Blanco Rapids Ranch

Blanco Rapids Ranch is a vacation rental in the Devil's Backbone area, between Wimberley and Canyon Lake, that can be booked whole or as separate units. It covers 136 acres along the Blanco River, and the host calls its river frontage fabulous.

The ranch has six bedrooms and sleeps 24, spread across a main house, a guest house and four suites. The main house has a very large living room with a 14-seat table and a shuffleboard table, plus a dining room that seats 12 more. The guest house shares the main house porch, which looks out over the rapids and holds an outdoor kitchen.

The four suites sit in two pairs across a one-acre lawn. Each is decorated differently but shares a layout: a rock shower, a double sink and a kitchenette with a Keurig, small cooktop and small oven. Every space has a patio facing the river.

Guests have a swim spa at the main house, a hot tub at the suites and a fire pit on the main patio. There is also a lit, shaded pickleball court, frisbee golf, basketball and a helicopter pad. The host calls the fishing in the deep water above the rapids great. The property is dog-friendly, and Vrbo puts Canyon Lake about a 24-minute drive away.