Camp Mystic has asked a Houston bankruptcy court to put its Kerr County girls camp up for a court-supervised auction as flood-related lawsuits continue.
A Chapter 11 reorganization plan filed Friday proposes selling about 749 acres on the south fork of the Guadalupe River near Hunt, along with substantially all other assets, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The owners said they expect the first bid to come from a group backed by camp families and alumnae. The filing does not name the group or list a bid amount.
Nothing in the plan requires a buyer to keep running a camp. The debtors said they prefer a purchaser who would “maintain the historic mission” of Camp Mystic. A new operator would need a youth camp license from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The proposal still needs approval from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez. Camp Mystic LLC and affiliated Eastland family companies, including the land-holding firm Natural Fountains Properties, filed for Chapter 11 in the Southern District of Texas on June 24.
The private Christian camp was hit by catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025. Twenty-five campers and two counselors died there. Families filed wrongful-death lawsuits. The bankruptcy filing paused that state-court litigation. WFAA reported the new plan would send those claims back toward trial and would not release family members from the suits.
The camp did not operate in summer 2026 after its license path stalled. Creditors have pressed for an independent trustee. The debtors argue a court-supervised sale is more likely to preserve the camp’s mission than a fire-sale of the land.
Hunt and Kerr County have spent more than a year recovering from the July 4 floods. Whoever buys the property will inherit both a historic camp site and unfinished legal fights over that night.
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