on-site store, as well as galleries that talk about what it was like when dinosaurs roamed N Texas. The tracks don’t disappoint!"

    4. Tyler State Park Campground

    59 Reviews
    Lindale, TX
    Website
    +1 (903) 597-5338

    $18 - $60 / night

    "It being August in Texas, we rented a limited use cabin with air conditioning. It also has a mini frig and a microwave inside."

    "He was very unenthusiastic about camping in Texas. Well Tyler State Park made him change his mind! He LOVED the large trees, said it was the closest he'd felt to home in quite some time."

    5. Brazos Bend State Park Campground

    47 Reviews
    Thompsons, TX
    Website
    +1 (979) 553-5101

    $12 - $75 / night

    "overnight hours  Good space between sites 

    Grass mowed in each site 

    Extra wide campground roadway 

    Quiet during our weeknight stay 

    Wooden and metal picnic table on concrete slab 

    Pedestal BBQ grill"

    "We recently decided we wanted to spend more time outside and over the last year started accumulating camping supplies."

    6. Monahans Sandhills State Park Campground

    47 Reviews
    Monahans, TX
    Website
    +1 (432) 943-2092

    $15 / night

    "Close to the highway but secluded. Of their 20 or so sites only 3 were taken. Electric and water hook ups, trash, friendly staff, clean bathrooms."

    "The staff was extremely friendly and helpful. We played on the snd dunes all day and camped. The campsites were sand with a covered picnic table and grill."

    7. Stephen F. Austin State Park Campground

    44 Reviews
    San Felipe, TX
    Website
    +1 (979) 885-3613

    $15 - $200 / night

    "We had a really nice relaxing stay at Stephen F Austin State Park near San Filepe, Texas. Great little state park easily accessed from I-10."

    "We wanted a site fairly close to the bathrooms because of the kiddos, one big enough to fit us all, and also one with a lot of shade because it was hella hot!"

    8. South Llano River State Park Campground

    43 Reviews
    Junction, TX
    Website
    +1 (325) 446-3994

    $10 - $20 / night

    "The half of the park away from the river has cable tv hook ups. Every site had E/W/S service. The clubhouse is air conditioned and very clean. All the employees were friendly and helpful."

    "This is a wonderful campground the plenty of trails for hiking and biking. The Llano river offers opportunities for kayaking & tube floating."

    9. Galveston Island State Park Campground

    43 Reviews
    Jamaica Beach, TX
    Website
    +1 (409) 737-1222

    $15 - $35 / night

    "All close to bath houses and beach walkovers. Bay side has two overnight loops. Tent loop has bath house, no electric, all open loop, next to great marsh view. RV loop has large public pavilion."

    "Drive up flat, great campsite. Clean, recently remodeled restrooms and showers. Will definitely go back"

    10. Lost Maples State Natural Area Campground

    42 Reviews
    Vanderpool, TX
    Website
    +1 (830) 966-3413

    $10 - $20 / night

    "If you camp at the established drive-up campground there are assigned campsites with space for cars, vans and RVs."

    "There are so few of them (30 total), so book early- in order to get a fall reservation, I booked nearly a year in advance!"

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Glamping Reviews in Texas

2867 Reviews of 315 Texas Campgrounds


  • Karin R.
    Oct. 3, 2021

    Son’s Blue River Camp

    Our Family loves Son’s River Camp!

    We stayed in one of their air-conditioned glamping cabins. It was very nice and clean and the AC stayed very cold. They have private, lockable, full bathrooms right behind the cabins. The place is very pretty and the staff friendly. We loved tubing and kayaking the San Marcos River! It’s a great getaway!

  • Karin R.
    Oct. 4, 2021

    Son’s Island

    A tropical oasis right here in Texas!

    Son’s Island is awesome! What a great experience we had. We stayed in one of their glamping tents. It had 2 queen beds and a twin bed but the best part is it had air-conditioning and it stayed very comfortable. You get to use the cabanas for free at night from 7:30 PM - 10:00 am when you rent a tent but you must also rent a cabana for the day if you plan to stay. It is well worth the money. Each cabana comes with its own private dock, lots of comfortable seating, electricity, water, BBQ pit, picnic table and hammock. We heard lots of people rave about this place. It definitely surpassed our expectations!

  • Napunani
    Dec. 13, 2022

    Brazos Bend State Park Campground

    Beautiful

    This would be a 5 star if there was sewer hookup 

    PROS 

    No fee to make my own on-line reservations

    Park security gate closed overnight hours 

    Good space between sites 

    Grass mowed in each site 

    Extra wide campground roadway 

    Quiet during our weeknight stay 

    Wooden and metal picnic table on concrete slab 

    Pedestal BBQ grill 

    Metal firering (no cooking grate) 

    Clean, climate controlled toilet/shower facility. 

    Ample supply of TP, and hand soap but hand dryer didn’t work and no paper towels. Campfire wood for sale via honor system in the campground 

    Regular ranger patrol through campground

    Lots of dumpsters throughout the campground

    .85 miles round trip from site 114 to closest toilet/shower facility 

    2 bars T-MOBILE 

    CONS 

    No discount for a one night stay 

    Aggressive raccoons 

    Site 114 not level 

    No lantern pole in campsite 

    Site picnic table is anchored to concrete slab and not moveable 

    No WiFi

  • K
    Aug. 30, 2017

    Tyler State Park Campground

    Lots to do!

    It being August in Texas, we rented a limited use cabin with air conditioning. It also has a mini frig and a microwave inside. It has a queen size bed for which campers need to bring their own pillows and bed linens. The frig was super cold, and the AC worked well. There was a wood table with four chairs. The table was really sticky, so I recommend bringing something you can use as a table cloth. There are only six of these cabins, and they have a four bathroom building at the end of the cul de sac. No tents or pets are allowed at the cabin sites. Each has fire pit and water outside cabin

    The park has a very small lake with canoe, kayak, paddle board, row boat, and paddle boat rentals. Life vests are provided with rental. It was fun! There is a good sized swimming area too. There are a number of trails of varying difficulty, some for hiking only, some for home and bike. Ranger programs offered.

  • Napunani
    Jun. 9, 2023

    Walleye Park

    Unobstructed Lake View Campsite

    PROS 

    Senior discount saved $20 

    Each site has unobstructed lake view 

    Site 67 level concrete pad surrounded by sandy soil with afternoon only shade 

    Climate controlled toilet/shower facility 

    Clean toilet/shower facility which are cleaned every weekday morning 

    2 sand lot volleyball courts 

    Small pier shared by every two campsites 

    Metal picnic table, pedestal BBQ grill and concrete fire ring with no cooking grate. 

    Fairly quiet during daytime weekdays except for neighboring campers 3 sites away who had their INSIDE television blaring that we could hear every word. This went on for 7 hours daily. 

    Local police did regular daylight drive thrus 

    Hundreds of squirrels 

    Could hear whippoorwills after sunset 

    Had a float plane land and then take off right in front of our campsite (see video)

    Park had WIFI but didn’t use due to having 4 bars TMOBILE 

    CONS 

    Minimal pay/stay 3 nights

    $5 fee to make on line reservations 

    Had to email copy of Texas Drivers License to Water District in advance of making reservation in order to get Senior discount 

    No security gate closed overnight 

    No camp host 

    Campers let their dogs run thru campsites and poop everywhere 

    Big problem with day users and boaters walking thru campsites, even after dark, picnicking and partying late into evening in campsites where there were no campers/tenters, then leaving at all hours of the night 

    LOTS of middle of the night boat noise 

    Street lights throughout campground which hinders dark sky viewing 

    No privacy from any other campsite 

    Site picnic table anchored so not moveable

  • Tim W.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jun. 8, 2020

    El Cosmico

    An oasis in the desert

    Tucked away in Marfa, el cosmico is an excellent retreat from the city. With traditional bring your own tent spaces to Safari tents, yurts and old-school RVs. They have a space for what you are yearning for. Check in and guest house complete with a shop and indoor showers sit at the front over looking the campsite and hot tubs. The hot coffee in the morning was very much welcomed before we set out to see the town and surrounding are exhibits that are all close by. I would definitely recommend. We stayed in a safari tent complete with a wonderful bed, side tables, lamp fan and power.

  • D
    Mar. 13, 2021

    Tin Valley Retro Rentals

    Tin Valley Retro Rentals is a diamond in the rough!

    Tin Valley Retro Rentals is a diamond in the rough! Owner Ronda has transformed Airstreams, buses, retro RV’s, and even a VW Beetle (the Cuddlebug) and Land Yacht into amazing places to stay. At Tin Valley you’ll share your stay with a donkey, some pigs, chickens, dogs and cats. It’s a pet friendly atmosphere. Along with the retro rentals and tent sites there’s amazing RV parking and new to Tin Valley, Van Lifer parking spaces. This is not your standard RV park, the RV parking spaces are spread out not packed in tightly. The sites are spread out so you’re not looking directly into your neighbor’s window but instead at the immaculate unobstructed view of the surrounding mountains. Two of the tent sites have their own artistic touch complete with A-Frame style lodging so you can leave the tent home if you’d like. The Land Yacht site is the only clothing optional site here as well, where you can feel free to feel free. Each site has it’s own fire pit and charcoal grill. There’s an outdoor shower here, or nearby showers, laundry, pool and cafe at the neighboring Terlingua Ranch. Artist Jules Muck has put her own touch on Tin Valley transforming what would normally be just a renovated RV into a work of art. Stars will shine brighter here than you’ve ever seen before without the city light pollution nearby and it’s an amazing sight. You can hike up the two mountains closest or take a walk around Tin Valley. Take time to head to Big Bend national or state parks in the Terlingua area. The center of Terlingua also has a ghost town complete with walking tour. In that area you’ll find bars and restaurants, Cottonwood, the nearest grocery store, or the closest place to fill up on gas. A visit to Terlingua and Tin Valley Retro Rentals won’t disappoint. You won’t’ find another place this original, or with this much space to rent to call your own as an RV’er, camper, or retro renter. Check out tinvalleyretrorentals.com or Tin Valley Retro Rentals on Facebook.

  • Karin R.
    Oct. 3, 2021

    Son’s Geronimo

    Great family experience!

    We had a fantastic time at Son’s Geronimo! Their glamping cabins are super nice and had everything we needed including AC, WiFi, full kitchen, fire pits, hammocks etc. We have a family of 6 and the setup was perfect: 2 queen beds and 2 twin beds. The property itself pretty large and has a lot of creek frontage. We kayaked, paddle paddle boarded, swam, fished and more! They also have lots of amenities: 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, volleyball court, basketball court, game room, horseshoe pits and more. We will definitely be back!

  • S
    Mar. 19, 2023

    Serendipity Bay RV Resort

    By the water

    Nicely equipped RV park right on water. Paid a few more dollars to have a pull thru site with FHU, cable & level concrete pad to pull on to. Nice big bathrooms with showers, laundry, pool, playground, gym room, small fenced dog run and large heated community room. No pets allowed in laundry/community room.