Pecan Park Riverside RV

Summary:
If you don't feel like reading this long review then here is the short of it. I would stay here again during the winter special pricing because the price is great for the location. Just be aware that you are staying in an old park with things that break down frequently. If the amenities at a park aren't a big deal to you and you only shower and use the bathroom in your camper then this place is perfect for the price and location!

The Good:
The park itself is in a beautiful and quiet location with trees and grass everywhere with river access. The spots are fairly level and spacious. San Marcos is the perfect location to stay if you want to visit Austin, San Antonio, and hill country like we did.

The staff are friendly and helpful even though they were a bit overworked and understaffed when we were there. They sell firewood onsite which is nice.

The Bad:
They make you sign something saying that you won't say anything bad about the park. They give a whole speech about how they wouldn't bad mouth you on social media so they expect you to do the same. Except I'm not a business offering a service to the public so that logic doesn't even make sense.

Part of the reason we booked this park was because of the amenities offered (indoor pool, hot tub, private jacuzzi tubs, game room, dog park, wifi). We stayed a little over a month and the pool heater was broken for 3 weeks of our stay. The hot tub and wifi was down for 2 weeks of our stay. They weren't allowing people to use the jacuzzi tubs. Something to keep in mind when booking this park is that all the facilities are old which means that things are breaking and being fixed constantly. My point here is, don't count on the amenities being available here during your stay.

There are only 2 bathroom/shower rooms for the whole park with around 100 sites. That means that if 2 people are showering then you have to wait on them to finish to use the bathroom. There were sometimes lines in the morning for the showers. As mentioned above, things break in an old park so there were a couple times during our stay where only 1 bathroom/shower was operational.

This is one of our favorite parks because of it's access to the San Marcos River. We can stay here during the week, work during the day, soak ourselves in the river each evening. While the San Marcos River can have its crowds, it isn't nearly as busy as the Guadalupe River so this location suits us just fine. This park is close enough to San Marcos for all the conveniences, but far enough away to be quiet. The main section of the park is wooded with large pecan trees while there are a couple of open sections with no trees at all.

Check in and check out experience is mostly contactless. The Park Office has sporadic hours so be prepared to leave a message or handle everything on their website. Aside from that, when the office is open, the folks inside are generally nice and helpful.

RV Park amenities are nice for what we need (mainly a laundromat). Like many RV Parks, the wi-fi and internet isn't adequate for work, but is good enough for checking email. I carry a Verizon hotspot to be able to work, but only got 2 bars of signal strength. With my cell booster, I get a nice 5 bars.

I am not sure I would consider this a "negative" per se, but most sites are occupied by permanent and long term residents. There are numerous sites that seem to be used as RV storage. The negative comes into play when booking. When everything is occupied by long term residents, it can sometimes be difficult to book here (especially in the summertime). In that regard, I guess that speaks to the attractiveness of this park. People want to be here.

Full facilities for RV campers. Clean, helpful and friendly. There is a nicely appointed laundry and over 100 sites, mostly pull-through. We were at San Marcos for a family wedding and were sort of duped into paying $350 for a week, and the phone person hinted the site might not be there if we didn't go in for the week. Turns out there were lot of sites available and we could have paid by the day and saved money. Other than that, the CG was OK and had more space that usual between sites. There are sites in open field (satellite dishes can work there) or in grove of huge pecan trees.Only 5 miles into San Marcos. Unlike some of the other reviewers, we did not find an over abundance of rules. Other than in wallet, this was a painless camping experience. There are several other CGs in the area, but Pecan Park is off the interstate and in the country. San Marcos River runs along the back side of the CG. Nice spot. Big tubing and kayaking business there, so big weekends likely in summer.

Found a coupon on the web sight for 40% off in the off season which ends may 15. The wifi is okay but booster would help. Is just off the river and is one mile from highway 21 and about 5 miles from I35.
Has salt water pool and laundry also has propane at a good price. Has disk golfing. I can see this place busy with tubers on the weekends. They can fit any size RV. No tents.

We stayed at Pecan Park for two weeks in January 2017. The Park is just outside San Marcos, Texas, and is large and established. There are sections of the Park with large trees, and other sites that are without tree coverage. The Park sits next to the San Marcos River, and experienced flooding two times in 2016, so there are currently repairs going on down by the river.

The staff seems friendly and helpful, but are strict about their rules. This Park hosts a lot of Winter Texans, who stay for a few or many months at a time. However, there are still lots of people coming and going each day.

Our site was close to the office and on the main entrance to one section of the park. The site wasn't completely level (they are all gravel), but we were able to manage to get things fairly level. We stayed in a 40-ft motorhome. Around the gravel parking space, each unit has some grass, and most have picnic tables.

The facility has a small but newer laundry, and indoor pool and hot tub (we did not use them), and an Activities Director for various events throughout each month. Staff patrol the park and keep it clean and trimmed.

There are 2 fenced dog parks, and otherwise dogs must be on leashes.

San Marcos has many great places to eat and probably one of the biggest outlet malls I have ever seen.

We spent 8 nights here with friends. It's a solid RV park, but nothing special. The management is a bit particular and quirky. You have to sign a non-disparagement agreement when you check in AKA you're not allowed to write a bad review about them. I hope this doesn't count as a bad review 😛 Their signage around the park is a tad passive aggressive.

The park is close to San Marcos, which is a perfect place to run errands. The nearby San Marcos River was quick flowing while we were there with beautifully blue water.

They have different levels of sites available (standard, deluxe, premium, etc). I honestly couldn't tell the difference between them. We stayed in a Premium, but it wasn't premium by my definition. We were 10 yards from each of our neighbors. The wifi was terrible (no surprise), so we lived off of our Verizon Jetpack for the week. The best part of this park was the hot tub.

Bonus: there are pecan trees everywhere. If you find a good one on the ground, crack it open with your travel mug and eat the freshest pecan you'll ever try.

We enjoyed our stay here - even made some new friends with our neighbors! Speaking of neighbors, they are pretty close, but there's grass and trees everywhere, so it's not like a parking lot. My kids loved the close river access and (albeit sad) playground. The indoor pool is a plus and they have a bath-warm kiddy pool, which my kids loved. The laundry room had brand new machines, and lots of them.

My only hesitation here is with the staff. We weren't aware they didn't allowed dogs to be outside the trailer unaccompanied, and the worker in the golf cart informed me of this is a slightly peculiar -almost creepy - way. I wouldn't have thought much of my encounter until I got a weird vibe from another very grumpy worker in the laundry room and pool area. I also heard a pretty bad story about the staff cussing out a guest whom they were kicking out because he had a home-built trailer (but I didn't personally witness this).

But, again, my quasi-negative experiences weren't enough to ruin our stay or ultimately thwart us from staying here again. AND I should note that the owner had seen my Instagram photos and recognized me while playing at the park with my kids. He came over and thanked me for the images and made sure we were having a stay, so that was nice.

Anyway, great spot for kids, great proximity to anything you could need in town, and right on the river. Good times.