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Permian Basin RV Resort

117 RV Sites

Permian Basin RV Resort in Stanton, Texas, offers 117 full-hookup RV sites across 75 acres between Big Spring and Midland, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Premium back-in and premium pull-through categories join a standard full-hookup tier, with an outdoor pool, clubhouse, and laundry. One hundred seventeen sites run in full hookup 20/30/50-amp back-in, premium full hookup 20/30/50-amp back-in, and premium full hookup 20/30/50-amp pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric, sized to 60 feet. Every category carries all three amperages, so any rig plugs in without adapters — a practical touch. Sixty feet accommodates a long coach with a tow. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a clubhouse for the rest. The amenity set is deliberately focused, which keeps rates workable for the long stays that make up much of the guest base. Pets are welcome. Martin County sits at the heart of the Permian Basin, the most productive oil field in the world, and that shapes who stays here. Energy workers on rotation, contractors, and professional travelers make up a steady year-round market that most RV parks would envy, and 75 acres gives the resort room to spread out rather than pack sites in. Midland and Odessa are both close, with Big Spring just east. Demand runs year-round and tracks drilling and service activity rather than a tourist season. Spring and fall bring the most comfortable West Texas conditions. Reserve ahead, and ask about monthly rates for extended assignments.

from $52/night

Big Star RV Park

10 RV Sites

Along the North Service Road of Interstate 20 in Big Spring, Texas, Big Star RV Park delivers a complete, well-appointed stop in the open rangeland and mesa country of West Texas—a region where quality full-service campgrounds are genuinely rare and where the Permian Basin's energy industry and the historic oil field landscape stretch across the surrounding horizon. The park's 54 spacious sites, modern facilities, and security-focused design make it one of the most comprehensively equipped RV parks between Abilene and Midland-Odessa, serving both the energy sector workers who populate the West Texas highway corridor and the cross-country travelers using I-20 as their trans-Texas route. All 54 sites feature full hookups with 20/30/50-amp electric service, water, and sewer connections on well-maintained grounds enclosed by an eight-foot security fence that provides privacy and peace of mind throughout the stay. A community pool, game and recreation room, exercise room, and a brand-new on-site laundromat give the property a resort-adjacent amenity level that stands in clear contrast to the utilitarian highway stops common to West Texas. Free Wi-Fi and cable television at every site keep guests connected and entertained during longer stays, and the pet-friendly policy ensures that traveling companions receive the same welcome as their owners throughout the park. Big Spring's surrounding landscape tells the West Texas story in its most elemental form—rolling mesquite and buffalo grass plains broken by limestone mesas and the rugged terrain of the Edwards Plateau's western edge. Big Spring State Park, visible from multiple points in the city, preserves a scenic mesa above town with hiking trails and panoramic views of the Permian Basin that extend to the Caprock Escarpment on clear days. Comanche Trail Park, a spring-fed urban oasis in the city's south end, provides fishing, duck feeding, and a pleasant green space that locals have used for generations as a respite from the surrounding open terrain. The Permian Basin's twin energy capitals of Midland and Odessa lie about 40 miles west on I-20, anchoring the petroleum infrastructure and providing a full range of urban services including the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Midland—one of the most comprehensive oil history museums in the country—and the George H.W. Bush Childhood Home, preserved as it appeared during his pre-war Midland years. Abilene, about 90 miles east, offers additional cultural depth with the Buffalo Gap Historic Village and Abilene State Park's camping and birding destination along Elm Creek. The Highway 87 corridor north of Big Spring leads through impressive mesa and caprock country toward Lubbock's South Plains. West Texas winters are mild and clear, making November through February a surprisingly comfortable period for cross-country I-20 travel with Big Star serving as a reliable quality stop in the Permian Basin. Summer brings the intense heat characteristic of the high West Texas plains, though the low humidity makes midday temperatures more bearable than equivalent numbers in the humid South and Gulf Coast regions. Spring and fall represent the most comfortable periods for outdoor exploration of the surrounding mesa country, with moderate temperatures and the occasional West Texas wildflower display transforming the highway corridors in March and April.

Camp Rio

31 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 12 Tent Sites, 2 Onsite RV/Trailers, 1 Vintage RV Rental

In the Sacramento Mountains of southern New Mexico at 6,700 feet—in Otero County where the Lincoln National Forest's ponderosa pine and Apache plume canyon landscape creates the wildlife corridors, racing streams, and cool mountain-air environment that makes the Sacramento high country one of New Mexico's most rewarding and least discovered outdoor destinations—Camp Rio at 2180 Rio Penasco Road in Mayhill offers full hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service, tent camping, vintage-vehicle glamping (a Shasta trailer, school buses, a Chris Craft boat, a gypsy wagon), three cabins, laundry, baths, showers, WiFi, and a rentable pavilion on a clean family property surrounded by thousands of acres of national forest where the small valleys, mountain glens, birds, and wildlife of the Rio Peñasco watershed create the setting that the day trips to Ruidoso, White Sands, and Billy the Kid country reward from a genuinely remarkable mountain base camp. The elevation delivers cool nights. The forest delivers everything else. Full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer serve the RV guest, while the tent sites, the three named cabins, and the one-of-a-kind vintage glamping fleet—the Shasta trailer, the converted school buses, the Chris Craft boat on land, the gypsy wagon—provide the range of alternative accommodations that a creative campground in the middle of Lincoln National Forest's canyon country assembles over years of inventive development. Clean baths and showers, laundry, upgraded free WiFi, and the rentable pavilion for group gatherings complete the practical infrastructure. The property's position surrounded by the national forest means the wildlife viewing, the bird watching in the mountain glens, and the sound of the Rio Peñasco in the canyon bottom are immediate rather than a short drive away. Mayhill sits in the Sacramento Mountains on NM-82 between Artesia and Cloudcroft, in the forested highlands where the Mescalero Apache's traditional mountain territory and the Lincoln National Forest's 1.1 million acres create the protected landscape that preserves the elk, black bear, mule deer, and the raptor diversity that the Sacramento high country sustains. The National Solar Observatory at Sunspot, 20 miles south on the Sacramento Peak, provides the one-of-a-kind tour of the sun-watching facility whose 60-foot vacuum tower telescope has observed solar activity since 1952 in the clear-sky position the Sacramento Mountains provide. Ruidoso, 25 miles east via US-70, anchors the regional tourism infrastructure with Ruidoso Downs Racing's quarter horse meets, the Ski Apache resort on Sierra Blanca Peak (elevation 11,500 feet), the Hubbard Museum of the American West, and the Lincoln Historic District 40 miles east on US-380—the restored adobe structures of the town where the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid's escape from the courthouse in 1881 created the most documented episode of frontier New Mexico history. White Sands National Park, 90 miles south, protects the world's largest gypsum dune field in the Tularosa Basin's extraordinary white landscape. Camp Rio operates year-round in the Sacramento Mountains' high-elevation climate, where the summer temperatures averaging 20 degrees cooler than the lowland Chihuahuan Desert below create the relief that makes the 6,700-foot Mayhill position genuinely comfortable from June through September when the lowland campgrounds of southern New Mexico are enduring their most intense heat. The fall elk rut in September and October, the winter snow that occasionally closes NM-82, and the spring wildflower bloom in the mountain meadows define the seasonal rhythms that the campground's surrounding national forest delivers in rotation. Reserve your site, cabin, or vintage glamping unit at Camp Rio and let the Sacramento Mountains' forest, wildlife, and canyon streams prove that the high road to Ruidoso is worth every mile.

from $44/night

Ridgeview RV Park

37 RV Sites

Straddling the I-20 corridor between Dallas and Midland, Abilene occupies a distinctive stretch of West Texas where the Edwards Plateau meets the Rolling Plains and the sky seems twice as wide as anywhere east. Ridgeview RV Resort sits on 30 beautifully landscaped acres with direct I-20 access, serving both travelers crossing the state and those who come specifically to explore a city that punches well above its size for frontier history, wildlife, and outdoor recreation. The well-maintained grounds, large sites, and social atmosphere make it equally suited to an overnight rest and a multi-day stay. The resort accommodates 147 full-hookup sites with 30- and 50-amp electric service, water, and sewer, all on level pads with artificial grass that stays clean and comfortable year-round. Two well-appointed bathhouses serve the property, and the social calendar — regular bingo nights, monthly food truck events, dances, and occasional live music — reflects an ownership team that understands campground community as much as campground infrastructure. A swimming pool, fire pit area, dog park, laundry, playground, and secured fenced perimeter with security cameras complete the on-site picture for guests planning longer visits. The West Texas landscape surrounding Ridgeview is an acquired taste that rewards the patient observer. Mesquite brush and open rangeland stretch to the horizon past the park's perimeter, and the evening light across that terrain — low, golden, and impossibly clear — justifies the wide descriptions Texans use for their sky. Winters are mild and summers are hot, but Abilene's elevation and low humidity make the heat more tolerable than the calendar suggests, and the campground's pool is well-timed for the warmest afternoons. Frontier Texas, in downtown Abilene, brings the frontier era to life through life-size holograms, period artifacts, and immersive exhibits that trace the cattle drives, buffalo hunters, and settlers who shaped this part of the state — one of the better Texas history attractions outside of the major metros. The Abilene Zoo houses more than 1,000 animals with particular strength in African savanna species and serves as a solid half-morning family excursion. Abilene State Park, about 16 miles southwest, offers hiking, fishing, and swimming in a cedar-canyon setting along Elm Creek. Fort Phantom Hill Lake, 15 miles north, provides reliable year-round bass and catfish fishing alongside the historic ruins of a frontier military post. Spring and fall are the premier seasons for Abilene visits, when temperatures hover in the 60s and 70s and both the state park and the lake fishery are at their most productive. Summer brings reliable heat that drives most outdoor activity to early mornings and evenings, though the resort's pool handles the midday hours effectively. The I-20 location makes Ridgeview a reliable overnight stop for travelers between Dallas and El Paso, and the clean facilities and consistent service quality have built a strong repeat-visit reputation along the cross-Texas driving circuit. Reserve early if spring events or major local gatherings align with travel dates.

from $47/night

Amarillo RV Resort

76 RV Sites, 4 Cabins

On the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle, where Interstate 40 cuts through Amarillo's commercial west side on the path that traces the old US Route 66 corridor, Amarillo RV Resort provides a full-service campground with 178 sites—147 of which are 90-foot pull-through configurations—a layout that serves the cross-country traveler who needs to stay hitched and roll out at dawn as efficiently as it serves the destination visitor who comes to the Panhandle for Palo Duro Canyon, Cadillac Ranch, and the authentic Route 66 heritage that Amarillo maintains better than almost any other city along the old Mother Road. Cottages, a heated pool, a dog run, and free Wi-Fi complete the resort infrastructure for guests who plan to linger a day or two rather than simply overnight. One hundred forty-seven pull-through sites with 20/30/50-amp electric, water, and sewer full hookups accommodate the widest rigs and longest motorhomes without the reverse-and-maneuver process that back-in sites require, and the remaining sites provide full hookups with the same connectivity for guests who don't need the pull-through convenience. Well-appointed cottage rentals extend accommodation options for guests traveling without an RV, and the heated pool, dog run, and community spaces provide the on-property recreation infrastructure for guests spending downtime between Amarillo's landmark attractions. Palo Duro Canyon State Park, about 30 miles southeast of Amarillo, drops 800 feet into the Texas Panhandle's flat plain in a dramatic revelation of stratified canyon walls that earned it the title "Grand Canyon of Texas" and provides 30 miles of hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails through terrain that the surrounding Great Plains give no hint of from the surface. The Pioneer Amphitheater in the canyon hosts "Texas," an outdoor musical drama that has run each summer since 1966 and tells the story of the Texas Panhandle's pioneer settlement against the backdrop of a 600-foot canyon wall—one of the most dramatic theatrical settings in North America. Cadillac Ranch, Stanley Marsh 3's public art installation where ten Cadillacs are buried nose-down in a Panhandle field along the old Route 66 alignment, stands as Amarillo's most photographed landmark and one of the most-visited free art attractions in America—a monument to the road, the car, and the mythology of movement that Route 66 created. The Big Texan Steak Ranch, Amarillo's legendary 72-ounce steak challenge restaurant and motel complex on East Amarillo Boulevard, has served travelers since 1960. The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, 15 miles south, houses the most comprehensive collection of Texas and Plains history in the state, and the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum in Amarillo celebrates the breed most identified with Western cattle ranching culture. The Amarillo area's High Plains climate delivers warm, dry summers and cold winters with the significant wind that the Texas Panhandle's flat, treeless landscape channels with minimal obstruction. Spring brings the most unpredictable weather—including the late-March and April severe weather season that sends travelers to sturdy shelter—but also the wildflower season and the most dramatic sky displays that the Panhandle is famous for. Fall is arguably the most pleasant camping season, with the summer heat gone and Palo Duro Canyon's cottonwood and hackberry foliage adding seasonal color to a landscape that the surrounding Great Plains keep in shades of brown and gold through most of the year.

from $84/night