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Youth camps in Texas
301 youth camps in 171 Texas cities and towns, from the Texas Active Youth Camps Roster (Texas Department of State Health Services, Youth Camp Program), updated November 6, 2026. That includes 169 resident (overnight) camps and 132 day camps.
This is the state's list, not our picks. We haven't reviewed these camps. Camps that don't need a state camp license, and camps still waiting for approval, aren't on it, so there may be more camps near you.
Check any camp's license on the official Texas DSHS license search.
Cities with the most camps
All cities and towns A–Z
- Allen 1
- Alvin 1
- Aquilla 1
- Aransas Pass 1
- Arlington 1
- Athens 3
- Austin 19
- Bandera 4
- Bastrop 2
- Belton 1
- Big Sandy 2
- Boerne 1
- Brady 1
- Brenham 1
- Bridgeport 1
- Brownsville 1
- Brownwood 2
- Bruceville 1
- Bryan 1
- Buda 1
- Burnet 4
- Burton 1
- Canyon 1
- Cat Spring 1
- Cedar Creek 1
- Cedar Hill 1
- Cedar Park 1
- Center Point 1
- Chester 1
- Cleburne 1
- Clifton 1
- Coldspring 1
- College Station 1
- Columbus 1
- Comfort 2
- Conroe 2
- Copperas Cove 1
- Crockett 1
- Cypress 2
- Dallas 13
- Denton 1
- Detroit 1
- Dickens 1
- Dripping Springs 1
- Eastland 1
- Farmers Branch 1
- Fischer 1
- Flower Mound 1
- Floydada 1
- Fort Davis 3
- Fort Stockton 2
- Fort Worth 2
- Fredericksburg 1
- Frisco 4
- Gary City 1
- Georgetown 1
- Giddings 1
- Gilmer 1
- Glen Rose 1
- Gonzales 2
- Graford 2
- Granbury 2
- Grand Prairie 1
- Grapeland 1
- Happy 1
- Harper 2
- Hawkins 2
- Hempstead 2
- Hewitt 1
- Highland Village 2
- Hockley 1
- Houston 23
- Hunt 7
- Huntsville 2
- Ingram 1
- Iowa Park 1
- Katy 2
- Kaufman 1
- Keller 2
- Kerrville 3
- Killeen 1
- Kingsland 1
- Kingwood 1
- La Grange 2
- Lakeway 1
- Laneville 1
- League City 1
- Leakey 2
- Lenorah 1
- Lindale 1
- Little Elm 1
- Livingston 3
- Lone Star 1
- Lubbock 1
- Lueders 1
- Magnolia 3
- Mansfield 3
- Marble Falls 5
- Marshall 1
- Matagorda 1
- Mathis 1
- McDade 1
- McKinney 2
- Medina 2
- Meridian 1
- Merkel 1
- Midland 1
- Midlothian 1
- Missouri City 1
- Mobeetie 1
- Mountain Home 2
- Navasota 1
- Nemo 1
- New Braunfels 3
- New Ulm 1
- Newton 1
- Oakwood 1
- Palestine 2
- Palo Pinto 1
- Pantego 1
- Paradise 1
- Pearland 1
- Pflugerville 1
- Pittsburg 1
- Plano 2
- Point 1
- Pottsboro 3
- Princeton 1
- Richardson 2
- Richmond 2
- Rio Hondo 1
- Rockport 1
- Rocksprings 1
- Rockwall 1
- Rosebud 1
- Round Rock 1
- Royse City 1
- San Angelo 1
- San Antonio 9
- Sandia 1
- Schertz 2
- Seabrook 1
- Shiner 1
- Spicewood 3
- Spring 1
- Spur 1
- Sugar Land 1
- Sunset 1
- The Woodlands 1
- Timpson 1
- Tomball 2
- Trinity 3
- Tyler 1
- Utopia 1
- Valley View 1
- Van 1
- Vanderpool 1
- Waco 1
- Warda 1
- Waring 1
- Washington 1
- Waxahachie 2
- Wayside 1
- Weatherford 1
- West University Pl 1
- Whitesboro 1
- Wichita Falls 1
- Wimberley 2
- Winnsboro 1
- Woodlake 1
- Yorktown 1
Texas camp rules
Day and overnight camps need a camp license or permit. Day camps, resident camps, and travel camps that meet the state's youth camp definition need a DSHS youth camp license before operating (Health and Safety Code Chapter 141; 25 TAC Chapter 265, Subchapter B). A program counts as a youth camp only if it serves at least 5 minors away from their parents for 4 or more consecutive days, 4 or more hours a day, only during school vacations, for no more than 120 days a year, and offers at least two outdoor specialized activities such as swimming, archery, or horseback riding (25 TAC §265.11). A program that misses any of these criteria is not a youth camp but may need a child care license from HHSC. The Legislature rewrote the camp safety law in 2025 (HB 1 and SB 1), and DSHS adopted new rules in early 2026.
Agency: Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Youth Camp Program
Official sources: DSHS Youth Camp Program · DSHS License Qualification Package (youth camp definition) · 25 TAC Ch. 265 Subch. B, rules as in effect 02/02/2026 (DSHS PDF) · DSHS Youth Camp Laws and Rules
All Texas rules for child care and camps · Camp license rules in every state · Checked October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
More for Texas families
- 1,582 school-age and after-school programs in Texas, from state child care licensing data.
- Child care and after-school programs in Texas
- Free summer meals for kids in Texas: USDA meal sites. These are not camps.
- Youth, sports and camp nonprofits in Texas, from IRS data. Being listed there doesn't mean a camp is licensed.
Camp not listed?
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Sources
- Texas Active Youth Camps Roster, Texas Department of State Health Services, Youth Camp Program. Updated November 6, 2026. Texas state government public information; no license stated. Source page · File.
DSHS posts the roster as a spreadsheet and updates it during the licensing season. Camps whose applications are still under review are not on it.