Chisos Basin Campground (big Bend, Tx)

The bathrooms at this campground were always clean and well maintained. Only wish there were showers! We went at the end of May and while the days were awfully hot, the evenings cooled off and it was comfortable to sleep in our tent. The ground was extremely rocky where we had to set up our tent and we had no shade but some other sites did have metal pergolas over their metal picnic tables. Driving back to our campsite in the evening proved eventful. One night we saw a Mexican black bear crossing the road and the next night we saw a bobcat. Both were 2 miles away from the campsite. Our meal at Chisos Mountains Lodge wasn't very good and I chose the lunch meat we brought with us over finishing my leftovers.

Loved this campsite. Amazing views of the night sky. At the end of the loop, so not many people passing by. Room for a tent at either end of the site, though the right hand site might be overlooked slightly by your neighbour. Ground is tough, but pegs went in fine with the help of a hammer (or rock) once you find the right spot.

The Rio Grande river was dried up. This was very sad and alarming.

The campground was quite nice. The hosts were very helpful and friendly. It was hot, but that's no one's fault.

The campgrounds and trails are very well maintained! Beautiful hikes and scenery. Everything was great except the visitor centers staff. The staff were rude over the phone and acted annoyed that someone would call the desk to ask them questions about that park rather than look it up online. Other than that, the parks rangers were great, all the other staff were friendly and overall a very pleasant experience.

Jeff and Kim were wonderful camp hosts. Chisos Basin was clean and well maintained. Will stay there again.

It was an amazing experience spending 5 days in Big Bend National Park.

We loved Chisos Basin Loop 1, Site 16! The view through “the window” and looking up at Casa Grande from our table was amazing. It wasn’t a level site for our tent, but we made it work. The bathrooms were fine and the camp host was very helpful. In hot May, this was the only place to camp in Big Bend. It was a long drive to Rio Grande Village to shower, which was a disappointment and it was so hot there, we understood why camping in that campground was kept to a minimum. We’ll be back someday, but it will be during the winter when it is cooler there.

Excellent campsite and camp hosts! However there are no showers!! Very disappointed in that but that is the only complaint! Super cool place to set up a tent!