Palmetto State Park - Group Campground in TX -- Campground & RV Camping in Texas
Palmetto State Park - Group Campground in TX
TX State Parks allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Secluded group camping area accommodating up to 24 people on the San Marcos River and Oxbow Lake in Central Texas near Gonzales, roughly an hour from Austin and San Antonio. The park features rare dwarf palmetto vegetation, canoeing and fishing with equipment loans, hiking and biking trails including the Palmetto Trail, and a historic Civilian Conservation Corps pavilion with an air-conditioned kitchen ideal for group gatherings and events.
Grounded in tpwd.texas.gov · read August 24, 2026The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad.
San Marcos River runs 0.1 mi off. Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off. Open country -- nothing named rises within 30 miles of here. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Luling, is 7.3 mi off.
September normals 68–91°F, 3.4″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.