Big Bend National Park57
Campsite #57 at Rio Grande Village Campground, Big Bend National Park, TX
$16
Campsite #57
| Drive-In | 8 people |
| 30 ft | Back-In |
| 2 | weak |
5/29
6/1
Campsite #57 Features: Drive-In access, Back-In parking, 30ft driveway, Food Storage Locker, Picnic Table, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed
Campsite Reviews (11)
3.0 out of 5
| 5 star | | 27% |
| 4 star | | 45% |
| 3 star | | 27% |
| 2 star | | 0% |
| 1 star | | 0% |
@MaureenS904301 · Camped on Jan 22, 2025 at Campsite #57
We enjoyed our site and the views around us were amazing . The star gazing evening was well worth it - the instructor really knew his info and was so helpful
@NicholasH39633 · Camped on Dec 13, 2024 at Campsite #57
Great place
@MaryUA9A83072D · Camped on Nov 26, 2024 at Campsite #57
Campsite was large and clean. I came in at night and it is very dark! (great stars). This area is dark sky certified, so please turn off your strings of lights and large outdoor lights with RV's. Bathrooms are good, water was easy to find.
@SamanthaO2B7C4 · Camped on Apr 4, 2024 at Campsite #57
The bathrooms were clean, camphost were friendly, and we were thankful to have a campsite in big bend. However how the campground is makes you feel like your at a private campground. Two complaints though: every site should have a shade structure since many of the trees are not big enough to provide it. And with no other vegetation, except grass, you feel like you're camping on top of each other. It is a great area to view the stars though
@WolfgangM902 · Camped on Jan 17, 2022 at Campsite #57
We love the views at this park, and the hiking. Would be nice to have a shower house, though. Be prepared for no cell service during your stay.
@DennisS226 · Camped on Jan 5, 2022 at Campsite #57
The park was awesome. Sante Elena, Rio Grande, Chios Basin were all amazing. I was disappointed there was NO FOOD SERVICE anywhere in the park! This park is too big to have no food available anywhere and no warning there would be no food available. Also, in each of 2 sections of campgrounds we parked near campers that had FLASHING LIGHTS on all night long. This park is touted as a dark night park and the experience was totally ruined by flashing colored lights! I would expect some guidelines to prevent campers from this scandalous practice. Totally annoying for all campers. Regardless, the park was awesome as well as the hot springs. Bring cash to buy food there.
@JonathanB151 · Camped on Aug 17, 2021 at Campsite #57
Bathroom was fairly clean. Beautiful scenery. It was monsoon and cicada season so had to deal with that. Horses and cows mosey throughout the campground grazing which is pretty amazing if you're into that sort of thing. Much hotter than chisos basin, but great in its own way.
@MoezS162 · Camped on Jun 5, 2021 at Campsite #57
Must see Santa Elena, lost mine trail, balanced rock.
@CharlieK303 · Camped on Apr 19, 2021 at Campsite #57
Would have been a 5 except that when they "flood irrigated" our area, there was water under part of our trailer and 2" water between our trailer and our truck. Note: both were parked on the designated high spots, but apparently the weir got set too high that night. It took 2 days to recide and the area was still muddy when we left. Otherwise, a great stay and plan to return sometime in the future.
@JustinM827 · Camped on Jan 2, 2021 at Campsite #57
My wife and I love Big Bend and were excited when campsites opened up that allowed us to slip in a quick trip over New Years. It was my kids' first time out to the park. And what a treat to be out there for a tremendous snow dump in the desert. We hauled our pop-up camper and stayed at Rio Grande Village for two nights. Over two days we did both Boquias and Santa Elena Canyon along with a couple other small hikes. We were not able to venture into the basin as the snow and ice caused closures. But as we always say about trips to big places, "next time!"
I should add that we felt very safe and accommodated by all the precautions taken related to COVID.
I should add that we felt very safe and accommodated by all the precautions taken related to COVID.
@HeidiF600 · Camped on Dec 28, 2020 at Campsite #57
We had an enjoyable two night stay in the campground last week while car camping in BBNP. I will add though that if the campground had been open at full occupancy I might have thought otherwise. The loop we were in had very little privacy, but since there was no one on either side of us it wasn't an issue. The small restroom rarely had any other people in it besides me. A band of javelinas roamed through in the evening. We brought a
small propane fire pit since campfires aren't allowed and it was just enough to warm us up while sitting outside on a cold evening.
Campground host was very personable. Don't miss the overlook trail at sunset!
small propane fire pit since campfires aren't allowed and it was just enough to warm us up while sitting outside on a cold evening.
Campground host was very personable. Don't miss the overlook trail at sunset!
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