{"id":274604,"date":"2026-05-01T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/274604\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:49:10","slug":"north-texas-campground-named-best-glamping-spot-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/274604\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas campground named best glamping spot in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s TACO ’bout it: The Texas Association of Campground Owners has awarded Camp Quitcherbichin (you read that right) in Lake Bridgeport a new title as Glamping Resort of the Year.<\/p>\n

The 54-year-old trade association currently represents over 430 Texas campgrounds, RV parks, and resorts. In 2024, the organization launched its annual TACO Awards<\/a> to “recognize the hard work of campground owners” throughout the Lone Star State. <\/p>\n

Awards are presented in three categories: Small Park of the Year (under 125 sites), Large Park of the Year (125-plus sites), and Glamping Resort of the Year. The 2026 winners were announced at the TACO Annual Spring Meeting and Trade Show on April 21.<\/p>\n

Camp QYB is a camping and RV resort<\/a> located 90 miles northwest of Dallas. A variety of camping sites are available for solo campers, families, and large groups alike, including Airstream trailers, covered wagons, fully-furnished cabins, and more.<\/p>\n

The resort also offers 10 futuristic “Area 51” vessels<\/a> that look like they came straight out of a sci-fi comic \u2014 think space station pods with floor-to-ceiling windows, electronic skylights, modern finishes, and luxe amenities like smart mirrors and heated floors.<\/p>\n

\"Camp The “Area 51” vessels are futuristic tiny homes.Photo by Jeff Crider Photography<\/p>\n

Water-based activities are the main entertainment at Camp QYB with pontoon boat, kayak, paddle board, and pedal boat rentals for guests to take advantage of the property’s one-mile stretch of waterfront lake access. Night fishers will appreciate the resort’s guided night bow fishing tours, and animal lovers can visit the on-site petting zoo to spend time with miniature donkeys, horses, goats, pigs, and a turkey. <\/p>\n

Weekends are often packed full of organized activities like scavenger hunts and foam parties for kids, or poker and music bingo nights for adults.<\/p>\n

In a release, CampQYB’s CEO and founder Justin McWilliams said he came up with the resort’s iconic name as a lighthearted and witty message for travelers.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a reminder for everyone to relax, have a good time, and leave your worries at home,” he said.<\/p>\n

The two other award-winning Texas campgrounds are located much farther from Dallas: Lagoon Ranch Luxury RV and Cabin Resort in Onalaska, a city less than two hours from Houston, was dubbed the Large Park of the Year. TACO’s Small Park of the Year is River’s Edge Campground in Johnson City, a small city about an hour west of Austin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let’s TACO ’bout it: The Texas Association of Campground Owners has awarded Camp Quitcherbichin (you read that right)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[7082,78064,160,162,161,27,6208,35299],"class_list":["post-274604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-awards","tag-campgrounds","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-texas","tag-travel","tag-vacations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}