Chisos Basin Campground (Big Bend, TX)

This location has the most impressive 360° views of any campsite I've ever visited! From the panoramic views to minute details, the camping area alone would have been worth the long trip. Nearby hiking and drives with additional amazing panoramas make this park a worthwhile effort to see! Well informed Park Rangers with genuine concern about wildlife and campers safety and interaction was the exceptional highlight of the entire experience! We plan to come back!

Great location to trails and other sites.

If you’re thinking about camping in Big Bend, absolutely choose Chisos Basin campground. It is going to be at least 10 degrees cooler than RGV campground and it’s convenient to the Windows Trail and Lost Mine Trail. The camp hosts were so awesome too. They welcome you and are a wealth of information about the park and how to plan your day(s). They are also there to make sure you don’t get into trouble so stop by and spend some time talking with them and you will enjoy your time in Big Bend so much more. I can’t wait to go back.

Kim the host was amazing. Great experience . The flies are bad tho.

Superb camp host and great site!

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.