Guadalupe River State Park
Spring Branch
830 438-2656
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Texas Outside Rating: 8.2

Brief Overview: 

Guadalupe River State Park is a very nice park with good campsites, great hiking and biking trails, and access to the clear flowing water of the Guadalupe River for swimming, tubing, kayaking, and fishing. The bad news is that the sites aren't right on the water, which means that you need to hike down to the river or drive to the main picnic area for easier access to the Guadalupe River.

The park has over 1900 acres and 4 miles of river frontage in the middle of a 9-mile stretch of the Guadalupe River. The Park and surrounding area is known for its ruggedness and scenic beauty. The Guadalupe River, with banks lined by huge bald cypress trees, is the park's most outstanding natural feature. On its winding path through the park, the Guadalupe crosses over four natural rapids and winds through steep limestone bluffs. Wildlife, and specifically deer, are abundant.

Amenities and Fun Things To Do:

Guadalupe River State Park has 37 water only sites, 47 water and electric sites, and 9 primitive sites. The sites have picnic tables, grills, lantern holders, and tent pads. Most of the sites are level but fairly short and some may not accommodate the bigger rigs. The sites are fairly spacious and most are heavily treed and shaded. A couple sites have places to tether a horse.

Some of the other amenities include:

• great picnic area along the banks of the Guadalupe River
• clean bathrooms and showers
• 5.3 mile equestrian, mountain biking, and hiking trail
• interpretive trail
• playground
• amphitheater
• interpretive center
• dump station
• three miles of hiking trails
• park store with gifts, nature items, and books

A Typical Texas Outsider Day:

After a good breakfast of eggs, bacon, and hashbrowns cooked outdoors (ummm good!), we'll jump on the mountain bikes to ride one or all of the trails, which usually depends upon how late we stayed up playing games. The trails are easy to moderate with a couple steep climbs but hard enough to build up a sweat which makes soaking in the river very refreshing after a fun ride.

As mentioned earlier, it's not easy to get to the river from the sites, so we usually drive to the picnic areas to spend an afternoon cooking hot dogs, burgers, or chicken and playing in the river. The swimming area has a nice flat river bottom and the water is clear, clean, and cool. I've heard mixed reviews on fishing, mostly not positive.

This is not a bad stretch of river to spend a relaxing afternoon tubing with friends and family. If you don't want to run your own shuttle service, you can call Bergheim Campground & River Outfitters and they will pick you up at the park, rent you tubes, and take you up river for a float back to Guadalupe River RV Park. Good time!

Cool Nearby Activities:

If you come to Guadalupe River State Park, most likely you'll want to spend all of your time in the park and enjoying the park amenities.

If you like golf, you can find nearby courses on this golf map. Nearby Canyon Lake is beautiful and perfect for any and all types of water recreation. The Texas Parks & Wildlife page for Guadalupe River State Park also has a list of nearby sites to see.

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