Contact Information
P.O. Box 129
Big Bend National Park, TX 79834
915-477-2251
Big Bend may well be the most anonymous of the national parks in the Lower 48. If it's solitude you seek, you'll find it here. Besides serving up quiet in big, Texas-size portions, Big Bend boasts geologic wonders, unique wildlife, and plenty of room for hikers and campers to spread out.The park, which earns its name for the sharp turn the Rio Grande takes in its midst, sprawls across an astounding 801,000 acres of arid plains and mountains in far-west Texas. The Indians thought this land was the Great Spirit's rock storage facility; the Spaniards called it El Despoblado, or the uninhabited land. However you see it, Big Bend is not soon forgotten: it's a place of mystery and of timeless beauty. Big Bend is generally crowd-free year-round, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's excepted. Park officials also recommend steering clear during spring break time -usually the second and third weeks of March - when sun-starved college students descend.
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