Summary: Shade, water, clean bathrooms at the site, and wifi & laundry nearby. Bugs, thorns, and heat, as you would expect.

We stayed here two nights while exploring Big Bend. Being April, it was very hot in the afternoon. This site had decent shade from the (extremely thorny, as almost all the plants here are) bushes as well as a well built sun shelter. These shelters are essential as you should stay under them between 10am-5pm. We were able to hang our Hammocks and remain mostly in the shade. The bugs near the river are worse than other parts of the Park, but I still only got a few bites. The Village Store at the RV campground has WiFi, laundry, and showers (showers currently closed for Covid) and is only about half a mile from the campground. The bathrooms are the standard Park Service, and were clean. The wifi was important for us as we lost a tire on the Old Ore Road and used wifi to organize repairs. A nature trail leaves from the campground and leads to wonderful views of the Rio Grande and back to the Chisos. There were a number of the technically illegal souvenir shops from across the river set up along the trail. It goes through a swap and to the top of a bluff. All in all a very nice campsite.

We reserved a site here for the part of our trip between Hot Springs and Big Bend. It was a pleasant and quiet campground, and had many sites available. The cedars provided shade and the bathhouse was clean with hot water, which was amazing on a long camping road trip. There was a generator or water pump which was fairly loud.

We stayed at Gulpha Gorge while spending a day of our road trip in Hot Springs. We arrived later than planned at about 10am, and there still were several spots available. We chose the very first site next to the entrance as it was by the creek and had a  nice white noise. The bathrooms were clean and what you would expect from a Parks Service bathroom. The camp hosts were excellent and very helpful, particularly in navigating the unusual reservation machine they have. All around a good base camp for the area.

TL:DR: $5 tent sites available, 24/7 gas station store w. Bathroom, fairly clean. Serves hot food until 9:30ish, close to Great Basin NP. 88 miles to next services to the east.

We were on our way to Great Basin after leaving Yellowstone early this morning. We filled up gas in Nephi, Utah and then cut west on a dark desert highway. We went (according to the sign) 88 miles feeling the cool wind in our hair between "services" before seeing the shimmering light up ahead in the distance. Our heads grew heavy and our sight grew dim, so we had to stop for the night. We pulled in at about 9pm local time and saw, much to our surprise, that the gas station store was advertising being open 24/7! Our tired and hungry selves walked inside where several very nice locals were manning the store. We thought to ourselves "this could be heaven or this could be hell." Turned out to be heaven, as they had hot food and plenty of room for us to pitch a tent. $5 fee for a guaranteed spot "behind the trees next to the spools." Most of the land nearby is BLM, so $5 for access to a store and bathroom is not too bad, though you can technically sleep across the street for free. No apparent need to stab any beasts with steely knives, and come morning we were able to check out and leave.

Pine Glen is my favorite campground in this region of Alabama. It is fairly remote and has few amenities. (vault toilets and trash cans but nothing else at time of writing.) Shoal Creek runs right past the campground, giving a pleasant white noise at night, and it is situated in a glen of pine trees. It is open with little underbrush, but the sites are spaced out enough to have some privacy. The Pinhoti Trail runs straight through the campground and provides hiking opportunities, and if you are willing to drive a little while there is a lot to do in the area.