Camps

Waterfalls on Onion Creek inside Austin's city limits, with a campground a short drive from downtown.

The Pedernales River stepping down over tilted limestone near Johnson City, plus swimming, bird blinds, and long river frontage.

A constant-level Highland Lake ringed with pink granite, home to the Devil's Waterhole.

A small, CCC-built river park in the town of Blanco with calm pools for swimming and tubing.

Gorman Falls, Spicewood Springs, and primitive camping along the Colorado River northwest of Lampasas.

A pink granite dome north of Fredericksburg, a short steep summit, and some of the darkest skies in the Hill Country.

Four miles of cypress-lined Guadalupe River near Spring Branch, with Honey Creek next door.

The first Texas state park, along the Leon River near Moody, with CCC stonework and river-bottom trails.

A swampy, palmetto-filled pocket of the San Marcos River near Gonzales that feels far from the Hill Country.

Ancient pictographs and canyon rim trails where the Pecos meets the Rio Grande, near Comstock.