Beautiful, incredibly meticulously maintained RV park. This is however not a campsite type place. Lots and lots of activities from the Rodeo every Sat. night to airboat rides, swamp buggy, boat rentals, very small video arcade, country store with pizza, sandwiches, hot dogs, a Smokehouse BBQ Grill restaurant, Saloon (Bar w/ some dancing), hayrides, petting zoo, country western wear store, Kiddie Crafts, and so on. Several pools and bath houses. Everyone brings, or rents Golf carts to get around as the place is so large. Rentals are $60 for 1 day or $50 a day for multi-days. The RV sites are all paved and many have wood patios, swings and fire pits etc. There is also a marina and canal front sites with docks. These are all owner lots and many of them are rented out. There is no where close to go. Once you are there, that is your destination. Probably 10-15 miles to Wal Mart and five miles to the closest gas station with convenience store. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This place is amazing! So much to do and the lots are the best I have ever seen! We stayed in phase 3 under the Oak trees, the views are awesome! Sites are very large and have stuff like lights, fire pits and seating. We rented direct from an owner. I would highly recommend this place. We camped here in a Motorhome.
If your on vacation and looking for a "Disney" style RV resort, look no further that River Ranch. It was a bit too pretentious for my taste but once you get over the fakeness, it was actually quite enjoyable. We stayed on a site on the canal. Each site has its own dock which is wonderful. There isn't any shade on these sites so I would probably avoid them during the summer months. We biked through the other sites (phase 3) and this is probably my favorite. Heavily shaded with beautiful old oak trees. Some lots even had hot tubs. Just gorgeous. River Ranch has the tourist attractions from their idea of a rodeo to a "hay ride" through the park. This resort is located in the middle of the state with nothing nearby so come prepared. We will probably give River Ranch another try but there are many other resorts which are calling first. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Great resort !! Lots of activities. Air boat and swamp buggy rides, fishing, boating, shooting, airport, restaurants, stores, tennis, swimming, hot tub, meeting rooms, rodeo, and the huge annual street rod show the last weekend each January. We stayed in phase 3 which has very mature Oak trees with Spannish Moss hanging. Most of the sites have wooden decks with fire pits. all my fellow campers were wonderful and we enjoyed them as well as the seasonals. The clubhouse is magnificient. Security is perfect as well as the maintenance. The office staff was courteous and efficient. We also stayed here last year for the Veteran's Day weekend. All my impressions were highly favorable and my rating for this resort is 98/100. If there were no barking dogs during both of my visits, my rating would be 100/100. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 10 / 10 ]
March 2006
$45
1st clas resort, Great for horse lovers, Miles of trails. Saloon and rodeo are fun. Fishing, mud buggy, golf, airport, skeet shooting are all on resort. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 9 / 10 ]
2004
$50
Beautiful park. Lots of family activities:rodeo,airboats, swamp buggies, horseback riding.
Went with 4 other families who all enjoyed themselves. Our second visit and plan to return. Only drawback- some tight sites w/ double slides due to trees. Prefer phase 3 but a few of the privately owned sites need some TLC, but most are lovely w/ swings, multiple decks and built in fire rings. A+ facility. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 9 / 10 ]
2003
$40
This is an absolutely outstanding campground on a true resort with a hotel and time-share
cabins, but the campground is basically separate because it was previously sold out to individual site owners (many of whom rent to the public). The closest city is 25 miles away, but the resort, which bills itself as the world's largest dude ranch, has pretty much everything, including an air strip, general store, clothing store, put-put course, corny hay ride (with really bad singing), skeet shooting, real petting zoo, pony rides, horseback riding, pontoon boats with river access, swamp buggy rides, and more. Be prepared to pay extra for everything. Our biggest gripe was that there was no playset for the kids (ours are 2, 4, and 6 but had a ball anyway) and everything was so spread out that you had to pay the $50/day for the golf cart rental. The staff was nice enough, although we could have done without the security guard (a retiree with a "Security" sign on his golf card) knocking on our camper at 10:00 p.m. to tell us to move our golf cart off of the grass on the side of our campsite. We stayed in #235 on Stallion Lane, which was typical of the "Phase 2" section with nice size spaces, wooden decks, a swing, etc., plus an orange tree dripping with nice fruit. However, if you can make reservations in advance, you absolutely must ask for a "Phase 3" space on Gator Alley, Bobcat Lane, or Possum Path because those sites will absolutly blow your mind. They are huge with amazing decks and yard spaces, but also a canopy of amazing oak trees that is as beautiful as anyplace I have ever seen. We'll definitely be back. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 10 / 10 ]
2003
$35
Great RV sites, very large and clean. Most have wood decks, swings and fire pits. Two nice pools with hot tubs, tennis court, marina with a restaurant, Saturday night saloon and rodeo. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 10 / 10 ]
2002
$35
Condo Campground all concrete sites. Saturday night Rodeo, Marina, Golf, Tennis, Skeet, Airfield, Saloon, Resturants Private docks on canal sites most sites have decks some with swings, fire pits etc. First Class Operation
800 266 2927 We camped here in a camper.