We made reservations for several rooms. We had a late arrival (11:30 pm) and we were unable to call ahead since we literally had NO phone reception for the last several hundred miles of our trip. Any numbers we had for the property went unanswered. After driving around for an alternative, the Chisos Mining Co. Motel had a night phone. They came to our rescue and gave us a place to stay for our entire trip! It was a wonderful alternative.

We stayed here in Study Butte two nights while visiting Big Bend National Park.

On the Plus side:
The location is supreme, 2 miles from the west entrance of the National Park. We stayed in the motel (we got a room with 2 queen beds - nothing special but comfortable enough) but there is also a book/souvenir store by the lobby, an RV Park, a FINA gas station, a cafe, and a small convenience store all together here on TX 118 at the junction of FM 170.
It really was a very convenient base of operations, and the host was very kind and soft spoken.
There weren't many TV stations on the cable - clearly not enough for our son, but too many for me - I preferred going outside and listening to the coyotes sing.
The breakfast in the cafe (not included, but not expensive either) is not fancy but there is plenty to eat from their buffet, and the pancakes were especially good.

On the Minus side:
The hot water had failed the day we arrived, and had only been restored late in the day. When we first got into the room, we found the bathtub bottom covered with sand. We called it in, and were told it must have come out of the pipes when they restored the water. They did clean up the mess, but didn't offer us another room, and my wife simply refused to use the bath/shower for the rest of our stay.

On the Information side - the lobby closes at 10 PM sharp, so if you might have a late arrival, make special arrangements.

My husband and I rolled into Terlingua at about 6 PM a couple weeks ago, looking for a room to stay in before heading into Big Bend National Park the next morning for a 6 night camping trip. Our original plan was to tent camp that evening, but we were hot, hungry, and road-weary, so we decided to go for a motel room instead. The one or two nicer-looking options in town were a bit expensive when all we needed was a room for the night, and Big Bend Resort looked clean and simple, so we decided to go for it. The motel office on Hwy 118 was clean and pleasant, and seemed fairly new. There was a shop featuring gift items and a decent selection of camping goods. A line of people wanting rooms stretched almost out the door. The one man working the desk was reasonably efficient but rather grim and unsmiling. We paid about 60 bucks for the room -very reasonable for this remote area with limited options. We were placed in a different building than the one the office was in. It was across the highway and to the north a few blocks and called "Mission Lodge", I believe. The building was not as new and clean-looking as the "main" building. Our room smelled very musty and a bit moldy. It was carpeted with 70's looking sculpted carpeting. I'm guessing it was very old carpet, because of the smell and the fact that the sculpted look has been out of style for a long time! The room was hot and stuffy because the A/C window unit had been turned off; we turned it on and the room cooled down quickly. The temperature outside was close to 100 degrees. There were a vanity and sink in the main room and a separate tiny bathroom with toilet and tub/shower. The drain side of the bathtub was caked with a large amount of powdered cleanser, as if the cleaning person had forgotten to rinse it before leaving the room. The tub surround and the area where the tub meets the floor contained disgusting, black, mildewed and peeling caulk in many places. It was best to close your eyes when in the bathroom to avoid having to see it. We had been showering in state park shower rooms for the last couple weeks and most of them were nicer at a fraction of the cost. The room actually was pretty clean, but without getting rid of the carpet and putting in new bathroom tile and fixtures there would be no way to make the room really look or smell clean. I would not want to be on the cleaning staff that has to try and make these rooms look good. If we had not been so tired and eager to go out and eat, we may have driven back to the office and requested a new room - if one was even available that night. We watched the place fill up fast as we carried our bags into the room. If you stay at Big Bend Resort and Adventures, I recommend asking to see the room first. I hope the rooms in the main building are nicer than the ones in the "MIssion Lodge" annex!

We stayed here four nights on our first trip to Big Bend. We chose to stay here rather than at the lodge inside the park because the park lodge room rate was double the rate at this motel just outside the park. For us, this was a good choice. Our facility was more spartan than the park lodge, but they are both run by the same company, and the cleanliness and service levels (very good) are probably similar at both. In the off-season (mid-July) there aren't a lot of tourists around (which is great), and it was no hotter in most places in and outside the park than it was in our hometown of Dallas. Big Bend is a wonderful getaway--sometimes it seemed like we had travelled to the end of the earth in that vast landscape. This motel is a great place to stay for a multi-day visit to the park, being located just 3 miles from the park entrance, and a mile or two from Terlingua Ghost Town and a few miles more to Lajitas. Don't expect fancy, but do expect the basics.