Dog-friendly camping in West Texas

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Susan

May 2025

20 ft campervan

2 nights at “Roble Perdido” private RV site

It was a private area with picnic table and solar lights/ plug in lights and an easy walk/drive to town. I felt very safe and despite a local dog barking many hours into the evening, it was very relaxing! I would recommend it and return!

2 nights at The Ruins

Easy access in and out, with a VERY short drive to everything Terlingua has to offer. The camp is fun and tidy. If over landing, just look for an open spot. Would recommend for a fun and safe stay.

4 nights at The Ruins

I had a great time at the Ruins. Excellent location, near everything. The showers are fantastic! Great host, very helpful and friendly. Can’t wait to come back.

Weekend Trip to Gleatherland Ranch

Great overnight stay and very convenient location. We camped in our 19ft Roadtrek. Lots of other vans when we were there. We enjoyed our stay here.

3 nights at Gleatherland Ranch

It’s a peaceful place in a quiet area right next to Hueco Tanks State Park. I’ll stay again on my next visit.

We had a good experience camping here for 1 night. We were the only campers that night and there is limited space for dispersed camping. The Ruins have neat trailers set up for overnight use and that seems to be their primary business, so not really a campground. The showers were awesome and the bathrooms were clean. Beautiful views!!

Weekend Trip to Midland East RV Park

Very quiet and safe. Thanks for the hospitality. We’d come back here in a heartbeat.

1 night at Gleatherland Ranch

We had a view from all directions of mountians and rock formations. You really felt removed from the world out there. We had site 43 which had hookups ( we were communicated ahead of time that 50 amp may not work but 30 amps did fine would which was good for us) the site was a bit odd shaped for hookup but nice size and my Australian Shepherd enjoyed getting out and running a bit to release his Zoomies. It is very outside of El Paso and make sure you follow their directions they send and not your GPS. This was a great experience!

3 nights at “Roble Perdido” private RV site

Sweet camp spot close to downtown Marfa! We enjoyed sitting outside at the picnic table and taking in the scenery. The walk downtown was easy. Definitely recommend!

2 nights at Gleatherland Ranch

I loved this RV/campsite!!!! Excellent all around! Tough place to keep a safe eye on younger kids, but above 10 years old is 👌! Extremely cean bathrooms and wonderful, hot shower (bring $1 or $5 bills for shower - $1 = 1.5 min for shower 😉 The view is 💯. Huge community fireplace with detailed instructions everywhere of their reasonable, self-responsibke expectations while on property. Soooo quiet out there!!! Will be back, no question! 😄🙌

Weekend Trip to The Ruins

Love the spot e Excellent views and very quiet directions were a little confusing but once i figure it out It was pretty simple

Weekend Trip to “Roble Perdido” private RV site

Nice host. Good communication. Good hookups. Clean site. Only clarification I would offer is the site is fenced on 3 sides but open to the front with very close neighbors on all sides. Having your pet "off leash" here would be difficult without them getting involved with neighboring pets.