Thompson Grove Picnic Area | Informal Campsite

November 7th, 2023 by danraymondcfi

Great place to overnight on the Rita Blanca NG. Pit toilets, trash cans, picnic tables, and fire pits. 2 bars on AT&T. Allowed to stay up to 14 days

May 30th, 2023 by thekingkayak

Nice spot for the night one other person on a Tuesday night. I had good cell service with Verizon and a cell booster.

October 31st, 2022 by living.it.right

Nice secluded area but almost no Verizon reception so we had to move on.

September 25th, 2022 by nelldld

Area as described by others. Gov site says it's a picnic area. Posted as 14 day stay on on site info board. Good for overnight. Clean. Quiet. Our only issue were the flies. They were bad. Don't know if it's a seasonal thing?

July 20th, 2022 by joanofalltrades22

Clean, quiet and safe. We spent one night, only one other car. Pit toilets, pit grills, picnic tables. Only sounds were cattle and birds. It was fairly windy. Great sunrise. Sign says you can stay up to 14 days. Free.

January 16th, 2022 by gavia75217

Very clean, calm, and safe looking place. Restrooms were super close by, beautiful sky and very peaceful.

October 21st, 2021 by angelgonomad

Pit toilets with toilet paper, picnic benches, fire pits, very quiet. I pulled in at night and it was easy to find and only one other van here. Another car pulled in the middle of the night and everyone left early.

Great for stargazing at night but daytime there’s a lot of flies that’ll bite. Nice peaceful location overall!

One tiny bar of service for T-Mobile.

May 12th, 2021 by freeadventurers.com

Very clean picnic area. A little out of the way but easy to get to. The road coming in is super narrow but paved so be careful and watch your mirrors when meeting someone.

April 27th, 2021 by globusgo

Great place. Quiet. Convenient on the way across. Saw many birds including an owl.

April 17th, 2021 by tcris3

This is a great place to stay! Sign said up to 14 days is allowed, picnic benches, bbq grills and bathrooms...also good service with T-Mobile.

April 5th, 2021 by marenmorgan96

Decent little place— clean bathrooms & tables. Perfect for a stopover. Pretty quiet except for some teenager with too much testosterone who came at around 11 to terrorize everyone parked there.

December 6th, 2020 by benallen.photos

Nice enough, nothing fancy, but it was well kept. We shared the place with somebody who spent 95% of the time we were there in his car. It was nice and quiet, though. Virtually no vehicle traffic all night and morning. Good for a simple stopover.

October 10th, 2020 by michael.s.acr

everyone else described it well. clean bathroom. lots of flies. very peaceful and quiet. game warden came through around 5 to check on things.

May 3rd, 2020 by GDAM

Great spot to overnight. Bathrooms are currently closed.

October 22nd, 2019 by cinrob

When we arrived there were already 3 other vehicles there. We had to listen to the guy from Oregon with the silver Ford Escape talk on his cell phone for 3 hours. It's not a very big area. We already had our rooftop tent deployed or we would have gone to a nearby field instead.

October 6th, 2019 by tyler.r.clemens

Dirt lot with pit toilets, plenty of space. Picnic tables and fire pits with grill grates. Could hear cows throughout the night.

July 6th, 2019 by youtube.com

Great little over night spot just across the TX border. At first we were a little skeptical since you have to drive 15 mins down farm roads but we felt very safe. There ended up being an alternate route so we didn’t have to drive back down the dirt roads to get out. Has about 6 little campsites or so with grills and tables. Pit toilets and trash bins. There were a few people camping and a few in vans, very quite all night.

June 22nd, 2019 by chantelhb

Clean pit toilets and not many people, even on a Saturday night. Pretty remote, but a nice stop over.

June 17th, 2019 by cw

Great place!! Clean and as everyone has said quiet.

May 24th, 2019 by timaugustine64

Nice place as described above. Stayed for a night last April, too.

February 27th, 2019 by believeunderstandserve

Cute level gravel lot, super quiet, no lights. A few trees and a bunch of picnic tables.

November 26th, 2018 by elise.tiessen

Very, very quiet spot for the night. It's really out in the middle of nowhere. There is one house nearby but that's it! The park is lovely and very well maintened. A lovely break from the parking lots we usually stop at for the night.

May 18th, 2017 by alain.cardis

Très calme ! Quelques arbres pour avoir de l'ombre, des tables de pique-nique, des barbecues et du bois mort disponible sur place !!!

March 12th, 2017 by Tony LEE

Large gravelled area approved for RV parking and grassed area for tents. 14 day limit.
Tables, grills, bins, toilets.
Note fire danger and disease warnings on notice board