Camping Near Big Bend national Park Texas

enblethen wrote:
We stayed at Rio Grande Village as we were there during winter cold spell. They have hook-ups. There is not many supplies or fuel available so come prepared.
The adjacent NPS Campground looked good. No hook-ups.
Lots of trees and wildlife through out the park.
Big Bend

We stayed one night in the non-FHU 3 years ago - in January. Saw a javelina walk past the front of the van camper in our campsite while star gazing. It's pretty much a dark sky park at night. And everyone who mentioned bring what you need for your entire stay, is correct. Even the gas station at the little c/g store looked closed for business when we were there. The PPU showers (I think there were 3 total) were not terribly clean looking. Not a problem if you're self contained/FHU ready.
It does feel middle of nowhere, but we liked that. Some of the land adjacent to the river was flooded when we went down to the river's edge for a walk before we turned in for the night. Not sure why.
The FHU c/g was almost full, and the non-FHU wasn't even close to full, which struck me as odd in January. I thought there would be more snowbirds down there escaping the cold. Some of the FHU c/g rigs were from Canada. A class A would do OK in the FHU campground, and I think there were some large pull-throughs and back-ins in the non FHU c/g.
I guess the main snowbirds group were all roosting in Yuma. It was packed.