Heart O’ the Hills, a summer camp for girls, has announced a new location and ownership for the 2026 season.

Elisabeth and John Hay purchased Heart O’ the Hills from the Ragsdale family and took ownership on Nov. 5.

“The Ragsdale family had been in internal discussion about the need to ‘pass the torch’ at Heart for a few years, but the events of July 4 moved the needle forward,” wrote Kathy Ragsdale, chairman of the family company that owned the camp.

The Ragsdale family held ownership of Heart for 49 of its 72 years.

Jane Ragsdale, former director of Heart O’ the Hills camp, was killed during the Hill Country floods over the Fourth of July weekend. The floods killed 119 people across the Hill Country, including 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic.

The camp will move to a 70-acre

See Full Page