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Water's Edge Retreat - sweeping views from Canyon Lake waterfront, sleeps 12!

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Welcome to Canyon Lake!
Beautiful views of Canyon Lake from the large deck
Aerial view from above Water's Edge Retreat
Swim and fish from the rocky shoreline
Spacious downstairs living area includes large TV and lake view

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
4 bedrooms2+ bathroomsSleeps 12343.7 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Dryer
  • Parking available
  • Washer
  • Barbecue grill
  • Kitchen
  • Outdoor space

Explore the area

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Canyon Lake, TX
  • Canyon Lake
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Canyon Lake Marina
    ‪32 min drive‬
  • Potter's Creek Park
    ‪40 min drive‬
  • San Antonio, TX (SAT-San Antonio Intl.)
    ‪51 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Upper Floor First Bedroom

1 King Bed and 1 Queen Bed

Upper Fourth Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Upper Second Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Upper Third Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

2 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Upper Floor First Bathroom

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Upper Half Bathroom

Toilet

Upper Second Bathroom

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Dining area

About this property

Water's Edge Retreat - sweeping views from Canyon Lake waterfront, sleeps 12!

Welcome to Water's Edge Retreat!

Sweeping views of Canyon Lake and private lake access too! Need some more keywords for Water's Edge Retreat? Relax, play, eat, sleep, repeat; sunsets, covered deck, al fresco dining, kid fun, refreshing swim, three HDTVs, two ovens for the gourmet, Boat Ramp #, Cranes Mill Marina, just minutes away from making your trip a reality...book now.

At Water's Edge you'll find a wonderful home to gather friends and family. Great for extended family gatherings, couple's trips, retreats, and more. There's plenty of space to spread out and relax in four bedrooms; a rec room with foosball, ping pong, and HDTV; a spacious living room overlooking the lake; a 500 sq. ft. covered deck; a well-equipped kitchen; and your own accessible lake front. Whoever wins the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors and gets the master suite on the second floor will be rewarded with a private sitting room, HDTV, soaking tub and a private deck overlooking the lake.

Don't miss the opportunity to get on the lake! Go for a swim at the lakefront, head over to one of the nearby boat ramps with your personal boat in tow, or to a local marina to rent a boat during your stay. Numerous fun activities are a short drive from Water's Edge - float the Guadalupe, spend the day at Schlitterbahn, tour a winery, enjoy a concert at Whitewater Amphitheater.

****PLEASE NOTE: Water levels in Canyon Lake fluctuate due to drought and other environmental factors. While we strive to provide accurate information, lake conditions can change and may impact water access at this property.

You must be 25 years or older to rent this property. Maximum occupancy at all times is 12 guests and 4 vehicles. Please come and have a good time, but be aware that behavior that is disrespectful or disruptive will result in forfeiting the remainder of your stay. No smoking or pets are allowed on the property.

****PLEASE NOTE: The walk from the back of the home to the lake (and back!) can be challenging for some guests. Ease of entry into the lake varies based on the individual and the water level. Water levels in Canyon Lake fluctuate due to drought and other environmental factors. While we strive to provide accurate information, lake conditions can change and may impact water access at this property. Please call/email for additional access details.

Book your waterfront Canyon Lake getaway with Vacay Hill Country today!

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Languages

English

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Air conditioning
Outdoor space
Water view

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock

About the area

Canyon Lake

Located in Canyon Lake, this holiday home is on the waterfront. The Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country and Whitewater Amphitheatre are cultural highlights, and some of the area's activities can be experienced at Cranes Mill Marina and Dry Comal Creek Winery & Vineyards. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
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Canyon Lake, TX

What's nearby

  • Canyon Lake - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Cranes Mill Marina - 12 min drive - 6.6 km
  • Comal Park - 16 min drive - 11.5 km
  • Canyon Lake Marina - 32 min drive - 29.9 km
  • Potter's Creek Park - 40 min drive - 38.9 km

Getting around

  • San Antonio International Airport (SAT) - 51 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Maven's Inn & Grill - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Dairy Queen - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Robert's By The Lake - ‬31 min drive
  • ‪Canyon City Grill - ‬22 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Water's Edge Retreat - sweeping views from Canyon Lake waterfront, sleeps 12! pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Water's Edge Retreat - sweeping views from Canyon Lake waterfront, sleeps 12!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Water's Edge Retreat - sweeping views from Canyon Lake waterfront, sleeps 12!?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Water's Edge Retreat - sweeping views from Canyon Lake waterfront, sleeps 12! located?

Situated on the waterfront, this holiday home is steps from Canyon Lake and within 6 mi (10 km) of Cranes Mill Marina and Crane's Mill Park. Comal Park and The Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country are also within 9 miles (15 km).

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 32 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 32 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 32 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 32 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 32 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.4/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

8.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Maria R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice

Great place!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marie D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Friends and Family trip

Amazing property and wonderful experience with host. Everything was perfect!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Carol P.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Weekend stay

Pictures are old & don’t portray present day condition. Cleanliness was an issue. Host was prompt in responding by text this weekend, but no one showed to attempt a fix. Check-in was easy.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katrina R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Canyon Lake June

Beautiful view!! Really enjoyed our stay
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Claudia B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome

Excellent location and the property was everything we expected!!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melissa M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful views

Great covered deck with beautiful views.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Abacuc F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good place

I loved this house it had a amazing view and amazing bedrooms my family and I enjoyed everything about that place the location is perfect and it was a amazing place over all
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Clint C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Truly enjoyable!

My fiancé and I truly enjoyed our stay! Spectacular lake view and the house was exactly as pictured/described! We will definitely return again one day!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Melinda B.

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, listing accuracy

Canyon Lake

This was great. The house is very big with an amazing view of the lake
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ashley H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great family getaway

House large enough to separate kids from the adults. Plenty of room for 7 of us. Every living area large enough for evening game nights. Beautiful sunsets every evening. Wildlife awesome to watch in the evenings as well.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ericka R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

We had a great time! The house was perfect for our needs!

Renting was super easy. No issues to speak of.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice home with great view

Nice home with lots of space. Big back patio to see the sun set. Enjoyed the hook & ring swing game on back patio. Access to the lake was a nice hike but enjoyed being able to get in water. Beautiful lake!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Jerry G.

Liked: Check-in, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness, communication

Lake view

Our stay was a great weekend getaway, The deck area and windows could use some cleaning from webs and wasp nests. But overall a great experience.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kelly G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cousins reunion

We had a wonderful time in canyon lake. 5 of us gals. Mom, daughter, aunt, great aunt and cousin. The view from the deck is beautiful. Weather was perfect. The stairs for us in canes was a bit difficult. But we managed. Would have been nice to have a toaster. We enjoyed Gruene and New Braunfels and Wimberley Thank you!!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

4/10 Poor

Alfredo P.

Liked: Location
Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Great location, house outdated, many issues:

Issues: Very dirty place, many bugs, Heat doesn't work properly super HOT in the second floor, super cold in the first floor. Nasty dirty kitchen, completely disorganized, dirty oven, dirty cabinets, lots of spider webs and dead bugs. No exhaust in the first floor bathroom, toilet clogs, house smells, feels dirty overall. Not a great experience.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carly R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Spacious property

Spacious property, beautiful views of the lake. The lake access leaves a lot to be desired. The older members of our family couldn't safely make it to the waters edge. One member went onto the hillside behind the house to retrieve a ball and got a little poison ivy rash on his arm. I had looked forward to the lake access so this was a disappointment but the deck and the rest of the house was lovely.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Alisha S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Spacious

For anyone looking for enough room to fit everyone, this is your place. The master alone can hold a whole family. The split house is perfect to have kids hanging out in one end and adults in the other with a spacious area to meet in the middle. The views from the large deck are captivating. The house comes well stocked with items you need (trash bags, toilet paper, etc). The garage has a ping table that entertained the kids. We did not use the lake access as it was freezing cold but I will warn you that it’s a hike back up. But definitely go enjoy that area.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020
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8/10 Good

Grecia M.

Lovely Time

We loved the house and had so much fun cooking and spending time there, but it would've been so lovely to have the play area in the main living room facing the lake because the garage was extra HOT. We could not use it because it was extremely hot. There was also no hot water in the second bathroom, so we had to shower with cold water, and we, the guests that slept in the room at the end of the hallway on the left side of the house, got bitten by bed ticks :( Other than that, it was great. Thank you for all your help making the reservation.
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6/10 Okay

Sheri T.

3

Although the house was large and spacious, the A/C was not Adequate to keep the bedrooms cool. It was like a sauna during the day. The bathroom shower has the hot and cold switched, and the house is in need of some maintenance and upkeep. The exterior has cobwebs and bug nest everywhere. In addition, it needs to be stocked properly. No dish towels for the kitchen - had to go buy some, and limited D/W soap and trash bags.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
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8/10 Good

Shalla R.

4

This house was huge! Lot's of space for large families. Comfortable beds and plenty of room for the 10 of us. The back deck was amazing and the view was breathtaking! Some downsides.... The refrigerator did not get very cold, cold enough to keep the food from going bad, but drinks and milk were not cold enough. It was also not big enough to accommodate a lot of people, so I recommend you bring some ice chests to keep your cold drinks in. We were very disappointed in the lake access, and the shoreline. The trek down is not for older guests or ones with limited mobility as it was pretty steep and had unstable footing. The shore line was nothing but big rocks, no where to set chairs or a canopy, not to mention trying to haul all that stuff down there. We brought Kayaks, and it was very difficult to get them down to the water. Worse part....coming back up! We only made that trip once. We were So looking forward to just sitting at the shore line, swimming, floating and kayaking and having lunch. A couple suggestions for the owners: The Master suite bathroom should have a door that closes and the shower doors should be frosted. We had 2 couples staying in this room. There were no table lamps in the master suite which would have been more suitable. I would suggest in these very hot Texas summers, for the Hosts to set the thermostat quite a bit lower upon guest arrival,especially since check in is not until 4:00 pm which is part of the hottest part of the day. It was so hot inside and it took several hours to cool off the bedrooms, as they are all upstairs.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
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4/10 Poor

Jeremy M.

Very disappointed

Make sure you read all the reviews and book accordingly. I really wanted to like this place and it has a lot of potential to be a great place to stay. Unfortunately it is not worth the money they are charging. We went during the week and received a discounted rate. If I had paid the normal rate for this house I would have been extremely upset. Let me start with the good points. The house it located on the lake and has lake access. It is a long stairway down but not too bad unless you are elderly or handicapped in some way. The house is very big with plenty of space. Kitchen is large with lots of counter space and cabinets. Large deck has an amazing view of the lake which is the best feature of the house. Plenty of parking. The bads are plentiful. First and foremost is the absolute inhospitable temperatures in the 3 bedrooms over the garage. For the first two days the temps were pushing 90 degrees. It was unloveable and no one could sleep up there or even stand to be up there for more than a view minutes to change or use the bathroom. There is nothing wrong with the ac. As they sent a technician out and he checked everything. He said this ac needs to be ran for at least two days to get it down to a cool temp from where it was when we arrived. There are no blackout curtains or solar screens on the windows which would help immensely. Also every time we left the house the thermostat would somehow be changed to 78 so any cooling we received before then was lost and had to start over. No one was able to sleep in those rooms until the third night and even then the temps were still in the upper 70s. If this is not addressed I do not recommend staying here in the summer. As half the house is not useable. As I said before the house is very large but the space is not laid out well at all. The 3 bedrooms above the garage are small and have small beds. If you sleep 2 to a bed which would not be comfortable for 2 adults you could sleep 6 up there. It would be very tight and uncomfortable though. Nice sized 2nd full bath but unfortunately along with the unbearable heat. The shower did not work. The master is huge and there is a 2nd bed in there but who wants to share a master suite with another couple or kids??? The master could easily be made into 2 rooms and share the master bath with is also very large. All the furniture is well used and nothing really matches. A lot of it is beat up. The whole place needs to be updated. You can tell this is not a personally owned property as there is just no care to be seen. Everything is just ok. We've stayed in lots of air b and bs and this is by far the worst experience we have had. All it would take is someone just to care a little bit and this would be a great place. It just falls well short of the mark. If they do not fix the ac issue I would avoid this unit at all cost. It's just such a huge shortfall. Hopefully I'm able to get some kind of refund for only being able to use half the house.

10/10 Excellent

Daniel L., San Marcos

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Canyon Lake

The view was spectacular! Only issues: could not connect to WI-Fi and the ‘queen’ beds were more like ‘full-size’ beds. Our family had a great time enjoying the lake, games, bbq-ing, etc.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Jared K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Long Weekend

Overall we had a great time staying at this property surprisingly the only issue we had was enough seating in the main rooms....possibly some additional love seats and/or recliners would have been nice during football season!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

4/10 Poor

Renee Z.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness

Space

The house has lots of space but is not well maintained. The light fixtures are covered in spider webs and dust. The floors poorly cleaned. We could not go barefoot due to the grime on the floor and carpet. I would say has not had a good deep cleaning in some time. Most furnishings are well worn but are clean. The yard has not been mowed in a while. The side of the house has broken light fixtures piled up. The heat went out while we were there and we were cold for a day. The repair guy said he knew of the problem but had yet been given the go ahead to do the work. I was in hopes the Thanksgiving holiday would be nice for my children and grandkids. We have all been working hard to overcome grief this year. I heard my son whisper to my daughter in law “ this place is so sad and dirty”. My heart hurts to think that I didn’t provide them with a nice place for their first Thanksgiving without their father. I hope they use this review to deep clean, dust and clean the place up. The lake view is beautiful and peaceful. The fireplace is not functional but would have helped out when we didn’t have heat. The kitchen is stocked with plenty of dishes/cookware to cook Thanksgiving dinner. The deer in the yard are wonderful. WiFi is not reliable so don’t expect to work online while there. Thank goodness I had no work plans which is unusual for me.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2021
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8/10 Good

Austin

Great Experience

Had a great time and so much fun with the ping pong table and lake access. Make sure you bring all terrain shoes or sandals due to the rocky shoreline. Great memory and highly recommend.

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