Camp Mystic proposes selling property as part of bankruptcy plan

(NBC, KYMA) - Camp Mystic has proposed selling its property as legal troubles have continued to mount for the Texas Hill Country retreat.

The private Christian camp for girls has submitted a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan in Houston that proposes auctioning off the enterprise's 749 acres of land on the South Fork of the Guadalupe River, along with all its other assets, to an independent buyer.

The camp's owners said they expect the purchaser to be backed by an ad hoc group of families that support the camp.

Nothing in the Chapter 11 plan requires the buyer to operate the property as a camp.

Still, the owners are expressing their "preference" for a purchaser who will "maintain the historic mission" of Camp Mystic.

The Eastland family has owned the camp for decades and initially sought to reopen this summer, but faced fierce opposition from victims' families and state lawmakers, lawsuits, and legislative investigations into what went wrong.

Over 20 campers and two counselors were killed when the river surged over its banks in the pre-dawn hours of July 4, 2025.

Camp owner and director Richard Eastland also was killed. They were among at least 136 people who lost their lives along a several-mile stretch of the river.