Big Bend National Park - Terlingua, Texas
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| Address: Unknown | Coordinates: 29.250200, -103.250450 | |
| Site Type: National Park Service | Status: Unofficial | |
| Open Dates: All year | Max Stay Length: 14 days | |
| Road Type: Dirt | Miles to Paved Road: Unknown | |
| Number of Sites: Unknown | Max RV Length : 20' | |
| Contact Email: | Contact Phone: Unknown | |
| Website: www.nps.gov/bibe/ | ||
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For anyone who’s traveling in a small rig (truck bed camper or really small trailer, like a Casita), there are quite a few free boondocking spots in Big Bend NP. Mostly on the road to Rio Grande Village. Anywhere except the Chisos Basin.
There’s a dump station at the Rio Grande Campground, where you can get water too.
Ask about these sites at the visitor center. Your only fee would be the $20 car pass for the week that everyone has to pay to get in the park. Well worth it!
Campers are reporting the need to purchase a “Back Country Permit” from the ranger station. The permit is $10/two weeks. Developed campgrounds in the park run $10-14/night.
Water, trash services, and dump stations are available at the developed campgrounds.
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| Amenities: - Dump Station - Drinking Water - Restrooms - Shower House |
Activities: - Hiking Trails - Wildlife Viewing - ATV Trails - Horse Trails |
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Posted by Anonymous
on Mar 1, 2009
For the Backcountry Roadside Camping Sites you describe you must also pay a $10 Backcountry Permit Fee good for 14 days. For your $10 Backcountry Permit you can combine Roadside Camping with Chisos Mountain backpacking or desert backpacking or river camping if you choose.
Also I have found that most of the Backcountry Roadside Camping Sites can accomodate any size rig. About 20% of them are well maintained gravel roads and can accomodate sedans or trucks pulling RVs as well as large motor homes if you are a careful driver. If you are concerned about a large rig check with a Ranger about specific roads. This is a well run park and anyone who is an experienced and realistic camper will be pleased with what is available. For example we stayed at the K-Bar #1 campsite and .5 miles from the highway an old ranch house still used for maintenance equipment has tables and a year round water faucet available.
We had really good WIFI internet at the Chisos Basin and the Rio Grande Village. We were able to sit at picnic tables and use our WIFI while we took showers in the Rio Grande village.
Do not take a trailer of any size to travel the dirt roads along the way to Rio Grande Village without checking them out first. You might get away with a small one to Hot Springs, K-Bar or Dug Out Wells but they are day use only and very short trips. Do not get on the Glen Springs Road with any trailer. The road is single lane and very rough. If you meet someone, one has to back up to a wide spot in the road to pass, and there are very few wide spots.
Def. make sure you explicitly ask for the back-country permit. The ranger we had tried to tell us that we could only camp in a campground, until we were specific about the back-country bit.
Also: def. recommend the short hike to the hot springs as a nice alternative to the pay showers.