Monahans Sandhills State Park Campground

What a cool place! It’s like being at the beach with giant sand dunes...and no water! We didn’t stay long but were pleasantly surprised that the sand wasn’t hot in mid-July for the dogs. We went right after they opened and it was great!

Ended up here on accident on a long road trip. The campsite I'd planned to use in Guadalupe Mountains Nat'l Park was full. The campsite is well maintained and includes showers which was incredibly welcome after such a long camping trip.

The visitor's center has snow discs you can rent to go sliding down the dunes. Gives you an opportunity to let out your inner child! There's also a great deal of wildlife tracks out in the dunes if you look for them with birds, raccoons, kangaroo rats and fox tracks to name a few. Overall, a pretty good time.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU VENTURE OUT ONTO THE DUNES IN THE SPECIAL LEVEL OF HELL THAT IS TEXAS SUMMER

GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!!

(Good photo opportunities for those with feet made of steel)

I stayed here June 8-9 on my way to Big Bend National Park and it was quite hot during the day but cooled off nicely in the evening. The wind was at times very blustery which made it difficult to be outside. The campsites are fairly close together, but there were only a few travel trailers there including me. One person did set up a tent late in the evening next to me and I felt bad for them because it was so windy. It is quite pretty there and the sand is soft like dunes at a beach. The power and water worked great. The city of Monahans is just a short drive down the interstate which was convenient because I needed an oil change and a few things from Ace Hardware. I would totally stay here again if I was passing through the area.

We stayed here during the ice/snow storm and had to add an extra night because the roads were too icy to drive on. Did that stop us from having fun in the sand? No way. It was freezing but the Sandhills were fun. We had our own sleds and tore it up.
Site 1 was conveniently located near bathrooms, pretty level, everything was good.
Our Verizon hot spot with the booster barely got any signal, I think it was 15 mbps down at night and crawled during the day. Enough to stream at night and work during the day but only if the booster was pointed in a certain direction and not touched.
T-mobile had one bar, couldn’t FaceTime, could make a call, could not watch videos, barely able to get on social media or pull up a website.
I noticed the following about the other sites (the pull throughs only): sites 2-4 are not very level. Sites 8-9 are very level and right next to the Sandhills.
We are a 32’ class C pulling a 20’ flatbed with our car on it, so 52’ total and had no problems fitting in site 1.

We stopped here for the night in our way west and really enjoyed the sites. The Sandhills are right outside your site. The sunset was gorgeous. I only wish the weather was warmer and less windy. Site 9 was nice - pull through. The sites were fairly close but not too bad. Water and electric were fine.

The sites are right in the middle of sandhills so you just walk out to sandhill. The park is not big but not that small either. We enjoyed the park and the camp alot. Go out during sunset and enjoy the beautiful sight over the sandhills.

Sites are close together, but you can't beat the scenery after driving through nothing-ness Western Texas 😬. HOWEVER, there is some kind of annoying fly/gnat thing that honestly made it pretty difficult to enjoy sitting outside at my campsite. They don't bite, but they're everywhere and bug spray didn't seem to deter them.

However, $15 for electric and water, plus beautiful sand dunes...I'll take it.

Monahans Sandhills is a beautiful state park right off the highway. We had a reservation for 2 nights but arrived early and stayed in the Primitive Overflow picnic area. The site required you to be self contained. The spot was beautiful and private. Unfortunately a few minutes into setting up our dog had collected several goat heads (not the correct name, but similar annoyance). We removed them and put on her booties for a walk. This definitely was not a solution - see picture. Ultimately, we canceled the next two days and hit the road. The park is beautiful but not for dogs.

We stayed for a few nights and enjoyed ourselves. Plan for everything to be covered in sand by the time you leave including you and the outside of your entire camper. We got caught in a sand storm one night and it truly got sand everywhere. Definitely recommend an air compressor to blow off your slides. Great showers to clean off with though with plenty of hot water and great water pressure. They were relatively clean as well.

The Junior ranger program was a bit lacking. They said they might get their own books in the future but that for the time being, they have the same books as other Texas State Parks without a book of their own.

We had a great time hiking the sand dunes with our golden retriever. Just stay out of the vegetation on the dunes and you should be able to avoid most of the little stickers that get stuck in their paws.

Overall, great stay and would recommend!