Scenery has magnetic pull. Big Bend National Park stretches across 801,163 acres on the western edge of Texas. Mountains, foothills and deeply carved canyons break up the expansive Chihuahuan Desert.

Big Bend National Park was established in 1944. Seven decades later, it is one of the least visited national parks in the country—beauty notwithstanding, it’s just so damn far away from ...

As we drove into Big Bend National Park in June for a ... up the winding road to an elevation of 5,400 feet in the ... flitting like a ghost among the canyon’s oak and juniper ...

Big Bend National Park is dangerous as hell. ... Juniper Canyon, east of Emory Peak, ... Most primitive sites are off-road in the desert, ...

Boquillas Canyon is the longest and deepest canyon in Big Bend National Park. The vertical relief from nearby Pico del Carmen ...

Boquillas Canyon, Big Bend National Park. Distance: 1.5 miles. Access at end of Boquillas Canyon Road. Difficulty: Easy.

Big Bend's topographic variety supports a remarkable diversity of life, including 1,200 plant species—some found nowhere else in the world. People have passed through this terrain for at least ...

Day 5: Big Bend hiking and the town of Terlingua: Hike the Lost Mine Trail, a moderately difficult 4.2-mile trail through the Chisos Mountains. After enjoying stunning views of Casa Grande and Juniper ...

Big Bend bluebonnet along the Chisos Basin Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas. (Dan Leeth / Special Contributor) Birders told us that more than 450 species have been recorded here, including some ...

Heath Canyon Ranch Heath Canyon Ranch, a 671-acre property, is loctaed between Big Bend National Park and Black Gap National Wildlife Management Area. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ...

Travel & Outdoors Big Bend 2002 Whether you're a first-time visitor or a frequent one, here's the latest scoop on how to drive the back roads, run the Rio Grande, and discover secret hikes you won ...