A log cabin is typically a simple and small type of home made from logs. Log cabins can provide a rustic escape for families looking to relax, explore and experience nature at its very core. Texas has many log cabin resorts and rentals across the state, offering an abundant list of activities including hiking, biking, boating, swimming and bass fishing.
Located in Vanderpool, Fox Fire Log Cabins is a resort-style location that offers a multitude of cabins, cottages and lodges at various properties settled on 10 acres of land. The property caters to families, providing fully furnished rooms, covered outdoor pavilions and outdoor activity opportunities such as swimming holes on the Sabinal River--where many of the properties are located--biking trails, volleyball, bird watching and fishing. Visitors must allow a three-day notice before requesting a specific reservation date.
Fox Fire Log Cabins
117 Olsen Ranch Road
Vanderpool, Texas 78885
877-966-8200
foxfirecabins.com
Centrally located between Houston and Dallas, the Crockett Family Resort boasts a large campground that includes many tent and RV sites as well as cabin-style homes in a family-orientated park setting. While maintaining a nature-intensive environment, the resort offers many modern conveniences. Lodging options range from dormitories to cabins to more advanced lake-view kitchenette units.
The resort maintains a two-acre activity park and offers recreational sports that are abundant across the area, including boating, horseshoe games, shuffleboard and swimming in the pool or lake. Reservations are available year-round with daily, weekly and monthly options.
Crockett Family Resort
75 Dogwood Lane West
Crockett, Texas 75835
877-544-8466
crockettresort.com
Halfway between Houston and Austin in Austin County, Texas lies Cedars Cabins, a ranch-style cabin resort that prides itself as the ideal vacation spot for couples, families and friends, as well as those with pets. The venue provides many cabin lodges as well as more modern-style homes with televisions, Internet access and whirlpool spas. Just a short walk from the main cabin house sits the fishing cabin, a cozy one-bedroom abode surrounded by a large pond that is ideal for bass fishing.
Activities across the resort range from basketball in an outdoor court, biking across the La Grange routes, canoeing across the Colorado River and dancing. Some activities, however, are only available during pre-scheduled dates.
Cedars Cabins
New Ulm, Texas
866-625-4607
cedarscabins.com
