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Originally Posted by htt
Anything I should know about besides the heat factor? Well I am a little concerned with the heat. I camped at Double Lake this past weekend and it was HOT. The site we had did not have any airflow. I'm just wondering how it will be.
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Heat and crowds are the two primary things you'll be facing. Since Guadalupe River's so close and accessible from San Antonio and neighboring communities, it sees large day use crowds all summer. The crowds are mostly concentrated to the riverfront day use area, where if you arrive "late" (after noon), it can get challenging finding a bare patch of grass to claim as one's own, sometimes.
Since we live about 15 minutes or so from Guadalupe River, it's one of the parks we have camped most frequently at. My last stay there was in February, but I make day trips out there occasionally to hike the multi-use trail, as well. (Haven't since the weather got nasty hot, however. Personal preference.)
I don't recall too many bugs, and depending on where you camp you can get some form of breeze. The walk-in sites nearest the river day use area are very enclosed and will probably be the hottest, except for any sites that have -0- shade, which would of course make them hotter. My favorite camping area lately at GRSP is the Cedar Sage Campground... usually one of the spots near a trailhead (#34, etc.) I was last there in February, so I can't comment on what type of prevailing winds, if any, you might have in July there. Good shade at most of the sites there, and they're spaced a little further apart than some of the other campsites in the park.
Make sure you have reservations already, or very soon. The parks popular sites can fill up with overnight campers, leaving you camping in a tent amid nothing but RVs if you're not careful. (Nothing against RVs, but I've found it a little discouraging on the few occasions I've been the only tent amid dozens of RVs somewhere.)