Stay Wild. Sleep Beautifully.
Tucked beneath the trees on 14 secluded Central Texas acres, Pennington Grove invites you to slow down, reconnect and experience the outdoors in unforgettable comfort. Sleep beneath the stars in our spacious yurt or experience the joys of luxury camping aboard "Moon Base", our Airstream Flying Cloud. We invite you to bring friends and family and book both experiences! With your reservation, you are also welcome to bring your own tent (prior approval required.)
Centrally located in the North Hill Country of Historic Gatesville
- 20 minutes from SpaceX (McGregor)
- 40 minutes from Waco
- 90 minutes from Austin
- 3 hours from Houston
- 2 1/2 hours from Dallas
Our story
Our family’s tradition of hospitality dates to the early days of Gatesville when my great-grandfather watered the Gatesville square each morning to keep the dust from blowing into the stores. He charged 25c per day per store owner. He later purchased a dairy farm on what is now FM 2412 and opened the Meeks Café in the town square.
Pennington Grove was part of the original Meeks-Pennington homestead settled almost 100 years ago. My father and his five cousins traversed the family's 300 acres outside of Gatesville along Dodd's Creek where The Tonkawa camped in the 1800s. The terrain has rich evidence of Texas' Pangea history with fossils and seashells evidence in almost every rock. Gatesville has a rich history as one of the earliest settlements in the great state of Texas.
