U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX

Potters Creek Park

ReservableBookable through March 31; a peak season follows April 1 to September 30.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:38 UTC
A night
$26–$35Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
132121 on recreation.gov
60 ftLongest rig
920 ftElevation
286 ftWater · Canyon Lake
In townCanyon Lake, TX
0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices

In the agency’s own words

Potters Creek Park is situated on the northern shore of Canyon Lake in the rolling hill country of South Central Texas. Cool breezes off the lake create a pleasant environment for relaxing in this scenic area. The lake and Guadalupe River also provide great opportunities for boating, fishing and swimming. Keep reading

Recreation

Visitors enjoy coming to Canyon Lake for boating, swimming and fishing. The Guadalupe River is a great location for canoeing, kayaking and tubing. Both the lake and river are stocked with a variety of fish for each habitat including various bass, catfish, or river trout. Hiking, biking, horseback riding, birding, and wildlife viewing are popular activities in the surrounding hills. Five trails are available at different locations around the lake. There is a mountain biking trail, a horse trail, and several foot trails. You can not rent any items from the park, but must bring your own gear for all recreational activities.

Facilities

The park is open year-round and offers RV and tent sites as well as overnight screened shelters, and a group site, all with electric and water hookups. Every site has a picnic table, fire ring, and grill, water and electricity. Park Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, and two dump stations. The park also has two boat ramps with docks, a fishing pier and beach. Rangers patrol the park and hosts are on-site year-round.

Natural Features

The park is settled among Juniper and native Oaks on gently sloping terrain on the shore of Canyon Lake. Thick oak and juniper surround the upper campsites; sites closer to the waterfront are in full sun. Grassy fields of native hill country plants and wildflowers dot the landscape. Rocky outcroppings are scattered throughout the park.

Nearby Attractions

Canyon Lake is near many sites of interest including Natural Bridge Caverns and the historic town of Gruene in New Braunfels.

Charges & Cancellations

The reservation system has the right to charge you fees for shortening or extending your stay, or cancelling a reservation.

What the agency tells you

Rule

BASIC INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW Potters Creek Park is a Class A style RV and TENT CAMPING park  - This means the park has a restroom with showers, personal sites, a dump station, gatehouse, park hosts, and that each site has a table, benches, a fire ring, a standing grill with a closable lid, and drinkale water connection, and electricity.  Standard Park Season and Hours - Open 7 days a week, 365 days a year Park Hours and Seasons - Check in time: 3pm - No Early arrivals allowed!  - Check out time: 2pm - On the day you are leaving.  Park Gate Hours and Seasons  - Summer Season: April 1st through the end of September - Gate Hours:  - Sunday through Thrusday: 9am to 9pm - Friday and Saturday: 9am to 10pm - - Fall Season: October 1st through the end of March - Gate Hours: - 7 days a week: 9am to 9pm

Rule

Rules for Gate Access and Entry - No one is allowed in the park unless they have a reservation or are a guest of a reservation. - Before entering the park all reservation holders and their guests MUST check in with a gate attendant. - You can not check in /drive in after the gates are locked each night. Speak with the gate attendants when you arrive so they can answer any questions you have about coming in after normal gate hours. - If you are traveling to check in and know you will not arrive until after gate closing, know that you will NOT be able to access the park until the next morning when the gates open again. - You may always leave the park after the main gate is locked, but will not be allowed to re-enter with a vehicle after the gates are locked. You may walk into your site, but the vehicle must be parked outside of the gate on the side, out of the way until the gate opens in the morning. - You may NOT drive through the locked gates or attempt to reenter the park with a vehicle after you have left and the gates are locked. If the gate is locked when you return to the park, you may walk to your site after hours if you have already checked in earlier with the gate attendants. - Anyone attempting to drive into the locked park after hours is subject to a citation, potentially punctured tires, and to pay for any damages you do to the gate(s) that are locked.

Rule

- Maximums for RV or Tent sites - Pavilion: 100 people, 18 vehicles, No Set tent limit  - Single use Camping Site and Screen Shelters - 2 Camping Units - This means an RV unit and a tent, Screen shelter and tent, or two tents. For a tent only site this means two tents. No More Allowed. May not have two RVs on same site. May not have an RV and a pop-up on same site. - 10 People - This is for all single use . This includes all people including infants, children, pre-teen, teenagers, young adults, middle aged adults, and well seasonsed and wise older adults. - 2 Overnight vehicles: - 2 Guests vehicles: must be out of park by 10pm daily - 1 boat trailer: You are limited to one trailer in the park, not one at your site and one at the boat ramp. - Double Camping Site: Park only has 1 double site in loop 3. - 4 Camping Units, 20 People, 4 overnight vehicles, 4 guest vehicles, 2 Boat trailers - Triple Camping Site: Park only has 4 triple sites in loop 3. - 6 camping Units, 30 People, 6Overnight vehicles, 6 guest vehicles, 3 Boat trailers

Everything else this campground posts · 3
Rule

No feeding the wildlife in the park. - Do NOT attempt to interact with the wild life. Some are protective of their territory, homes, dens, food and young. If you encroach on their space, they may become aggressive. - To keep you safe, we ask that you do not feed, pet, handle, chase, harass, follow, hunt or attempt in any form or fashion to attract or interact directly with the wild life. You may observe them from a distance. If you find a fawn or other baby animal by itself, do not handle them. Mother animals often leave their young in a 'safe' place so they can go off and eat. The mothers will be back for their young, but if you touch it, the mother will often abandon the baby since the animal now smells like you. - Contact the gate attendants, park host or park ranger for assistance in any situation similar to what is described above. We will usually tell you to leave the naimal alone. Nature has a way of "fixing" what we perceive as an issue, when usually it is not. - Game wardens and Park rangers can investigate if there is a serious problem like a rabid or injured animal.

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Rule

HELP US REDUCE ENERGY COSTS WHEN YOU ARE GONE…DON’T LEAVE IT ON! Turn off the AC/Lights/Fans Turn Down/Off Electric Water Heaters WHEN NOT IN USE…TURN OFF THE JUICE! Unplug Chargers and Appliances Turn off Radios and TVs KEEP THE PARK OPEN BY SAVING ELECTRICITY.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Tents and rigs

Sites
132 · 10 tent-only, 6 group, 8 cabin
Hookups
121 electric, 124 water
Longest rig
60 ft
Paved pads
All
Accessible sites
47
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
39 of 55 sites
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Flush Toilets
FLUSH TOILETS on 71 of 132 campsite records
Showers
Accessible Showers
ACCESSIBLE SHOWERS on 1 of 132 campsite records
Drinking water
Yes
DRINKING WATER on 69 of 132 campsite records, DRINKING WATER (PEAK SEASON) on 2 of 132 campsite records, WATER SPIGOT on 78 of 132 campsite records
Dump station
Yes
recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp
Yes
Camp host
On site
recreation.gov lists “Host”
Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026
Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, River, Creek, Beach
Educational Programs
Fishing
Hiking
Swimming
Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 116th darkest of 154 in TX
Bortle 5
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

101 of 236 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:38 UTC

recreation.gov lists 121 of the 132 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough March 31Bookable now through March 31, 2027, the end of the off-peak season. The peak season that follows runs April 1, 2027 through September 30, 2027; recreation.gov releases it on its own schedule, so check there before counting on those nights.recreation.gov
Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night$26–$35plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$60–$78DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

We’ll write once, when the season that starts Thu, Apr 1 2027 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 14

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A night, per site$26–$35
Tent Only Electric$26
RV Sites$35
Group areas, a night$45–$100
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What a stay costs
One nightDerived$34–$43
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$60–$78

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $26–$35 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

“The reservation system has the right to charge you fees for shortening or extending your stay, or cancelling a reservation.” · this campground’s own terms

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 6

recreation.gov availability, read 16:38 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

132 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 121 mapped sites
89 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Least roomLoop L2 55 55 ftLoop L2 57 55 ftLoop L5 113 58 ft

All 132 sites

131 of 132 sites located
Tent only10RV / electric97Group6Cabin or shelter8Type not stated10
SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 113 of the 132 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.

Group ShelterGROUP1group standard electric15 amp517 ft157 ft$60–$100
L11standard electric60 ft50 ampyes88 ft709 ft$35
L110standard electric60 ft50 amp85 ft507 ft$35
L111shelter electric60 ft50 amp85 ft454 ft
L112type not stated60 ft50 amp649 ft
L113type not stated60 ft50 amp656 ft
L114type not stated60 ft50 amp644 ft
L115type not stated60 ft50 amp621 ft
L116standard electric60 ft50 amp105 ft571 ft$35
L117standard electric60 ft50 ampyes81 ft488 ft$35
L118standard electric60 ft50 amp81 ft429 ft$35
L119standard electric60 ft50 ampyes95 ft325 ft$35
L12type not stated60 ft50 amp
L120standard electric60 ft50 ampyes95 ft277 ft$35
L121standard electric60 ft50 ampyes83 ft355 ft$35
L122standard electric60 ft50 ampyes83 ft366 ft$35
L123standard electric60 ft50 ampyes89 ft383 ft$35
L124standard electric60 ft50 ampyes103 ft407 ft$35
L125standard electric60 ft50 amp80 ft226 ft$35
L126standard electric60 ft50 amp61 ft181 ft$35
L127standard electric60 ft50 amp61 ft175 ft$35
L128type not stated60 ft20/30/50 amp190 ft
L129standard electric60 ft50 amp87 ft255 ft$35
L13standard electric60 ft50 amp88 ft790 ft$35
L130standard electric60 ft50 amp87 ft282 ft$35
L131standard electric60 ft50 amp79 ft297 ft$35
L132standard electric60 ft50 amp79 ft295 ft$35
L14standard electric60 ft50 amp110 ft832 ft$35
L15type not stated60 ft50 amp832 ft
L16type not stated60 ft50 amp744 ft
L17type not stated60 ft50 amp711 ft
L18type not stated60 ft50 amp684 ft
L19standard electric60 ft50 amp112 ft590 ft$35
L233standard electric60 ft50 amp70 ft440 ft$35
L234standard electric60 ft50 amp98 ft366 ft$35
L235standard electric60 ft50 amp101 ft367 ft$35
L236standard electric60 ft50 amp100 ft267 ft$35
L237standard electric60 ft50 amp85 ft284 ft$35
L238standard electric60 ft50 ampyes86 ft193 ft$35
L239standard electric60 ft50 amp85 ft227 ft$35
L240standard electric60 ft50 amp86 ft108 ft$35
L241standard electric60 ft50 amp113 ft99 ft$35
L242standard electric50 ft50 amp109 ft65 ft$35
L243standard electric50 ft50 amp109 ft75 ft$35
L244standard electric50 ft50 amp113 ft81 ft$35
L245standard electric50 ft50 amp111 ft118 ft$35
L246standard electric50 ft50 amp111 ft193 ft$35
L247standard electric50 ft50 amp82 ft277 ft$35
L248standard electric50 ft50 amp97 ft190 ft$35
L249standard electric50 ft50 amp82 ft276 ft$35
L250standard electric50 ft50 amp100 ft164 ft$35
L251standard electric50 ft50 amp94 ft265 ft$35
L252standard electric50 ft50 amp100 ft158 ft$35
L253standard electric50 ft50 amp90 ft298 ft$35
L254standard electric50 ft50 amp90 ft339 ft$35
L255standard electric50 ft50 amp55 ft291 ft$35
L256standard electric50 ft50 amp59 ft403 ft$35
L257standard electric50 ft50 amp55 ft323 ft$35
L258type not stated50 ft50 amp522 ft
L259standard electric50 ft50 amp59 ft453 ft$35
L260standard electric50 ft50 ampyes70 ft502 ft$35
L261standard electric50 ft50 amp102 ft560 ft$35
L362group standard electric60 ft50 ampyes111 ft280 ft$60–$100
L363group standard electric60 ft50 ampyes111 ft279 ft$60–$100
L364group standard electric60 ft50 ampyes97 ft231 ft$60–$100
L365group standard electric60 ft50 ampyes97 ft205 ft$60–$100
L366group standard electric60 ft50 ampyes118 ft177 ft$60–$100
L4100standard electric60 ft50 ampyes97 ft277 ft$35
L4101standard electric60 ft50 ampyes84 ft227 ft$35
L4102standard electric60 ft50 ampyes96 ft324 ft$35
L4103standard electric60 ft50 ampyes93 ft280 ft$35
L4104standard electric60 ft50 ampyes96 ft384 ft$35
L467standard electric60 ft50 amp96 ft544 ft$35
L468standard electric60 ft50 amp117 ft507 ft$35
L469standard electric60 ft50 amp79 ft601 ft$35
L470standard electric60 ft50 amp103 ft435 ft$35
L471standard electric60 ft50 amp79 ft603 ft$35
L472standard electric60 ft50 amp80 ft526 ft$35
L473standard electric60 ft50 amp98 ft363 ft$35
L474standard electric60 ft50 amp73 ft492 ft$35
L475standard electric60 ft50 amp92 ft384 ft$35
L476standard electric60 ft50 amp73 ft476 ft$35
L477standard electric60 ft50 amp85 ft472 ft$35
L478standard electric60 ft50 amp104 ft501 ft$35
L479standard electric60 ft50 amp87 ft367 ft$35
L480standard electric60 ft50 ampyes79 ft470 ft$35
L481standard electric60 ft50 ampyes66 ft375 ft$35
L482standard electric60 ft50 amp79 ft481 ft$35
L483standard electric60 ft50 ampyes66 ft350 ft$35
L484standard electric60 ft50 ampyes85 ft441 ft$35
L485standard electric60 ft50 ampyes85 ft429 ft$35
L486standard electric60 ft50 ampyes112 ft361 ft$35
L487standard electric60 ft50 ampyes98 ft227 ft$35
L488standard electric60 ft50 ampyes98 ft162 ft$35
L489standard electric60 ft50 amp100 ft134 ft$35
L490standard electric60 ft50 ampyes72 ft266 ft$35
L491standard electric60 ft50 amp72 ft255 ft$35
L492standard electric60 ft50 amp73 ft115 ft$35
L493standard electric60 ft50 ampyes84 ft221 ft$35
L494standard electric60 ft50 amp72 ft105 ft$35
L495standard electric60 ft50 ampyes72 ft94 ft$35
L496standard electric60 ft50 ampyes87 ft205 ft$35
L497standard electric60 ft50 ampyes96 ft135 ft$35
L498standard electric60 ft50 ampyes87 ft233 ft$35
L499standard electric60 ft50 ampyes84 ft166 ft$35
L5105standard electric60 ft50 amp104 ft388 ft$35
L5106standard electric60 ft50 amp90 ft354 ft$35
L5107standard electric60 ft50 amp90 ft377 ft$35
L5108standard electric60 ft50 amp83 ft335 ft$35
L5109standard electric60 ft50 ampyes83 ft252 ft$35
L5110standard electric60 ft50 ampyes95 ft289 ft$35
L5111standard electric60 ft50 ampyes80 ft239 ft$35
L5112standard electric60 ft50 ampyes80 ft282 ft$35
L5113standard electric60 ft50 ampyes59 ft336 ft$35
L5114standard electric60 ft50 ampyes59 ft389 ft$35
L6115tent only electric20 ft15 amp86 ft241 ft$26
L6116tent only electric20 ft15 amp90 ft191 ft$26
L6117tent only electric20 ft15 amp86 ft193 ft$26
L6118tent only electric20 ft15 amp90 ft151 ft$26
L6119tent only electric20 ft15 ampyes94 ft131 ft$26
L6120tent only electric20 ft15 ampyes93 ft129 ft$26
L6121tent only electric20 ft15 ampyes92 ft120 ft$26
L6122tent only electric20 ft15 ampyes115 ft77 ft$26
L6123tent only electric20 ft15 ampyes92 ft89 ft$26
L6124tent only electric20 ft15 ampyes128 ft49 ft$26
SCREENED SHELTERSAovernight shelter electric20 ft15 amp113 ft463 ft
SCREENED SHELTERSBovernight shelter electric20 ft15 amp113 ft521 ft
SCREENED SHELTERSCovernight shelter electric20 ft15 amp76 ft628 ft
SCREENED SHELTERSDovernight shelter electric20 ft15 amp169 ft403 ft
SCREENED SHELTERSEovernight shelter electric20 ft15 amp132 ft463 ft
SCREENED SHELTERSFovernight shelter electric20 ft15 amp76 ft556 ft
SCREENED SHELTERSGovernight shelter electric20 ft15 amp312 ft824 ft

OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.

25 of 132 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate29.90472, -98.27306
The phone830-964-3341
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

From IH-35 take FM-306 West 23 miles to Potter's Creek Road. Go south 2 miles to park entrance.

From Highway 281, take FM-306 east 8 miles to Potter's Creek Road. Go south for 2 miles to park entrance.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today67°Partly Sunny2% rain
Tonight49°Partly Cloudy2% rain
Saturday68°Mostly Sunny
Saturday Night45°Partly Cloudy

NWS forecast for Canyon Lake, TX

Typical weather

Typical October night 59°F, day 81°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 40°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

100°30°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: CANYON DAM, TX (USC00411429), 6 miles away and 80 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Chip Roy, official portrait

Potters Creek Park is in Texas’s 21st congressional district. Its representative, Chip Roy (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 30 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.
Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.