Chisos Basin Campground (Big Bend, TX)

look at site descriptions carefully before booking. Some sites have much more privacy than others. Some don't have tent pads.
We were van camping and had basically a wide spot off the road to pull off onto. None the less the views of surrounding mountain were great and bath house convenient. Trailhead for the Window takes off from campground and it's and easy hop to visitor center where basin trails start

George was the best camp host! First ever out there and I will be back!

My first experience reserving a campsite online. Went very well no issues, Rangers at Panther Junction were very helpful. Our site was ready and tagged when we arrived, the only thing that didn't cooperate was the weather. Hey,that's camping, Chisos was great as usual, actually enjoyed the rain and overcast skies(rare in the Big Bend). Thanks!!

Great location, clean

We were so fortunate to grab a cancellation on one of the few sites that would fit us while in Big Bend at Chisos Campground! Incredible views of Casa Grande! Very nice & accommodating Host!
Wish a 2nd night was available but grateful for the opportunity!

We had site #30 and were very lucky. There was an unusual heat wave in April and it was hot. All the sites around us were sunny and ours had shade. We left a day early as the heat brought in a lot of gnats making it difficult to sit outside. The view is beautiful in the basin especially when the sun starts to go down. We took hikes at Boquillas Canyon, St. Elena Canyon, and one near the visitor’s center. Have all your food supplies at this is a remote park. We enjoyed our time there.

Chisos Basin was a great campsite — well equipped with great views & very friendly staff. Highly recommend!

Everything was great and as expected. My site didn’t have a small shade shelter than some of the other sites had, and I will definitely get one with that if I visit Big Bend in the spring again. Only thing that was not operational was the showers, as there was a drought restricting water usage when I visited. Overall it was a beautiful campground and I will be returning in the winter hopefully early next year.

Beautiful experience with only one exception… the camp host or park host approached us the wrong way when we arrived.. nowhere in the advertisement or website stated no shower tent was allowed which I am fine with but instead of approaching us and saying hello and welcoming us he came barking orders and it was not polite.. I was close to telling him off but I kept it professional. I was in campsite 39 and I stayed it was not for a shower it was a privacy tent for us to clean up since park has no showers .. he was just rude. I gave him and his partner a koozie from our YouTube page just to keep the peace because he wasn’t polite.. a couple days later another older gentleman came up and was very polite and admired our camp set up and stated he loved our sign.. we will definitely be staying again but you definitely need to teach some of the host being polite goes a long way.

Site #38 is great if you have a family-size group. There were six of us and we were able to easily fit three well-spaced tents on the site. The picnic table has a roof over it and there are a couple of shade trees. It's very close to one restroom, but not so close that the noise bothered us. It's also within easy walking distance to the other restroom. Camp host Bill was very nice and even lent us some tools to help us pull out our tent stakes when we left. If you only have one tent, I would highly recommend site #49 for its beautiful view and proximity to a restroom. But #49 is one of the sites that can only be reserved with two weeks' notice, as opposed to six months' notice on most of the other sites.