What to do between San Antonio and Carlsbad Caverns
I was thinking of visiting Carlsbad Caverns when heading west from San Antonio but the 7 hour drive is a bit long to handle in one shot. Do you know of any interesting stops between the two?
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We visited Balmorhea, Davis Mountains & Carlsbad in Sept.
Our Trip Report: Touring Chihuahuan Desert Using State Parks
We used TX 17 to reach US 285 at Pecos. On can hit the 285 at Ft. Stockton. US 285 wasn't a bad road, but it has a tremendous amount of oil field traffic on it. The Oil Patch is booming in Texas & New Mexico now. Lot of tankers, dump trucks & other oil field related traffic.
TX 17 was a good road as well, with a moderate amount of oil related traffic as well.
I-10 has a speed limit of 80 miles per hour. We didn't drive that fast of course & it wasn't hard driving it.
If you happen to be in Van Horn & need a place to overnight, the Desert Willow RV Park is a very nice place to do so.
Oct 28: we overnighted at Desert Willow RV Park. New to being Passport America (not in the listing book). We were pleasantly surprised with it. Small, yes, and all gravel, but all pull throughs & a very clean restroom/shower. Didn't use them, but very clean. Extremely friendly & nice staff. $12.50 with the PA discount.
Sonora Caverns might be a neat stop off I-10 (they do have an RV park at them also, I believe) but have never stopped.
I've read many reports of those saying to take US 90 from San Antonio to keep off the busy 10. More miles I would think. Big Bend Nat'l Park is south of Alpine/Fort Davis area as well. A neat place.
Seminole Canyon SP is off of US 90. Never been but intend to do so by end of next year.
Should be a nice time to visit the :)Big Bend Area. We really enjoyed Balmorhea State Park (but might be a little cold for swimming there now) & checking out Fort Davis Nat'l Historic Site.
We did Big Bend on one our Spring Breaks some years ago. End of March, Start of April.
And the new Boquillas Port of Entry might be some you would want to do. Not something we have done or would do.
There is a Passport America RV Park in Marathon, too. Never used it, but have read good reviews for it.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park would be worth a stop at the visitor center if nothing else. A nice, small one but very interesting. Southwest of the Caverns, but on the way if you use the Van Horn Route.
Our Trip Report: Touring Chihuahuan Desert Using State Parks
We used TX 17 to reach US 285 at Pecos. On can hit the 285 at Ft. Stockton. US 285 wasn't a bad road, but it has a tremendous amount of oil field traffic on it. The Oil Patch is booming in Texas & New Mexico now. Lot of tankers, dump trucks & other oil field related traffic.
TX 17 was a good road as well, with a moderate amount of oil related traffic as well.
I-10 has a speed limit of 80 miles per hour. We didn't drive that fast of course & it wasn't hard driving it.
If you happen to be in Van Horn & need a place to overnight, the Desert Willow RV Park is a very nice place to do so.
Oct 28: we overnighted at Desert Willow RV Park. New to being Passport America (not in the listing book). We were pleasantly surprised with it. Small, yes, and all gravel, but all pull throughs & a very clean restroom/shower. Didn't use them, but very clean. Extremely friendly & nice staff. $12.50 with the PA discount.
Sonora Caverns might be a neat stop off I-10 (they do have an RV park at them also, I believe) but have never stopped.
I've read many reports of those saying to take US 90 from San Antonio to keep off the busy 10. More miles I would think. Big Bend Nat'l Park is south of Alpine/Fort Davis area as well. A neat place.
Seminole Canyon SP is off of US 90. Never been but intend to do so by end of next year.
Should be a nice time to visit the :)Big Bend Area. We really enjoyed Balmorhea State Park (but might be a little cold for swimming there now) & checking out Fort Davis Nat'l Historic Site.
We did Big Bend on one our Spring Breaks some years ago. End of March, Start of April.
And the new Boquillas Port of Entry might be some you would want to do. Not something we have done or would do.
There is a Passport America RV Park in Marathon, too. Never used it, but have read good reviews for it.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park would be worth a stop at the visitor center if nothing else. A nice, small one but very interesting. Southwest of the Caverns, but on the way if you use the Van Horn Route.
