Big Bend: Alpine to Terlingua with a travel trailer or RV
Big Bend runs 85 miles from Alpine to Terlingua. With an RV, you're looking at 2 h 35 min behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for an RV and for a truck and travel trailer, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Alpine · Study Butte · Terlingua
Is Big Bend OK for an RV?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for an RV without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to trailers. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- It keeps you off 1 nearby road with a signed limit your rig wouldn't clear, like West Sul Ross Avenue (10 ft 5 in high).
The plan, rig by rig
| RV | Truck and travel trailer | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 85 miles | 85 miles |
| Driving time | 2 h 35 min | 2 h 45 min |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | under a mile | under a mile |
| Total climb | 2,244 ft | 2,244 ft |
| Longest gap between fuel | not on our map | not on our map |
| Signed limits it goes round | 1 | 1 |
| Planned at | 13 ft 1 in high, 40 ft long and 26,455 lb | 11 ft 6 in high, 38 ft 1 in long and 11,464 lb |
RV parks on the way
- Lost Alaskan RV Park · mile 0
- La Vista RV Park · mile 7
- Lost Gringo RV Park · mile 84
National park and other campgrounds
- Elephant Wildlife Management Area Campground · mile 26
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 40-foot RV, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
Plan this trip for your own rig Already have Motocamp USA? Open it hereCamps, fuel and road limits come from OpenStreetMap and state agencies, and some can be missing or out of date. Distances are along our plan. Always go by the signs on the road.