Located in Mission, Texas, Mission Bell is an RV resort and campground for people older than age 55. It has 358 lots available for short-term or long-term rent. A convenience store and gas station are right across the street, with grocery stores only minutes away.
The resort offers weekly live music, shuffleboard, card games, crafts, potlucks, a gym, a heated saltwater pool and therapy spa as well as pool halls.
Prices start as low as $230 a month as of 2010 and include free Wi-Fi, cable and long distance calls, as well as water, sewage and trash. This park lies near the Mexican border towns of Reynosa and Progreso.
Mission Bell RV Resort
1711 E. Business Hwy. 83
Mission, TX 78572
956-585-4833
missionbellrvresort.com/
This this full-service camping resort is located on South Padre Island and surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico and Laguna Madre Bay. The KOA offers adventure packages, military discounts, guided tours to Matamoros, Mexico, and more.
This camp features condos and waterfront lodges along with the traditional RV park, cabins and tent camping grounds. Amenities include a pet playground, a pool, a hot tub, a gym, an on-site restaurant and bar, free cable, wireless Internet, an outdoor cinema and planned activities.
Activities include parasailing, dolphin spotting, snorkeling, deep-sea fishing and more. Inquire for current prices.
South Padre Island KOA
1 Padre Blvd.
South Padre Island, TX 78597
956-761-5665
southpadrelodges.com
Big Bend National Park lies in southwest Texas along the Rio Grande River, across the border from Chihuahua and Coahuila, Mexico. This park contains the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States, the Chisos Mountains and the canyons of Santa Elena, Mariscal, and Boquillas.
Lying approximately 69 miles from the town of Marathon and 100 miles from Alpine, you should be prepared to encounter few people. There's no popping to the corner store if you are camping in Big Bend. Panther Junction Visitor Center is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the park is open 24 hours a day.
Campsites usually are full during spring break, Easter weekend, Thanksgiving weekend and the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. The park is relatively empty the rest of the year.
As of 2010, entrance fees start at $10 per individual for a single visit of up to seven days. The nightly fee for overnight camping at developed campgrounds is $14. If you want to set up your own site in the backcountry, you are required to have a $10 permit from the park's visitor center.
Big Bend National Park
P.O. Box 129
Big Bend National Park, TX 79834
432-477-2251
nps.gov/bibe/index.htm
