Campsite #8 at Cottonwood Campground, Big Bend National Park, TX

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Campsite #8

11 reviews
Drive-In 8 people
30 ft Back-in
2 poor
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Campsite #8 Features: Drive-In access, Back-in parking, 30ft driveway, Food Storage Locker, Picnic Table, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed

Campsite Reviews (10)

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@EvanZ1DACD89B1 · Camped on Nov 3, 2024 at Campsite #8
Campsites in the middle loop are too close, quiet hours not enforced. Toilets were clean and well maintained. Nearby camp store in Castolon was convenient.
@RogerL6012204 · Camped on Mar 16, 2024 at Campsite #8
Due to the reservation system I had to move my tent three times. Very inconvenient. The campground host would TALK with other campers for lengths outside tents of sleeping campers for long periods disregarding campers might want to sleep in. One time talking to a female Ranger in a running truck for 20 minutes, immediately next to several sleeping campers. You would think being in a natural area like BIBE that they would conserve fuel and shut down the vehicle while gabbing.
@BethY1236269 · Camped on Apr 1, 2023 at Campsite #8
The campground host was friendly and knowledgable. Absolutley loved the Saint Elena Canyon hike. We were also given great tips for watching the sunset from an overlook. Very few people in the park, it was like you had it all to yourself.
@PatriciaF780 · Camped on Jan 1, 2022 at Campsite #8
Absolutely great, the host were fantastic and the are was clean!
@RichardW901 · Camped on Dec 17, 2021 at Campsite #8
Nice campground, friendly hosts. Good wildlife sightings
@ErinR423 · Camped on Nov 30, 2021 at Campsite #8
I enjoyed the campground but it wasn't very private. Hardly any trees remain which is sad. But it was clean and quiet
@KennyS305 · Camped on Nov 23, 2021 at Campsite #8
Campground was excellent. Several upgrades to sites and pit toilets were welcomed after the fire and Covid issues. Reservations experience was a disaster as I was mislead by Reservations.org website and personnel I talked with on the phone. I'll know next time how to play the system and get the dates and spaces I want. 5 campsites were not occupied the night of our stay, yet they showed to be booked weeks in advance. Not fair.
@RobertH953 · Camped on Nov 17, 2021 at Campsite #8
Calm clean and way out there. We loved it.
@PhilD471 · Camped on Feb 19, 2021 at Campsite #8
The rec.gov site sucks. We had to move every night into different campsites and yet there were people who didn’t show up and there seems to be no way fir the camp hosts to release sites theist were left unoccupied.
@EdenM245 · Camped on Jan 3, 2021 at Campsite #8
So many birds around camp, and lots of places to hike nearby. We really enjoyed our stay here!

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