We stayed at the Rio Grande Village Campground for 5 nights in early March 2018. We chose a site in the generator loop as this is a no hookups campground. They do have a dump station, drinking water spigots available, dumpsters for trash, bathrooms and even showers at the camp store. The showers were $2.00 for 5 minutes, not the best s... more

Some sites are way better than others. Thankfully the camp host thought so too. They switched us up from the site we reserved (really crummy) to a better site.

Little isolated on one side of the park, which makes for long drives to explore other areas.

First time we stayed in the non-generator loop. You could still hear the generators, but they were less noisy. Make sure you take a photo of the map at the front so you can tell which sites are reservable and which are not. All the sites are under the Cottonwoods which is quite nice. The bathrooms were clean. The usual excellent n... more

We love Big Bend and this was our third time to spend Thanksgiving here. We've always stayed in Rio Grande Village Campground (run by the park service versus Rio Grande Village RV Campground which is run by the concessionaire). The sties are nicely spaced and all have a picnic table, grill and bear box. The campground has always bee... more

After our third unsuccessful attempt to secure a dispersed camping site in Big Bend National Park, we opted to try our luck at Rio Grande Village. There is a combination of first-come/first-served and reservable sites (Nov 15-April 15) . We arrived at 9:30am on a Thursday morning and were able to snag a recently vacated spot within a f... more

This is our second campground at Big Bend. We stay at Cottonwood first then Rio Grande. Rio Grande is nicer but Cottonwood is closer to better hikes and view points. Considered full hookups at Rio but it's a parking lot for $35 a night. No cell but there is free wifi at the convenience store. There is also a very small laun... more

This part of the campground has no hookups but also has two areas, one for generator use (8am-8pm) and no generator use. We reserved a site in the generator area so we were able to charge our batteries during the day (December 2014). As this was our first visit to a campground without any hookups we kept our visit short, but in the fut... more

We ended up in Rio Grande Campground because all of the dispersed roadside camps were full. We were disappointed to be camping next to so many people, yet appreciative of a spot to call home for a couple nights. We arrived on a Saturday around 5pm in February, and there weren’t many sites to choose from. We ended up on the edge of t... more

Timing is everything and the desert was in bloom while we were visiting. My first choice in camping was Chisos but it was full :( - my second choice was primitive but that sounded a little too off the beaten path for first timers...so we went with Rio Grande Village and it ended up being a good choice. First off let me say that it was ... more

A Mexican man sitting on the opposite side of the Rio Grande is singing familiar songs, but in Spanish so I can't quite make them out. He shouts "souvenirs!" as we pass little trinkets surrounding a can full of rocks. The way they make their living since 9/11 shut the border down (though it has recently been partially opened again). Th... more