RV Rental North Shore Park, TX

As North Shore Park lies along the northern shores of Lake Bastrop, it’s situated perfectly to allow keen fishermen and women the ideal spot to cast their lines. Lake Bastrop is home to a wide variety of freshwater game fish, making it an appealing fishery. North Shore Park campers can try their luck and skill at catching fish such as largemouth bass, channel catfish, crappie, perch, sunfish, carp, and northern pike. Anglers can cast out from the shoreline or take a boat out on to the lake, depending on their preferences.

Along with the great fishing to be had, boating is also one of the biggest draws for visitors to North Shore Park. The park is home to a number of boat ramps; these provide easy access into the lake all year round. The lake is very popular with pontoon boaters, kayakers, and canoeists. Those motorhome camping without boats of their own can head rent a wide range of water going vessels to enjoy out on the lake, all for a small fee. These rentals include canoes, kayaks, and stand-up paddleboards.

As well as the fantastic lakeside recreation, North Shore Park offers visitors a huge area of green landscapes to explore. With hiking and biking trails looping the length and breadth of the park, you will find it easy to immerse yourself in the local nature. The hiking trails vary in length and difficulty, meaning there is a route for all kinds of ability. The trials also provide the opportunity to catch sight of the park’s plethora of flora and fauna.

Those RV camping at North Shore Park will find a campsite ideally placed to set up camp. North Shore Park campground provides campers with full 20, 30, 50 amp electric, water, and sewage hookups. Facilities at this campground include a dump station, shower block, flushing toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, and a children’s playground. Pets are welcome at the park but must be restrained at all times.

An alternative to camping at the North Shore Park campground is to head to the nearby Bastrop RV Park. This RV park also provides campers with electric, water, and sewage hookups. On-site facilities also include a dump station, shower block, flushing toilets, and laundry services. There are also many pull-thru sites at Bastrop RV Park, meaning all sizes of rigs are welcome here.

With Texas’s capital Austin only a short drive away, campers at North Shore Park have an array of sight-seeing and day trip opportunities right in their doorstep. Those with interest in all things history should not pass up the chance to visit the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. The museum strives to tell the story of Texas as a state. With a wide range of ever-changing exhibitions, the museum continually adapts with new projects, keeping the museum fresh.

One unique sight in the city of Austin has to be the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge and its colony of bats. This bridge is home to the world’s largest urban bat colony, numbers of bats ranging from between 750,000 and 1.5 million seek shelter under the bridge each summer. The nightly emergence of these bats is a spectacle to behold and one not to be missed when in the city of Austin.

Another museum in Austin that is worth a visit is the Austin Nature & Science Center. Begun in the 1960s, the museum seeks to provide hands-on interactive exhibitions to its visitors. Through these, the visitors will learn a whole new set of skills and knowledge from the world of science. This museum is a particularly great one to visit with young children, as children will get more out of the hand-on interactive nature of the museum.