National Park Guide

Big Bend Field Guide

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.

What's inside

• ✓Hiking Santa Elena Canyon Trail beneath 1,500-foot limestone walls carved by the Rio Grande
• ✓Crossing the river to Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, one of the only international border crossings inside a national park
• ✓Why Big Bend is an International Dark Sky Park with some of the least light-polluted skies in the country
• ✓The volcanic Chisos Mountains, the only mountain range entirely contained within a single U.S. national park