Al Braden Photographer

Cottonwood Campground is the quiet oasis on Big Bend National Parks western flank. It's near so many iconic landscapes like Santa Elena Canyon, Cerro Castellan and Mule Ear Peaks, making it a great staging area for dawn and dusk photography. It's also a popular camp location for bird watching in the riparian habitat of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo del Norte.

Here are over a dozen views of the campground and surrounding area.