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Texas
Big Bend
Field Guide
Where the Rio Grande carves three great canyons beneath the volcanic Chisos Mountains and some of the darkest skies in the Lower 48.
A complete planning guide to Big Bend National Park. Covers the Rio Grande's Santa Elena, Mariscal, and Boquillas canyons, the volcanic Chisos Mountains rising from the desert floor, hiking Santa Elena Canyon Trail and the Window Trail, crossing into Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, the park's International Dark Sky designation, its remarkable range of wildlife from black bears and mountain lions to 450-plus bird species, camping at Chisos Basin, Rio Grande Village, and Cottonwood, staying at Chisos Mountains Lodge, and the official NPS park map.
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- Aug 2026
- last updated
What's inside
- 1Hiking Santa Elena Canyon Trail beneath 1,500-foot limestone walls carved by the Rio Grande
- 2Crossing the river to Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, one of the only international border crossings inside a national park
- 3Why Big Bend is an International Dark Sky Park with some of the least light-polluted skies in the country
- 4The volcanic Chisos Mountains, the only mountain range entirely contained within a single U.S. national park
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The Big Bend guide, page by page
A 14-page print-at-home PDF field guide to Big Bend, Texas.
- 01Welcome to Big Bend
- 02Rules & basics
- 03First-time logistics
- 04A river that carved three canyons through solid rock
- 05Park overview map
- 06Santa Elena Canyon, the Window & Boquillas
- 07Routes & travel
- 08Wildlife
- 09Weather & when to go
- 10Beyond the trails
- 11Camping & lodging
- 12Pocket cards
- 13Route quick-card
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