Decent CGs around the El Paso/VH/FS area?
I am looking for a CG/RV park around the El Paso/Van Horn/Fort Stockton area (fairly large leeway) that is decently safe, and perhaps somewhat pleasant to camp at. This will be a place for an overnig...
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Yeah, I would not want to try to stay at that rest area DesertHawk mentioned. Very small and tight, no parking lot. You would park (leaning to starboard) right along the (short) access road, with visitors coming and going and parking right by you on the road all night. Maybe use Google Earth to confirm my memory of it, because I was too busy freezing my ***** off using the open air toilets. :)
EDIT to add: Ok, I got curious and checked the satellite view, and was able to find 3 rest areas. The full facility one is not the one I described above, which was somewhere else in west TX. All 3 that I see are still parking off to the sides, but there is a fair bit of room and they have picnic pavillions you can park by. Only the one that DesertHawk mentioned has full services. For just parking, there looks to be a roomier one just west of the junction of I-10 & I-20. There is another one just west of Van Horn. I'm only looking at them by satellite so who knows. Except for the last one I mentioned, there were vehicles parked in the photos so you get an idea of the scale. Maybe the last one was shut down.
Alternatively, you could probably find a roomy gas station at an exit that would let you park out of the way for 5 bucks or maybe free if you bought fuel and/or snacks. We had one place offer that to us when we asked if it would be okay to park back there for lunch. But this was not in the stretch you are asking about.
EDIT to add: Ok, I got curious and checked the satellite view, and was able to find 3 rest areas. The full facility one is not the one I described above, which was somewhere else in west TX. All 3 that I see are still parking off to the sides, but there is a fair bit of room and they have picnic pavillions you can park by. Only the one that DesertHawk mentioned has full services. For just parking, there looks to be a roomier one just west of the junction of I-10 & I-20. There is another one just west of Van Horn. I'm only looking at them by satellite so who knows. Except for the last one I mentioned, there were vehicles parked in the photos so you get an idea of the scale. Maybe the last one was shut down.
Alternatively, you could probably find a roomy gas station at an exit that would let you park out of the way for 5 bucks or maybe free if you bought fuel and/or snacks. We had one place offer that to us when we asked if it would be okay to park back there for lunch. But this was not in the stretch you are asking about.
