Chisos Basin Campground (Big Bend, TX)

The Chisos Mountain Basic is an amazing location — my absolute favorite area in the Big Bend Country. It has it all; temperate climate, views, stunning hikes for all levels. The campground is great, it has a lodge with cabins and restaurant, a visitor center AND grocery store. There’s fresh water and very nice restrooms in the campground. They even have bears in the Chisos! The ONLY thing missing is ….. SHOWERS!

The ONLY showers available in the entire park are at Rio Grande Village WHICH is on the desert floor where summer temperatures go reach 110. Meanwhile it may be 85 in the Basin, but hiking does work up a lather, and it’s a 60 mi round trip just to take a shower. So PLEASE: maybe pencil in some showers during your next budget cycle? Otherwise the Basin is amazing, and we love it love it love it!

One of the highlights of our trip. We loved the campsite #60, the staff their were amazing, and we saw bears in the am and pm! It was wonderful!!!

Absolutely beautiful campground, I wouldn't stay anywhere else in Big Bend. Campsite host was very friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend the Chisos Basin Loop and the Lost Mine Trail in the evening. Just make sure to plan so you don't end up on the mountain in the dark. It does get VERY windy up in the mountains, we ended up sleeping without a rain fly to prevent the tent from collapsing under the wind.

Amazing scenery, incredible star gazing. And we saw 3 different bears while out in the basin away from the campground. A lot of fun.

Definitely worth staying in Chisos Basin. The night sky views were fantastic, though you may need to give the clouds time to clear. If you plan to make the hike to Emory Peak, don't expect it to be like your average trail experience. (Don't forget to BYO toilet paper for the latrine) It was worth it, but we felt it the entire way back. Seeing a black bear did help make the return hike more enjoyable. The staff were friendly and helpful and we couldn't have asked for a better start to our anniversary trip.

Site 30 is an excellent spot. Somewhat secluded and convenient to both restrooms and hiking trails

Park Rangers are very helpful, helped us plan our trip to Santa Elena Canyon, Rio Grande Village, and to Boquillas Port of Entry. Ranger at Boquillas Port of Entry helped me get my Fanny pack back, since I left it at the PJ gas station restroom, I picked it up at PJ headquarters the next day, and everything was in my Fanny pack, we were very impressed with the honesty in the Park.

What can I say? It’s Chisos Basin!
Anyone who has stayed before, will agree, it is one of the best places to camp in Big Bend.

Great place to visit. Amazing scenery. Clean campgrounds. Made a complain on a campground park worker. Coming really early in the morning and accusing my son that he was washing dishes and left debris in the bathroom sink. Never let me talk just accused me and said “ this is just a fair warning”. Son never left debris in sink. Many others came in there and did the same but decided he wanted to be a hero in front of his lady partner. Slim native american or hispanic guy with glasses.

Campsite was efficient. The sites were a little closer to each other than I prefer the camp ground host came down and gave a slightly terrifying warning about the wild life there that kind of scared my kids… we never saw or heard any such wildlife.

The site did accommodate our large 8 person tent.

We do want to go back to big bend! We will maybe try a different campground though. This one is pretty far from the Rio grande and we would have liked to be closer to the river I believe.