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The Frio river is a mile away. Hiking, biking, walking, mountain climbing, shopping. Garner State Park is a few miles away. Frio river allows for tubing, kayaks, canoes, sitting in water and enjoying the sun. Covered patio with a picnic table, small bar area and a fire pit. Campground is fairly flat in the area for camping with a mountain behind for hiking and climbing. Please clean up before you leave leaving the site as you found it and remove all trash. There is a convenience store by the river with water, electricity, toilets, ice, drinks, food, etc. Please do not be too rowdy...enjoy yourself, the Frio river is a blast!
Every year my family drives down from Dallas to tube this river. The water is SO clean and the scenery is great.
Gorgeous!!!!!
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You must visit the Frio River, you will not regret it.
Most pictures here are from Garner State park, you do need reservations due to covid. The Frio river starts around Leaky Texas where east and west frio river meet, the river does have high water in some places and others it's really low to non exciting, you pretty much have to drive around to find a good spot. The water color is more blue/turquoise when the sun is super shiny! You can find free spots to access the river thru crossings also something you need to look thru maps to find. Best to rent a lodge or cabing around Leaky thru Garner park for best access to the river. The views driving around are beautiful. Also cell service is not the best unless you have att, so take a map just in case. Happy traveling!
River is very pretty BUT water is very shallow (with the exception of one section that was probably 10 ft deep, again no current you will have to swim). We spent more time walking than floating. There was NO current so you had to walk the tubes. Very very crowded, no way around that during the summer. It's not just tubers but people on the banks that either own or renting that are also enjoying the water space. Rocks are so slippery in some parts, no idea how to get away from that. I would recommend asking the outfitters that you use about the water levels. Hope this helps. If you don't mind just slowwwwly floating around get there EARLY!!!
LOVE the Frio River and the surrounding areas! Clear water, serene, peaceful, calm, it was fantastic! We could have floated for days and days. We rented a cabin and had our own piece of the river that no one came to. Would definitely go back! Make sure to bring water shoes like Tevas and sunscreen! Plenty of places to rent paddle boats, canoes, tubes, etc. Some areas of the river had rope swings so we would just lay in our kayak and watch people jump. Great fun!
