"glamping" or luxury camping in Texas

Old Oct 18th, 2010, 12:26 PM
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"glamping" or luxury camping in Texas

Hello All,

I am new to Texas and wanted to give my husband a unique getaway as a gift. We have done "primitive" camping as well as stayed in cabins in the woods, but I would like to do something different this time. I've been reading about glamping (or camping with glamour, haha) and would love to find something within a three hour drive of Dallas. Staying in a yurt sounds like a really neat idea too.

Any recommendations on fancy tent-camping or yurt-ing in Texas? I would love to be able to cook our own food, but not be too far from civilization. I have also heard of business that one can pay to set up your campsite for you -- we don't currently have any camping equipment and don't want to invest a bunch of money in it at this time. Any recommendations on that service would be appreciated too. Thanks!
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Old Oct 18th, 2010, 12:52 PM
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Maybe this - http://lazylandl.com/ or http://www.hillcountrysinya.com/Welcome_to_Sinya.html
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Old Oct 18th, 2010, 12:53 PM
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Here's one yurt option, although it doesn't appear to be glamourous -
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/f...parks/abilene/
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The only state park in Texas that is listed as having yurts available is Abilene state park. Here is the Texas State Parks website listing of available "Lodging and Other Indoor Overnight Facilities". There are several parks listed as having "limited use cabins" and also several with screened shelters. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/p.../lodging/#yurt

About four hours from Dallas in Arkansas is DeGray Lake State Park. They have yurts. It's a lovely state park with many things to do there. http://www.degray.com/accommodations/camping_yurts.aspx
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Old Oct 18th, 2010, 04:28 PM
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According to one glamping website, there are 5 options in the USA and 1 is in Texas -

http://goglamping.net/americas/sinya...n-creek-texas/

http://hillcountrysinya.com/Accommodations.html
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Here's another one in West TX -
http://glampinggirl.com/el-cosmico
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Have you looked at camping at Fossil Rim outside Glenrose? It's a wildife park that has safari style tent camping with lots of amenities. Another option is Rough Creek Lodge. You can check them both out online. They seem to me to fit your needs and are certainly close enough to Dallas. Both would be great getaway gifts!
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If Sinya is too far away (probably 4 hrs from Dallas), this tipi option in Brownwood would be a unique experience:

http://www.star-of-texas.com/room5.html

It's not as nice as Sinya.

Marfa is about 6 hours away from Dallas, probably more.
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Here is a directory for camping in texas http://goglamping.net/americas/sinya...n-creek-texas/
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Fossil Rim is a beautiful place. If you can reserve one of the campsites close to the bluff, awesome.
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We stayed at Sinya and did not like accomodations or operator.
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