Bastrop State Park

Pros: The wooded hills!
Cons: Not much...

With young kids in the house, trips to the park are no-brainer activities to keep the short people occupied. It's a wholesome, constructive kind of outing, giving kids lots of calorie burning activities that also spark imagination. I love parks --- the ...

Pros: you can get away from the madding crowd
Cons: they'll still be in the campground when you get back

You probably wouldn't consider central Texas a desert - well, you might if you were to take a close look at my yard - but the residents of Austin often call the Lost Pines area east of that city an "oasis." If you consider it for a moment, it kind ...

Pros: Majestic Pine forest, lots to do
Cons: road noise, close to town, crowds

I didn't really understand the words "Lost Pines" until we went to Bastrop. I probably wouldn't have even understood if we hadn't driven up from Port Aransas on our way home from a big summer vacation. We decided to stay at Bastrop to break up the 5 ...

Pros: Plenty of activities
Cons: Reservations needed during season

Excellent camping accommodations + a nearby historical Texas town = a great camping trip in my book.

Bastrop State Park, in a beautiful piney woods area, is one of my favorite places to camp for many, many reasons but primarily because the...

Pros: fishing, lots of hiking
Cons: tents are too close, poison ivy

My guy and I did a little Texas road trip last summer and came to this State Park for 3 days! There is a fun place after a short drive to do some fishing, so we ended up fishing at all sorts of times of the day to try catching something. ...

Pros: Beautiful
Cons: A lot of people in the summer

My grandparents go to several state parks every year. One they make an effort to go to every year with their sibilings is Bastrop State Park. They usually camp down in the valley with tall pine trees surrounding them.

Bastrop State Park is at...