a summer ranch camp of about 400 acres 1.6 km in the texas hill country . the ranch was founded in 1953 by dr. s. thomas friedman and minnie samet friedman . it is located south of kerrville near medina . echo hill was founded as a noncompetitive child centered ranch camp for boys and girls ages 6 14 . echo hill ranch is the current residence of texas musician writer gubernatorial candidate kinky friedman . 1 july 24 2013 the camp announced via their facebook page that it would not reopen for summer of 2014 . after the death of the founders of the ranch the property was inherited by their three children richard samet kinky friedman marci friedman and roger friedman . references edit echo hill ranch camp concludes its final summer by jackie schicker in the jewish herald voice ; published august 15 2013 ; retrieved january 29 2016 external links edit official website u.s. geological survey geographic names information system echo hill ranch v t e summer camps in the u.s. state of texas camps echo hill ranch kerrville camp el tesoro granbury ymca camp flaming arrow hunt lone star camp tilden boy scout camps camp casa mare seabrook camp constantin mineral wells el rancho cima wimberley james ray scout reservation pottsboro camp meisenbach athens camp wisdom dallas coordinates 29 54 37 n 99 17 40 w 29.910194 n 99.294498 w 29.910194 ; 99.294498 this article about a building or structure in texas is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article related to camping is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title echo hill ranch & oldid 730137133 categories summer camps in texascompanies based in texasbuildings and structures in kerr county texastexas building and structure stubscamping stubshidden categories coordinates on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 july 2016 at 23 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view