Big Bend National Park, United States
🏜️ Big Bend National Park is a vast Chihuahuan Desert wilderness of rugged mountain peaks, dramatic river canyons, and star-filled night skies, offering scenic drives, remote hikes, and some of the most underrated landscapes in Texas.
📆 BEST TIME TO VISIT
January - April, October - December
1️⃣ BEST SIGHTS, GEMS, & DRIVES
🚗 Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive
💎 Santa Elena Canyon Overlook
💎 The Window
💎 Balanced Rock
💎 Mule Ears
💎 South Rim Viewpoint
💎 Langford Hot Spring
💎 Ernst Tinaja
💎 Rio Grande
🥾 BEST HIKES
📍 Santa Elena Canyon Trail – 1.7 mi – Easy 🟢
📍 Boquillas Canyon Trail – 1.4 mi – Easy 🟢
📍 Rio Grande Village Nature Trail – 1.0 mi – Easy 🟢
📍 Big Bend Hot Springs Trail – 1.2 mi – Easy 🟢
📍 Lost Mine Trail – 4.8 mi – Mod 🔵
📍 The Window Trail – 5.4 mi – Mod 🔵
📍 Balanced Rock – 2.0 mi – Mod 🔵
📍 South Rim Trail Loop – 12.3 Mi – Hard ⚫️
📍 Emory Peak – 11.9 Mi – Hard ⚫️
🌟 Funsize Tip: If you only have a few hours or one day - rive the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive start-to-finish. It hits the highlights of every ecosystem: the Sotol Vista (views), Mule Ears (unique geology), Tuff Canyon (easy white-rock scramble), and finishes at Santa Elena Canyon (the grand finale).
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If you cross over to Boquillas, go to Jose Falcons and order the House Tamales (wrapped in banana leaves). They are the best Tamales ever
The canoe trip was awesome. We used Hidden Dagger Adventures.
Far Flung adventures
They were great. Very highly recommended. It’s not exactly easy to get here, but it is worth the effort. This place is HUGE! — with Christina Johnson Neal at Big Bend National Park.