Amistad National Recreation Area in Del Rio, Texas
9 Main Areas to Visit and Explore
We left Loyola Beach, Texas and headed west to Amistad National Recreation Area on Highway 90 at Del Rio for two days before landing at Big Bend National Park for the month of February.
Amistad Reservoir is part of the Rio Grande River and is approximately 12 miles west of Del Rio, Texas. It is a man-made reservoir of water to help provide water and prevent flooding. In the summer I bet this area is beautiful, a true oasis in the middle of the desert. Unfortunately, we were here to visit in January and it was slow, uneventful, and brown.
Our campground at Amistad was right across the road from the Visitor Center on Highway 90. The Visitor Center is place number one on the list of nine areas to visit.
Visitor Center
We always find the visitor center first to talk to the workers, ask questions, get maps and advice, and usually buy stickers for my National Park Passport book. The ranger here was friendly and informative. He told us it was deer hunting season and if we weren’t wearing bright hunter orange there were a few areas…
