Krause Springs — voted Locals Love Us Best Campsite in the Marble Falls area — features a number of attractions including a spring-fed pool and swimming hole, patios, gardens, walkways, and other landscaping features. Staff photo by JoAnna Kopp
SPICEWOOD — Terry Krause and his brothers, Hugh and David, have carried on a tradition their parents started more than 50 years ago: Providing a natural waterway retreat that attracts residents as well as visitors from around the world.
“The natural springs are there. The natural pool is as it was when I was a kid, when my dad was a kid,” Terry Krause said. “It’s definitely the three of us (brothers). We continue the same thing my mother and dad did.
“We put more back into it than we get out,” he added.
Krause Springs, located in Spicewood in Burnet County — features RV and primitive camping sites, places to picnic, and a butterfly garden as well as a natural swimming hole, a man-made spring-fed pool on more than 165 acres.
The Picayune readers and KBEY 103.9 FM Radio Picayune listeners voted it Best Campsite in the Marble Falls area in the annual Locals Love Us awards.
“When people are camping, they have access to everything, access to our gardens, our pools, and the natural springs, just the general beauty of Krause Springs,” Krause said. “Every year, we’re constantly adding another landscaping feature, whether we’re changing stuff in the garden, building flagstone pathways, we’re always doing something.”
The main park incorporates picnicking, a 24-slot RV section, and primitive camping sites within 40 acres.
“We’re fully hooked up for electricity and water. We have a dump station. It’s a short distance to the pools, water, and Lake Travis, which backs up to our property,” Krause said. “Primitive camping, we have tons of spots for that area. You can pretty much camp wherever you want.
“If you’re coming to pitch a tent, it’s always first-come first-served,” he added.
By far, the Fourth of July weekend is the most popular time of year for camping.
“It’s our biggest weekend because we have a fireworks show,” he said. “We’ll have over 3,000 people coming to our park, 2,000 people camping.”
For more information, go to krausesprings.net.
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