Big Bend National Park33
Campsite #33 at Rio Grande Village Campground, Big Bend National Park, TX
$16
Campsite #33
| Drive-In | 8 people |
| 30 ft | Back-In |
| 2 | fair |
5/17
Campsite #33 Features: Drive-In access, Back-In parking, 30ft driveway, Food Storage Locker, Picnic Table, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed
Campsite Reviews (16)
5.0 out of 5
| 5 star | | 63% |
| 4 star | | 25% |
| 3 star | | 6% |
| 2 star | | 6% |
| 1 star | | 0% |
@RubenTC5C40F23 · Camped on Apr 10, 2025 at Campsite #33
Wonderful place, well be back as soon as we can and explore everything we missed this time.
@AnthonyB906983 · Camped on Jan 29, 2025 at Campsite #33
Great spot that is not really next to people, theres trees between the campsites
@PatriciaG56300 · Camped on Jan 14, 2025 at Campsite #33
Positives: Private campsite as it is surrounded by small shrubs and trees, some with large thorns. Set back from road with parking for single car between campsite and road. Concrete picnic table with large storage locker next to table. Bathroom, with separate facility to dispose of wash water for dishes, is a relatively close walk, maybe a third of a block. The site prior, 31 ,appears to have a direct route to bathhouse through the back of the campsite. Site 33 did not. Adequate space for a larger tent. Tent sites across the road may be better to camp with tent but backs up to open space; coyote noted a couple of times on campsites other side of road, nose to ground smelling. ( Bring nonscented babywipes if you want to store in tent). As it is very quiet at this part of campground, any noise from neighbors is easily heard. It was quite cold, quiet, maybe everyone went to bed early. Majority in campground were camping in vehicles or trailers. Big Bend was of course big plus. Staying in park gives advantage to hiking, birding, early in AM/PM, bird variety, scenery. Great ranger talk in evening at Rio Grande Village, despite cold and windy ! Good talk on geology/geography of park, dinosaurs of park, including Deinosuchus, a bit on early inhabitants, Native Americans. No cell. For wifi I found the border crossing building at Boquillos had good wifi, accessible outside the building. Don't have to be going to Mexico to use but smallish parking lot. No wifi was available at Rio Gran Village store that I could find. Hopefully, border crossing will remain open. Negatives: Many small rocks inherent throughout this site which one cannot 'remove'. Be sure to bring good pad. I had Exped plus placed a thicker exercise pad underneath it. ( Thicker than a yoga mat). I did not feel any rocks. Had a thick quilt for the inside of the floor tent to further cushion. It was in low 30's at night so had brought these primarily for warmth.
@CandaceBAB0A1A · Camped on Dec 26, 2024 at Campsite #33
Very nice campground, the camp hosts, a couple, were delightful, wish I could remember their names. The bathrooms were clean, and the campsites as well, with a large metal box for food, and what not, so that the critters stay away. It is close to the general store, and gas pumps, and the store has showers, $2.00 for 5 min. nice hot water after a bit. If you need cell service you get it at the general store.
@Alexander40367 · Camped on Dec 25, 2024 at Campsite #33
Great campground. Quiet, peaceful, and clean. Camp hosts did a great job keeping the sites organized and clean.
@GERRISHWDC3D71 · Camped on Apr 17, 2024 at Campsite #33
Our campsite was small and very tight. In general, the campground has too many sites for the size of the campground resulting in a feeling of being James in with little isolation from others
@ThienN974FAEBF · Camped on Mar 9, 2024 at Campsite #33
the park is well kept and clean. our only complaint is there are no showers in the campground. there are coin operated showers at the store.
@PaulK4963226 · Camped on Mar 5, 2024 at Campsite #33
Quiet location for tent camping. Beautiful walk/hike nearby at Rio Grande Village Nature Trail. Close proximity to the "must visit" Hot Springs Historic Trail.
@KurtS1880482 · Camped on Dec 14, 2023 at Campsite #33
Site was amazing! Sky was amazing! Park was amazing! The campground itself was very quiet, but there was no enforcement of quiet hours, so people staying up late and being loud was a negative.
@AndrewA243 · Camped on Nov 4, 2021 at Campsite #33
Not enough campsites are 1st come 1st serve. This is a major problem as many people made their reservation and didn't even bother to show up (ie, sites were vacant that could have been released to the public). I wanted to stay a 2nd night but did not have that option. Also, people ran generators after the time allowed, and obnoxious people made noise before 6am because they wanted to be on some time schedule and pack up at that ungodly hour.
@WAIKITL635 · Camped on Apr 15, 2021 at Campsite #33
campsite ground was so tight packed that it was difficult to hammer in spikes. As a matter of fact, a few of the metal spikes were deformed from all the hammering.
@BethE593 · Camped on Mar 19, 2021 at Campsite #33
My favorite was the Santa Elena Canyon! Beautiful scenery, and I loved my stay at the Rio Grande Village!
@JohnD719 · Camped on Mar 17, 2021 at Campsite #33
Greta place to camp. Love the Nature Trail @ sunset.
@JanellN458 · Camped on Feb 12, 2021 at Campsite #33
This national park is amazing! The campgrounds are nice. It was great to have generator free zones. We ended up going during the big freeze but still enjoyed our stay here. Will go back someday when the weather cooperates.
@JamesL184 · Camped on Feb 10, 2021 at Campsite #33
Big Bend is a great park. Would like a first come first serve camping area. Online reservations were a pain.
@DanielR895 · Camped on Feb 1, 2021 at Campsite #33
Had a great time here. Quiet, spacious campground. Camp spots are of a good size, and all I saw had good flat spaces for tents. Nearby store was well equipped with snacks, drinks, and some staples like eggs and flour (they also sold gas and diesel). Only complaint was that staying here for three nights I had to stay in three separate campspots - 18, 29, 33 - due to the fullness of the campground.
Stayed here in a camper van.
Stayed here in a camper van.
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