The youngest girls at Camp Mystic in Texas were asleep in cabins as little as 225 feet from the river when flash flooding suddenly surged — causing the water to rise 20 feet above flood stage in ...

A sheriff's deputy working on the bank of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic. AP Photo/Julio Cortez "Camp Mystic’s Dick Eastland no doubt gave his life attempting to save his campers.

According to its website, Camp Mystic is "located near the geographical center of Texas." Camp Mystic's close proximity to the Guadalupe River also left it vulnerable to flood waters.

What to know about Camp Mystic, summer camp deluged by historic Texas flood Generations of the same family have operated the summer camp since 1939. It counts family members of a former president ...

Camp Mystic, established in 1926, did not evacuate and was especially hit hard when the river rose from 14 feet (4.2 meters) to 29.5 feet (9 meters) within 60 minutes in the early morning hours.

That was one of the reasons she felt comfortable sending her daughter, Lucy, 10, to Camp Mystic this summer. “I felt like she was in the safest place she could be,” Kennedy said.

Camp Mystic counselor Holly Kate Hurley, 19, recalled how the Texas flood' 'wiped away' cabins and described the heartbreaking sight of parents desperately searching for their kids.

In the Mystic spirit, their goals are to boost every camper's self-confidence and to nurture the development of their individual characters. Map shows location of Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas.

A state health report dated July 2 — two days before the flooding emergency began — showed Camp Mystic passed its annual inspection to maintain its state youth camp license. A Texas summer ...

Jenna Bush Hager is sharing her ties to Camp Mystic. The talk show co-host, 43, opened up about the heartbreaking devastation at the Christian summer camp , after 27 campers and counselors died ...

She attended Camp Mystic. Lynda Bird Johnson Robb recalls how the Texas camp shaped her childhood. July 8, 2025 at 6:15 a.m. EDT Yesterday at 6:15 a.m. EDT. 4 min.

State officials verified that Camp Mystic had an emergency plan in place before the July 4 floods, according to records obtained Tuesday by KSAT Investigates.