South Llano River or Pedernales Falls
We are planning a trip Easter weekend and would like to visit one of these parks. We are tent campers and have never been to either place. We will have our two small dogs, 2 kids and possibly a te...
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We camped at both of these parks some years ago when our two kids were youngsters. Both have youngsters now.
My memory of them are as others have said, Pedernales Falls as I remember has sites with more shrubbery & trees between and/or around them.
South Llano River were more open.
I liked our stay at South Llano River very much. We played in the river, we canoed from the park to Junction even. We didn't use the canoe at Pedernales Falls. In fact, we had a lot of rain after we got to Pedernales Falls. Remnants of a small hurricane down by Corpus Christi, we were going next & did in fact. We waited the storm out at Pedernales Falls.
We had been at Balmorhea State Park before South Llano River as well. Really enjoyed snorkeling at Balmorhea. Some low shrubbery & trees by some of the sites there as well.
We used Pedernales Falls as a base to go sight see some of the sites in Johnson City & Fredericksburg. Enjoyed out time there even with all the rain.
We were in a Bunkhouse TT.
Never been to Davis Mountains SP, but have visited Fort Davis a couple of times. Nice area up there. Have read many good reports on the State Park.
Big Bend Nat'l Pk is a neat place as well. Not sure if tent campers ever have any problems with the javelinas there or not. See a lot of them around the campgrounds anyway.
My memory of them are as others have said, Pedernales Falls as I remember has sites with more shrubbery & trees between and/or around them.
South Llano River were more open.
I liked our stay at South Llano River very much. We played in the river, we canoed from the park to Junction even. We didn't use the canoe at Pedernales Falls. In fact, we had a lot of rain after we got to Pedernales Falls. Remnants of a small hurricane down by Corpus Christi, we were going next & did in fact. We waited the storm out at Pedernales Falls.
We had been at Balmorhea State Park before South Llano River as well. Really enjoyed snorkeling at Balmorhea. Some low shrubbery & trees by some of the sites there as well.
We used Pedernales Falls as a base to go sight see some of the sites in Johnson City & Fredericksburg. Enjoyed out time there even with all the rain.
We were in a Bunkhouse TT.
Never been to Davis Mountains SP, but have visited Fort Davis a couple of times. Nice area up there. Have read many good reports on the State Park.
Big Bend Nat'l Pk is a neat place as well. Not sure if tent campers ever have any problems with the javelinas there or not. See a lot of them around the campgrounds anyway.
