Where to stay in new braunfels tx

If you want to go to Roswell - US-70 across the White Sands Missile Range is a nice drive, and taking US-70 across the mountains through Ruidoso is the best road across the range.

The White Sands Missile Range Museum is fascinating and open to the public though it is on the Army base.

White Sands National Monument is worth a stop, also with a museum in Alamogordo.

From Roswell, US-285 cuts straight back to I-10 at Fort Stockton, though the section between Carlsbad, NM and Pecos, TX had a lot of heavy oil field traffic and some rough spots due to such traffic in August 2014.

Or take US-380 east from Roswell to US-87 in Texas and down to Fredericksburg near New Braunfels.

Making the trip in three days is going to be mostly windshield time with very little opportunity for stops / sight seeing.

PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
As far as routing.

Your 1,450 mile trip is pretty much I-10 from start to near end. Anything else adds between 200 and 500 extra miles.

The last leg of the trip - TX-46 from Boerne to New Braunfels - is the way to go. We've towed our rig over that road at least 8 times in the past two years. A good route. Use TX-337 Loop to avoid downtown New Braunfels.

You avoid San Antonio Loop traffic, which isn't bad by California standards, but still more traffic and delay than most folks want to deal with unless you can time your arrival for mid-day.

You will do 540 miles of driving on I-10 in Texas. Mostly very empty country with few stops. Fuel isn't a problem, but where to stop takes planning.

Balmorhea State Park - a few miles south of Exit 209 on I-10 - is a gem. A natural spring swimming pool up to 25 feet deep. Used for scuba diving training at times.

Van Horn - exit 140 and Fort Stockton - exits 253 - 264 - are traditional stops for folks passing through as quickly as possible. Nothing fancy about their RV parks, but they are places to get in easily, sleep and back on the road early.

Some folks stop at the campground for Caverns of Sonora Caverns a few miles south on FM-1989 - at exit 392.

We haven't stayed at any of the commercial CG in those area. The last run on I-10 I made from Balmorhea SP to Canyon Lake in August 2014 - we stopped at Junction - South Llano River SP - exit 456. There is a commercial former KOA which some friends say is about an 8 on a 1-10 scale right next to the exit.

Note on Texas State Parks - they charge a daily per person entrance fee. That varies from $4 to $7, higher for the more popular parks. That is in addition to the campsite fee. Many non-Texas residents choose to avoid the parks for that reason.

Anyone can buy a $70 one year park pass which provides free admission for everyone in the vehicle. It also provides a second night of camping for half-price for four different two night or longer state park visits.

Personally, we prefer to get off I-10 at Van Horn and take US-90 across to Hondo, then TX-173 to Bandera - TX-16 to TX-46. Adds about 50 miles to the trip. Very few small towns / stoplights. We love to stop at Alpine or go 30 miles up to Fort Davis. Stop at Del Rio. There is a nice RV park in Sanderson, and an interesting state park at Seminole Canyon west of Del Rio. I find the driving on almost deserted US-90 much easier than running 60 mph with the big rigs flying past at 80-85 on I-10. But it does add 4 to 8 hours to the trip.

I'll leave California, Arizona and New Mexico stops to others.

You can make the trip quickly, or you could spend a month going each way.

alot of great info, we are planning on making it a 3 day trip. Leave here CA to Arizona from arizona to new mexico actually thinking of going up to roswell area then down to texas. Its about 8-9 drive each day which is cool with me.

As far as routing.

Your 1,450 mile trip is pretty much I-10 from start to near end. Anything else adds between 200 and 500 extra miles.

The last leg of the trip - TX-46 from Boerne to New Braunfels - is the way to go. We've towed our rig over that road at least 8 times in the past two years. A good route. Use TX-337 Loop to avoid downtown New Braunfels.

You avoid San Antonio Loop traffic, which isn't bad by California standards, but still more traffic and delay than most folks want to deal with unless you can time your arrival for mid-day.

You will do 540 miles of driving on I-10 in Texas. Mostly very empty country with few stops. Fuel isn't a problem, but where to stop takes planning.

Balmorhea State Park - a few miles south of Exit 209 on I-10 - is a gem. A natural spring swimming pool up to 25 feet deep. Used for scuba diving training at times.

Van Horn - exit 140 and Fort Stockton - exits 253 - 264 - are traditional stops for folks passing through as quickly as possible. Nothing fancy about their RV parks, but they are places to get in easily, sleep and back on the road early.

Some folks stop at the campground for Caverns of Sonora Caverns a few miles south on FM-1989 - at exit 392.

We haven't stayed at any of the commercial CG in those area. The last run on I-10 I made from Balmorhea SP to Canyon Lake in August 2014 - we stopped at Junction - South Llano River SP - exit 456. There is a commercial former KOA which some friends say is about an 8 on a 1-10 scale right next to the exit.

Note on Texas State Parks - they charge a daily per person entrance fee. That varies from $4 to $7, higher for the more popular parks. That is in addition to the campsite fee. Many non-Texas residents choose to avoid the parks for that reason.

Anyone can buy a $70 one year park pass which provides free admission for everyone in the vehicle. It also provides a second night of camping for half-price for four different two night or longer state park visits.

Personally, we prefer to get off I-10 at Van Horn and take US-90 across to Hondo, then TX-173 to Bandera - TX-16 to TX-46. Adds about 50 miles to the trip. Very few small towns / stoplights. We love to stop at Alpine or go 30 miles up to Fort Davis. Stop at Del Rio. There is a nice RV park in Sanderson, and an interesting state park at Seminole Canyon west of Del Rio. I find the driving on almost deserted US-90 much easier than running 60 mph with the big rigs flying past at 80-85 on I-10. But it does add 4 to 8 hours to the trip.

I'll leave California, Arizona and New Mexico stops to others.

You can make the trip quickly, or you could spend a month going each way.

PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
Much of New Braunfels is focused on the Guadalupe River. It is a prime floating river for tubers and attracts a large, young crowd.

Many of the places along the river between New Braunfels and Canyon Lake have tent areas - and they receive poor reviews from RVers who don't like the noise, the partying, the heavy traffic. Especially those along River Road.

Others along Hwy 306 are a bit quieter, but the local infrastructure of roads and services like gas stations and restaurants is heavily stressed on summer weekends.

Plus it gets HOT in Texas in July and August. Expect 100+ degree temps almost every day.

We have stayed in New Braunfels a few times over the past couple years.

Some bad news. Like much of Texas - New Braunfels suffered some devastating flooding in October and November 2015.

The COE campgrounds do not have full hookups - 50amp and water only. Also Potters Creek Campground - the better IMHO - is currently largely covered by flood debris and may not be fully open in 2016. (The Fort Worth District of the COE suffered tens of millions of dollars of damage to campgrounds in 2015 - fully half of the year round campgrounds are not open and need extensive, expensive repairs.)

The commercial campgrounds along River Road all flooded. We just finished 25 days at Camp Hueco Springs - and they were working on repairing damage every day.

We have not stayed at Hill Country RV Resort. I-35 is a very busy/ noisy highway. We did stay four days at River Ranch RV Resort - and it was noisy.

If you are not looking to participate in river activities - Hill Country might be a good stop, especially if you can get in the 200 / 300 section away from the highway.

Personally we prefer more rural locations.

New Braunfels is an excellent location. We will bring some of our grandchildren there in late June - and will be staying at Yogi Bear Jellystone Park in Canyon Lake.

thankyou for all this info.

Much of New Braunfels is focused on the Guadalupe River. It is a prime floating river for tubers and attracts a large, young crowd.

Many of the places along the river between New Braunfels and Canyon Lake have tent areas - and they receive poor reviews from RVers who don't like the noise, the partying, the heavy traffic. Especially those along River Road.

Others along Hwy 306 are a bit quieter, but the local infrastructure of roads and services like gas stations and restaurants is heavily stressed on summer weekends.

Plus it gets HOT in Texas in July and August. Expect 100+ degree temps almost every day.

We have stayed in New Braunfels a few times over the past couple years.

Some bad news. Like much of Texas - New Braunfels suffered some devastating flooding in October and November 2015.

The COE campgrounds do not have full hookups - 50amp and water only. Also Potters Creek Campground - the better IMHO - is currently largely covered by flood debris and may not be fully open in 2016. (The Fort Worth District of the COE suffered tens of millions of dollars of damage to campgrounds in 2015 - fully half of the year round campgrounds are not open and need extensive, expensive repairs.)

The commercial campgrounds along River Road all flooded. We just finished 25 days at Camp Hueco Springs - and they were working on repairing damage every day.

We have not stayed at Hill Country RV Resort. I-35 is a very busy/ noisy highway. We did stay four days at River Ranch RV Resort - and it was noisy.

If you are not looking to participate in river activities - Hill Country might be a good stop, especially if you can get in the 200 / 300 section away from the highway.

Personally we prefer more rural locations.

New Braunfels is an excellent location. We will bring some of our grandchildren there in late June - and will be staying at Yogi Bear Jellystone Park in Canyon Lake.

Kit Carson wrote:
We have stayed at Hill Country RV Resort in New Braunfels and really enjoyed it. It is just off I-35. If I remember correctly it is at exit 184.

just looked it up, it looks nice.

Canon Lakes (Potters Creek camp ground) its a COE park West of New Braunfels about 20 miles

padredw wrote:
We have never stayed in New Braunfels, so I can't help on that, but I do have some comments about your route.

At the very least, I would take TX 46 across from Boene (pronounced Burney) to New Braunfels. I have taken that route in reverse.

Another possibility is to take TX 16 at Kerrville and go up to Fredericksburg, then US 290 to US 181 and south to 46.

Depending on the time of your trip these routes allow visits to the Texas Hill Country. Bluebonnets in Spring and wildflowers into early Summer. Kerrville has the Western Artist Museum, Fredericksburg is a quaint old German town. Also has the Pacific War Museum dedicate to native son, Admiral Nimitz. The Wildseed Farm is nearby featuring native wildflower seeds. Many vineyards. Luckenbach. The LBJ Ranch.

Even worth a stopover before going on to New Braunfels. I highly recommend it.

thankyou for all the info, sounds way better than taking the i-10. Im going to map out a route with your suggestions.

We have stayed at Hill Country RV Resort in New Braunfels and really enjoyed it. It is just off I-35. If I remember correctly it is at exit 184.

We have never stayed in New Braunfels, so I can't help on that, but I do have some comments about your route.

At the very least, I would take TX 46 across from Boene (pronounced Burney) to New Braunfels. I have taken that route in reverse.

Another possibility is to take TX 16 at Kerrville and go up to Fredericksburg, then US 290 to US 181 and south to 46.

Depending on the time of your trip these routes allow visits to the Texas Hill Country. Bluebonnets in Spring and wildflowers into early Summer. Kerrville has the Western Artist Museum, Fredericksburg is a quaint old German town. Also has the Pacific War Museum dedicate to native son, Admiral Nimitz. The Wildseed Farm is nearby featuring native wildflower seeds. Many vineyards. Luckenbach. The LBJ Ranch.

Even worth a stopover before going on to New Braunfels. I highly recommend it.