Austin area camping

[jerryasmith]

So I am headed to Austin for a little camping trip this weekend.

Anyone have a good recommendation for a camping spot? Looking for something quiet that can provide some good photo opportunities. Mainly landscapes, etc.

We probably want to stay withing 1.5 hours of Austin. Any ideas?

[rhoffart]

Guadalupe River State Park ... not Austin, but great camping and lot of shot opps.
Maybe too far ... just an idea. 1.5 hrs from Austin

[Kalrog]

Enchanted rock? Inks lake?

[merock]

Pedernales State Park. McKinney Falls State Park.

[billbunton]

Berry Springs park and preserve: http://www.wilco.org/CountyDepartmen...S/Default.aspx

Not in Austin, but not very far either and it's a pleasant little park.

[jerryasmith]

Thanks for the ideas - when I look on the TPWD website, there are many sites around austin, and it's hard to know which ones are good for photos.

[Kalrog]

There is always the Barton Creek greenbelt and Zilker park if you just want a short photo trip and to stay in Austin. No camping there, but if you are in town for other reasons...

[jstpeter]

There are so many places and they are all good. The Inks Lake area is goign to give you the most photo ops in my opinnion. We took a day trip out there last weekend and I filled up 3 memory cards between, Ink Lakes state Park, Longhorn Cavern State Park, And the Parks around Lake Buchannan. Not to mention some cool small towns in the area

[Kalrog]

I just thought of another option... How about some caves with Inner Space?

[Driver]

Lots of good stuff up near Fredericksburg and Kerrville as well.

[jerryasmith]

Hi everyone, thanks for the replies! We ended up going to the Inks lake. It was a good combination of distance from 35 and photo opportunities. It was great, although a little chilly! I wish I had a longer zoom, there were plenty of birds in the area.

Thanks for the help, next time we'll check out some of the other recommendations.