Big Bend Ranch State Park - Papalote Colorado in TX -- Campground & RV Camping in Texas
Big Bend Ranch State Park - Papalote Colorado in TX
TX State Parks allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
A walk-in primitive site in the Agua Adentro Backcountry Zone within Big Bend Ranch State Park, offering views of 5,049-foot La Mota Peak and access to an original wooden ranch windmill. The site accommodates up to eight campers and features naturally sheltered terrain. Big Bend Ranch operated as a private ranch before the State of Texas purchased the property in 1988, transforming it into a state park that opened to the public in 2007. The site sits amid the park's 311,000-acre Chihuahuan Desert wilderness with dramatic volcanic terrain, canyons, and high plateaus.
Grounded in tpwd.texas.gov · read August 24, 2026The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad.
Secluded here -- the nearest through road is 3.7 miles off. The Tanque Lara shoreline is 0.3 mi off. Agua Adentro Mountain stands 717 ft above the site, 2.0 miles southwest. The nearest town, Presidio, is 22 mi off.
September normals 61–85°F, 1.9″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.