Event Rental Facilities | Rocky River Ranch

FACILITIES

Welcome to Rocky River Ranch sign

5 Dorm-Style Bunkhouses (Circle B, Bar K, Bar Ø, Lazy D, Western Empress)
3 Covered Wagons (5 beds each)
The Forty Niner (Old West saloon-style large meeting space)
The Gold Nugget (camp store)
The Grubstake (dining hall)
Swimming Pool (55'x30')
Riverfront (kayaking, swimming)
Tennis Court (lighted with basketball hoops)
Climbing Wall
Screamer

THE FORTY NINER
Activities center around The Forty Niner, which looks like an old-fashioned saloon, is complete with a rock fireplace, a can-can stage, an antique bar and round tables. This space is perfect for meetings, small receptions and kick-up-your-heels parties!
LIGHTED TENNIS COURT
Our tennis court is regulation size, features basketball hoops too, and is lighted for night-time use. It is a common area shared by all groups, if more than one are present on the same weekend. Serves as a great outdoor meeting or activity place, as it is located in the heart of camp.
THE GRUBSTAKE
Wait until you sit down to breakfast, lunch or dinner to taste some of the best down-home cooking this side of the Mississippi — Texas style! Our dining hall (The Grubstake) and our kitchen staff (the Cookies) cannot be out-done. Meals are prepared with love and care and are always served in hearty portions — no one leaves hungry!
SWIMMING POOL
Our beautiful hilltop swimming pool is 30 x 55 feet, large enough to accommodate group activities. Built on the bluff overlooking the Blanco River, it is also flanked by limestone amphitheater-style seating, making it an picturesque setting for presentations, or just soaking up some sun. Lifeguards must be hired for your group with advanced notice.
CLIMBING WALL
Our Climbing Wall is 42-feet tall and provides a beautiful view of the beautiful rolling hills. Put on a harness and beat your fear of heights! Operated as a as a challenge-by-choice course (individuals set their own goal and climbing pace).
SCREAMER
Put on a harness and be pulled by your group to the height of your choice, up to 40-feet high! Pull the release cord when you're ready and enjoy an exhilarating swing!

BUNKHOUSES

Circle B Bunkhouse, Exterior
Circle B is named after one of our co-founders, Jane Brown. It is a two-story cabin, air-conditioned and heated. There is one large dorm-style bathroom and one private bathroom.
Circle B Bunkhouse, Interior
Circle B sleeping areas include downstairs, upstairs, and the deck, sleeping 30 on bunk beds. Circle B is built on the bluff and the back porch overlooks the Blanco River.
Bar K Bunkhouse, Exterior
Bar K is named after one of our co-founders, Carol “Mama” Knolk. Bar K is built on the bluff and the Blanco River can be seen and heard from the back porch.
Bar K Bunkhouse, Interior
Bar K is a bunkhouse cabin that is air-conditioned and heated, sleeping 22 on bunk beds. There is one large dorm-style bathroom and one private bathroom.
Bar Ø Bunkhouse, Exterior
By the time Bar Ø was built, Mama Knolk and Jane Brown had run out of things to name cabins after… so it became Bar Nothing.
Bar Ø Bunkhouse, Interior
Affectionately known as Bar Nada, it is air-conditioned and heated, and sleeps 20 on bunk beds. There is one large dorm-style bathroom and one private bathroom.
Western Empress Bunkhouse, Exterior
Western Empress is named after an old hotel sign that Mama Knolk and Jane Brown saw on a road trip through Arizona. It is connected to the Forty Niner Saloon, our main meeting room.
Western Empress Bunkhouse, Interior
Air-conditioned and heated, the Western Empress Bunkhouse sleeps 30 on bunk beds. There is one large dorm-style bathroom and one private bathroom.
Lazy D Bunkhouse, Exterior
Lazy D is named after Polly Denham, Mama Knolk’s daughter.
Lazy D Bunkhouse, Interior
It is air-conditioned and heated, sleeping 22 on bunk beds. There is one large dorm-styled bathroom and one private bathroom.
The Wagon Yard
The Wagon Yard consists of three covered wagons. They have been updated to be air conditioned, and sleep five.
The Wagon Yard
The Wagons bathrooms are located a few yards from them.

Summer Camp Programs

The perfect summer is waiting for your daughter aged 5 to 14 at Rocky River— filled to the brim with new friendships, challenging activities and, most importantly, lots of fun! Check out our day camp and resident camp options.

Weekend Programs

In the hot summer months, we’re an all-girls camp, but the rest of the year, we offer year ‘round fun at our Great Escapes for women and Mother-Daughter weekends!

Event Rentals

Rocky River Ranch is the perfect solution for your special event! We host family reunions, church retreats, teacher work days, company picnics, Girl Scout groups, and more with lodging for up to 135 guests.

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We still can't believe it has been 50 years since my mother, Mama Knolk, started RRR. We are so proud that it is still the same as she built it and still has the same spirit upon which it was founded. Our children and grandchildren have had the wonderful opportunity to attend camp and we all can still sing some of the songs when we get together. May the spirit of Mama Knolk stay with all that have attended RRR.

‒ Polly Knolk Denham

RRR is not just two months of SCREAMING prepubescent girls singing songs in the Grubstake, Free Swim at the river or raids on other cabins, it becomes a way of life that helps guide you through the rest of your life. Not unlike the Marines who are brothers for life, those of us who were campers and counselors are sisters for life and will do anything to help each other, no questions asked!

‒ Lezli Smith Giancarlo Years at camp: 1981-1989

Attending RRR is a tradition in my family — aunts, cousins, sisters, and best friends all have great memories that we still talk about today. I am waiting for the summer that my daughter is old enough to attend and experience the same wonderful times that I had. My memories of summers at RRR are so special to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Skeet and Sandy, and all of the staff from every session, for the ten years of summertime bliss!

‒ Melissa Ross Crispin Years at camp: 1984-1994

I have said for years that RRR made me the person that I am today. Actually it wasn’t just RRR, but also the counselors that shaped my experiences and helped me be the best I could be. I learned to problem solve, lead others and to be a leader others wanted to follow. I learned to do my part and that I can do anything I decided to do. I learned to say 'I can' a lot more than 'I cannot.' I learned to co-exist with others which helps me to this day. As a young girl I learned what others around me now in their 30s still do not know. I learned to take care of and respect myself, respect others and the world around me.

‒ Hara Chasis Cootes Years at camp: 1978-1991

I would not be the person I have become today if it were not for Skeet and Sandy. One of the biggest lessons I ever learned in life was from Sandy — I fell off a horse and Sandy made me get right back on. I had no idea what impact that lesson would mean to my life, but I have to say it has become one of the most valuable.

‒ Beth Boykin Huddle Years at camp: 1976-1980

I love Rocky River Ranch. It was a place I could go and feel accepted for the person I was — not the person I was expected to be. When we passed under that arch, the playing field was leveled and I was free to be myself, or even to reinvent myself! If I could ride, if I could swim, if I could do crafts or even if my only talent was spitting watermelon seeds, I was accepted!

‒ Britany Beever Just Years at camp: 1979-1984, 1987-1988

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