Thinking of stopping by the park while in Texas. Any recommendations on Camping locations driving a Class A

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

There are several in and near Sturdy Butte, which is right outside the gate. If you visit off-season, not the fall-winter, then your choices reduce to one: Rio Grande Village RV Campground. It basically just a dirt parking lot but has FHU. The other one we saw, that was closed, wasn't even close to being a level parking lot. There is a resort type CG but it is 15 miles or so south in the next town. There is one FHU cg in the park, I'm not sure how big a unit can get in there.Oh yeah as mentioned above, stock up before you get there. There is a modern but small market with prices as expected in the back side of nowhere.

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 BendWe 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.

Just outside the west entrance is Terlingua. An old mercury mining ghost town. There is a private park with fhu. The park is basic, there is shopping, also central to visit Big Bend & Rio Grande SP. to the west. The sites to see in BB are toward the west side such as Santa Elena Canyon, Jacals ( pronounced Hacal) dwellings of early residents. Look for, do not buy from the Mexicans who wade across the river to sell their crafts. They are safe, its wrong to encourage what they do.

agesilaus wrote:Rio Grande Village RV Campground. It basically just a dirt parking lot but has FHU. Rio Grande Village 'campground' does not have full hookups. This is the one we enjoyed with our 40' MH. No hookups but bigger sites.The Rio Grande Village RV park nearby has full hookups and it's paved. It can take a 40' MH.The park is huge and staying in the park saves a lot of driving and gives a better experience of being right there.

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agesilaus
Explorer III
Jan 06, 2018
There are several in and near Sturdy Butte, which is right outside the gate. If you visit off-season, not the fall-winter, then your choices reduce to one: Rio Grande Village RV Campground. It basically just a dirt parking lot but has FHU. The other one we saw, that was closed, wasn't even close to being a level parking lot. There is a resort type CG but it is 15 miles or so south in the next town. There is one FHU cg in the park, I'm not sure how big a unit can get in there.

Oh yeah as mentioned above, stock up before you get there. There is a modern but small market with prices as expected in the back side of nowhere.
enblethen
Nomad
Jan 06, 2018
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

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