Tumble In RV Park

I’m taking my new travel trailer on its maiden voyage and my first stop was the Tumble In. The park is pretty much self serve. I made my reservation online, drove in, walked in the little check-in trailer to see where my spot was located and signed in. If you have a reservation there will be a cone I front of your site so people who just drive up know that spot is taken. The campsite full hookups and the sites are pretty level. With my trailer I didn’t need any extension chords or long hoses to be able to hook up to water, wastewater and electricity.

They also have bathrooms and showers, which are very clean and well taken care of, and a little lounge with a washer/dryer, stove and fridge. I used the washer/dryer for a load and it worked great.

The area was fairly quiet while I was there, with the exception of a train that sometimes comes by very, very early in the morning. I sleep like a rock so it didn’t really bother me.

Overall I think this is a great park and would definitely stay here again.

While Marfa was a disappointment during a very cold January week, this little park was just fine for us.

Reserve online and register at the vintage trailer at the entrance. Wide open spaces with level dirt sites. FHUs with 50 amp all worked fine. We turned off the water as we had freezing temps much of our stay.

They have showers and laundry but we didn't use.

Right on the highway but no noise as there's not much traffic. Close to the little town.

Tumble In was great! It's a self-serve campground which are my personal favorites. There is nothing worse, in my opinion, is being babysat/watched at a campground. Sites are big. We had a pull through site for most of our stay - full hookup/50amp

Our original stay was supposed to last a week.. however, due to some shipping issues with our new hotspot we ordered.. we had to extended our stay until it arrived which was such an easy process (granted we had to switch spots) BUT the manager was very accommodating and super helpful!

The campground is very neat - the check-in spot is an old trailer. Super cute. There's also an old Airstream on site (I'm a sucker for Airstreams)! I loved the RV park and the travelers we met coming through.

Cell service was great for both AT&T and Verizon. Laundry is based on an honor system which was awesome! I just dropped $20 in the box and did a few loads. No messing with change! It was fantastic! Bathrooms are clean and the vibe here is very laid back. You get a little noise from the train next door but we didn't notice it much (could be because we lived right next door to a train for awhile...) Noise isn't bothersome here. Sunrise and sunsets are beautiful. Marfa was a neat little town too. If you like organic -there is a nice place in town called "The Get Go" that has everything organic. It was the BEST surprise in Marfa! Oh! and their gym was great too... it's 3 stories!!

It's close enough to Big Bend also which was a perk! Definitely will be coming back if we make it back 'round this part of Texas.

Only thing to watch out for if you have doggos: There are prickles in the grass.. we learned the hard way. The Sir was not happy about getting a prickly in his toes!

We loved our time at the Tumble In and would unquestionably stay here on a return visit.

The small campground is the perfect match for Marfa and it has the same vibe as the town with a Donald Judd like minimalism. Sites have nothing beyond the hookups but they were all brand new, well-maintained, and worked great.

The walk into town was less than 10 minutes or a two minute drive. The Marfa Lights are visible from the road in front of the campground, the official viewing center was 9 miles down the road and offered a better view.

As other reviews have mentioned, the campground is ~50 yards from the Union Pacific freight tracks. We didn’t have a night with more than 2 trains. We personally found the trains part of the experience, the town of Marfa started as a Union Pacific water stop and the rails are a part of the town and West Texas. You’ll hear the coyotes howl to the sound of the train when it rolls through at night.

Our dog had no trouble with the goathead burrs when we were on the main roads in the campground, but we did run into a few when we went off the main paths.

AT&T Down 60Mbps / Up 11Mbps
Park WiFi Down 50Mbps / Up 1Mbps
The park Wifi was quick but seemed to flake out at times.

If you’re not familiar with Marfa, operating hours are a suggestion and non-binding. Double check your days and plans before finalizing your plans.

This quirky little campground is just a quarter mile from Marfa. Others have complained about the noise from trains but only one train came through while we were there and it was early in the evening. Noise from the highway was also minimal since the speed limit is 45mph in front of the park. We were there over a Saturday night so maybe there's more traffic during the week. The gravel sites were completely flat with full hook ups and 50amps. The restrooms were clean and heated, and the community room was as good as I've ever seen with washer/dryer, fridge, microwave, potbelly stove, and a homey west Texas atmosphere. The campground was completely full so don't expect to snag one of the 14 spots without a reservation which must be done online. Nothing really very beautiful to look at out there on the prairie except a kind of cool modern art version of something that resembles Stonehenge.

First - they charge not by the night, but by the day you arrive and day you leave... so we arrived on a Friday and are leaving on a Sunday, so they charged us for 3 days...

The RV Park is relatively close to Marfa, but everything is close. We showed up and the water on our site was frozen at noon. Apparently site 6 water freezes faster and stays frozen longer than the other sites.

The manager decided to test our water while we were gone and hooked up our hose and ran the water... it was our spray clean out for the black tank (and the valve was shut). Water everywhere, coming out of our top vent. While he was good to let us know - I am still baffled why he thought he could hook up our hose without asking us. Hoping it did not blow a gasket, but that's hard to tell.

Each site only has water, electricity hook up, but no picnic table or fire ring.

Noise is a problem as the park is situated between the highway and the very used railways.

We spent one night here after a lovely drive down 17 from I-10 at Balmorhea, TX through Fort Davis. Level, gravel pull-thru camp site toward the front. Yes, we drove down to the Marfa Lights viewing station a few miles south of down on 90. We saw lights, but are not convinced they were not vehicle lights on highway 67. You go and be the judge. Ha We had a good Mexican dinner at Mando's in town on US-90 and stopped again for breakfast burritos on our way out the next morning. Pretty good!

After being in Big Bend National/State parks for the past week, we really needed a place with great internet and reliable phone to work. We tried the Marfa Lights free parking, but our tmobile hotspot was completely dead out there and ATT wasn't much better.

TumbleIn now has an on site host. Previous reviews mentioned that it was on the honor system? It's really clean here, the wifi signal was strong at site 5, bathrooms were totally fine, and we had full hookups. It's the first park in a while that we could actually thread a sewer cap into to make a tight connection.

Negatives? Seems just a little overpriced for desert camping and it's sandwiched between the train tracks and the highway. We had to pay for pullthrough spot since all the backins were taken. Backin pricing is completely reasonable BTW.

Still, glad we came here and we're happily working away on the campground wifi without even using our hotspot. We would def stay here again.

If we ever make our way back to Marfa, I guess we'd stay here again because options are limited.

Pros:
Clean bathroom but no hand soap
Good water pressure and power
Usable WiFi
Good cellphone signal - Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile worked at the park. In town they didn't work as well. We went to dinner at Stellina and the cell signal gets worse in town, T-Mobile had no signal and AT&T was barely usable.
Close to town

Cons:
Not a place for people with dogs that need walking and space to play some
Everything on the ground around the park has needles and the rocks are hard on paws
Stickers/burrs everywhere, make sure you check your shoes and paws before going into your RV
The entrance into the park is a rough drop off with some potholes between the road and gravel/dirt drive
The trains can be loud at night, sometimes blowing their horns at like 2am
We also saw a lot of people staying at the park speeding in and out of the park, there's no speed limit posted for the park
The self check-in (not sure if this is a total con, there is an onsite manager if there's issues, I guess)

The town of Marfa is nice. We ate at Marfa Burrito and Stellina, which were both good. Took a yoga class at The Well and it was great and relaxing.

On a whim, I decided to take a look at Marfa. Since it was February, there wasn't much going on. But, I did find some great pizza and some live music. The RV park is bare bones, but it was perfect for me. Easy to get in and set up. I will say the showers were not very warm. SInce it was 26 degrees the night before this was a bummer for me.