Camp Mystic Owners Propose Auction of 749 Acres

Camp Mystic’s owners have proposed selling the Texas camp’s 749 acres and other assets through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, which would put the property up for auction. The plan, filed September 25, still requires approval from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez, so the sale is not yet authorized. The filing says the owners expect a purchaser may be backed by families who support the camp. It expresses a preference for the highest or otherwise best bid to come from a buyer who would preserve Camp Mystic’s historic mission. But it does not require a buyer to continue operating the property as a camp. The proposed sale follows the July 4, 2025, Guadalupe River flood, in which 25 campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic died. The camp’s owner and director, Richard Eastland, also died. At least 136 people were killed along a stretch of the river. Camp Mystic, a private Christian girls’ camp owned by the Eastland family for decades, had faced lawsuits and public scrutiny over its response to the flooding. Families of victims have sought to prevent demolition of damaged buildings and repairs to parts of the property through their lawsuits.