We love Hill Shade! The owners are so friendly and the atmosphere is one of "family". The park is active but still relaxing, and is away from busy traffic. There is a large green pasture on one side...we loved the picturesque sunsets and watching the cows graze. There is a river nearby with fishing available as well. They have both pull-thrus and back-in sites available. It's a great place to overnight or stay a month! We will definitely be back. We camped here in a Motorhome.
The park is on the Guadalupe River, next to the H-5 dam. Great fishing, boating, and siteseeing. 18-20 miles south of I-10. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This has got to be one of my favorite small parks. Be aware that there is an inner an outer ring of sites in a large loop. There's only one or two spots on the outer loop that you can get a big rig in -- the others are popup sized, and can be quite off level. The inner loop sites are nice, reasonably level and big rigs fit fine there. Really a quiet park at night. It's a swampy area so your mileage may vary with mosquitoes during the summer. Walking down to the river is nice, and the water runs fast and cool. Great way to spend a hot summer day. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Very quiet park. Lots of good walking trails through the palmettos. Tons of deer to watch and we walked up on a baby hog. Sites are small and have no growth in between for privacy. You can see every site in the small park. All have grills, fire rings and table. Everything was clean. Good park to see once. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
My problem with this park was that it had very small campsites and hard angles on some of the roads with overgrowth (where big trailers have trouble navigating the turns). Our campsite we could barely get into, and even then it was so un-level that the bumpber was on the ground and the jackstand an unsafe height in the air. luckily, we were just passing through and stayed only one night. Camp rangers also were not friendly. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This is what a state park should be; tree covered, quiet, nice pads, and plenty of hiking trails. Sites are large and have a pad with picnic table, a fire pit, and separate barbecue. Electric and water only at the sites with a dump station, no cable or WiFi; just the noise from crows and other birds. You'll need a portable dish for satellite TV and 50' of coax to find a hole in the trees. About six miles off I-10 and 12 miles from the nearest town (Gonzales) with a small Wal-Mart and a few restaurants. There is fishing in a small lake and the San Marcos river. We'll stay here again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
What a pleasant surprise . Plenty of trees, nice people, easy in easy out.This park is very clean and quiet. We had a refreshing stay. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This is a lovely little park. Just a few w/e sites on one loop, tent sites on the other loop. Some short hikes in the woods, but watch out for skeeters and no see'ums. A good base to visit historic towns in the area, like Gonzalez, Yoakum, Luling and Shiner. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Small park but very nice. On the banks of the San Marcos River. I would think big rigs might have trouble maneuvering into sites. Logs of Texas history in the area; very unique ecosystem within the park. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.