Study Butte-Terlingua | Short-term Parking

December 15th, 2023 by crxyxukimxihdui

The pull-in entrance is on the gas-station side, in the middle. The picnic area is small, surrounded on all three sides by busy roads. But there’s room for multiple rigs, with a turnaround for large rigs. Don’t overstay. 1 night max.

April 23rd, 2023 by mathilde.leclercq135

We wanted to stay behind the visitor center because of the great wifi but a woman asks us to leave after the sunset. She asks us to move at this point where it's allowed to stay 24h. We were 2 RV of 29 ft. Was really quiet and just at the entrance of Big Bend NP.

March 16th, 2023 by cmschultheis

We pulled in at 23:30 just to sleep for the night (inside our van) before heading in to Big Bend for a couple days. Parked at the gas station at first by accident. This location is across the street from the gas station.

March 9th, 2023 by pickardff

Great place right in the middle of a traffic intersection. Lots of traffic but it simmered down around 11:pm.

January 17th, 2023 by Annick

we sleep there after visiting the Big bend national Park! perfect ans not too far to go back in the morning ! we took a shower d'or 2$ behind the dép AT the vr camping , noproblem

September 6th, 2022 by love2canoe

This spot is for 24 hours only. Not a camp ground. It’s a place to rest for a night, then move on to your next destination. I live here and too many folks are setting up camp and staying for multiple days..! Please respect the rules of TX “Rest Areas”. Thanks

April 8th, 2022 by bm.aroundtheworld

Nice Pic nic area, with tables, BBQ and bins! A bit noisy as you are in the middle of 3 roads,but perfect spot for one night, close to entrance of Big Bend NP.
Bm.aroundtheworld from Switzerland

March 18th, 2022 by gcs278

Very quiet. Beautiful location. There’s a new ATT cell tower here as Feb 2022! Worked OK during the day, but clearly network was very congested in the evening. Nearly unusable at points.

March 3rd, 2022 by csmaglis

spoke to a sheriff's deputy who was hanging out here, and her verified that it is ok to stay in this spot for 24 hrs. So we did!!!

January 16th, 2022 by 806pam

On the corner of the intersection. It wasn’t noisy though. There were 5 of us there.

December 28th, 2021 by thunderchicken1200

It’s literally a small dirt park in the middle of an intersection, across from an Alon gas station. The entrance is directly in front of the gas station. It can be really hard to see in the dark. And it gets pretty dark there. The gas station has small convenient store with normal gas station supplies and bathrooms out back. But they do close with the gas station, so try to go early. There’s a pavilion in the middle of the park. Other than that, that’s it. It’s just a place to sleep while going to Big Bend or just passing through. There were 2 other cars/RV’s when I was there. Overall, I fell safe and I wound sleep there again if needed.

October 30th, 2021 by dkruis27

Arrived around 9pm and there was only 1 other car. The entrance was hard to find in the dark and I had to circle back around to it. It's in the middle of a Y intersection across the street from the gas station. Traffic died down around 10pm and surprisingly I had an amazing night's sleep! One other RV had arrived overnight, but there was still plenty of room. Great location if you are going to Big Bend the next day!

October 22nd, 2021 by rialtatravelor

Great place for an overnight, picnic area run by the state, Texas dept. of transportation, you can stay at these locations around the state for 24 hours for free. Bathrooms at the gas station across the street.

January 20th, 2021 by nevans1313

slept in the car overnight. bathrooms at gas station across the street were open when we arrived (~5:30p) but closed when we tried to use them again around 7p.

January 20th, 2021 by living.it.right

Spent two nights here with no problems. Closest free spot to Big Bend National Park and that's why we chose it. No Verizon reception.

January 18th, 2021 by The Nomadic Experience

Stayed here 2 nights no issues. Warm showers behind RV resort- $2 in quarters only. Very slow Verizon service but works with pretty much everything except videos. A couple tables and one trash can. Very quiet at night.

January 18th, 2021 by The Nomadic Experience

As described, stayed here 2 nights. Free. Quiet at night and showers in the back of “Big Bend Resort and Adventures” for $2 in quarters. Only one shower was open in the mens (other was out of order) but nobody came in after 8pm when I used it.

November 20th, 2020 by angelwelp

Spent a night here after leaving Big Bend, arrived after dark and had to ask the sherif at the gas station where it was, very hard to see entrance but it is directly across from the gas station.

November 3rd, 2020 by instagram.com/derekdohrman

picnic area near enough to entrance of big bend. worked out well for one night. used bathroom at gas station across the street

March 16th, 2020 by louisthevan

Great spot for a night outside big bend! Fairly quiet for the location.

February 12th, 2020 by Laura&Taavet

Spent a quiet night here. Small shop and diner across the road open from 7 am to 9 pm.

November 30th, 2019 by johanroos1961

Stayed here for 1 night. Quiet at night and no problem at all. Used toilet campground.

April 8th, 2019 by amtravelling.nl

We didn't sleep here, but we used the showers at the rv park. $2 for a 6 minute shower (warm but not hot)

November 19th, 2018 by val0155

small pic nic area in front of gas station. We slept there two nights because all of campground in bing bend NP were full & backcountry campsite too.
25 miles to panther junction. small shop in the gas station and shower available for 2$/6min at the rv park next to the gas station.