Governors Landing Campground

The Governors Landing within the Amistad National Recreation Area is located near Del Rio, Texas. In this video, I give a walking tour of the Amistad National Recreation Area Governors Landing day use and camping area. The views of the reservoir are breathtaking from Governors Landing, but this camping area may not be suitable if you have a large RV. Verizon cellular service clocked in at 36.2 Mbps download speed and 1.68 Mbps upload speed. AT&T cellular service clocked in at 78.3 Mbps download speed and 6.72 Mbps upload speed. T-Mobile cellular service clocked in at 29.8 Mbps download speed and 1.29 Mbps upload speed.

This is great dry camping in an organized campground. I had potable water spigot next to my site that I used to fill my tank. The Amistad Reservoir is beautiful. There's a border crossing in Del Rio but otherwise, not much going on except boating, fishing, and going in the water. At this campground, you will hear the traffic on US 90 but it isn't that much. 50% off if you have an NPS Annual or Lifetime Pass. Not too many spaces and no reservations taken. Some sites have asphalt pads. Mine did. Others are unlevel and clamshell style.

With our National Parks Service senior pass we paid $5 per night for three nights. This site is about 100 yards from a busy highway but as tired as we are at the ends of active days we never noticed the road noise at night. Kudos to the Parks Service for installing composting toilets...No smell! Had to take a flashlight inside after dark though, as motion-activated lights turn off before you've warmed the seat.
Some sites are more level than others, and we were fortunate to have been able to try a couple of spaces before dropping anchor. This is a relatively small campground, and was almost full when we arrived.
There is a dump station just down the highway a short ways at the Diablo East campground with plenty of space to swing a big rig around. That campground was actually closed for maintenance and so no water was available, but the dumps were still usable.
We very much enjoyed our stay and would gladly come back!

The setup is straight forward, the other reviews cover it well. I’d definitely stay here again, and do recommend it. What the other reviews missed however is that the AT&T LTE speeds here are insane. I got 260Mbps down and 53Mbps up. Generators are allowed too if you need to use one.

The road noise turns into a pleasant familiar hum. :)

Ok. On to the next. Its just north of Del Rio, TX...named the nations friendlist boarder town. Crime rate is reportedly almost non existent around here. I did notice a TON of boarder patrol agents and police cruising everywhere around here......anyway, this is yet another campground maintained by the national park service and they do a great job. Not quite boondocking perse..... but 10 bucks a night, 5 If your a senior. First come, first served. Only 15 spots. Can stay 14 days. Was talking to one of the park service workers and he gave me the scoop on a couple other nice spots around here and still part of this national recreation area....ill stay a couple night here, than I'll check them out.. (big bend will just have to wait). No hook ups but I don't need them. My solar is cranking away. There are several potable water stations, trash cans and vault toilets if ya need them. Some sites are level, some aren't. Vzw and att Cell/data service are both strong. Laughlin Air Force base is about 20 minutes south of here and is the largest air force training base in the country. ~350 air force pilots graduate from there every year. More planes take off and land there everyday than any other airport in the country....when I was driving in on rt 90...there was a steady stream of Talons coming and going....right over the road. I hear them buzzing around the lake too. This lake...is really a reservoir. Lake Amistad was a joint project between the US and Mexico. The damn was completed in 1969. Amistad means "friendship". It was made from both the Rio grande and the Devils Rivers. It covers almost 65,000 acres, 851 miles of shoreline (574 in Texas...rest in Mexico) and has a max depth of 217' and like many bodies of water in the SW water levels are low, however it is still a popular rec area and is well known for fantastic bass fishing. Several televised Pro tournaments are held here each year. It is the 2nd biggest lake in Texas. Pretty impressive right? Yeah...glad I stopped! Quiz to follow later...lol.

Nicest campground in Amistad. Worth the extra cost!! We have a big rig and couldn’t fit, but just drove through for a look.

Asphalt drive with gravel and concrete sites. $10/night. This campground sits on a peninsula with beautiful views of the water on the north side of the campground. Size is limited. The brochure reads 28’ but that is closer to total vehicle length for most spots. There were only 2-3 spaces that would accommodate a 28’ rig. There is loop to scope around the sites, but it’s tight for longer rigs. Upon arrival you can drive past the campground entry and park down below in the day use area while finding a spot on foot.

We were looking for a place near Del Rio on our way out west and chose this spot as it was also close to a free dump site just a mile or so away. It is part of the Amistad Lake Recreational area. With our America the Beautiful pass it was only $5 for the night. I has some nice views and would have been great had the weather not been so cold. Site number 1 is close to level and is a drive through which was perfect for our 34' motorhome and car pulled with a tow dolly.