Boquillas Canyon Trail —A 1.4-mile roundtrip trail labeled moderate. Santa Elena Canyon Trail —A 1.7-mile moderate trail through the dramatic scenery of Santa Elena Canyon. It can be muddy.

Inside the canyon Back in Santa Elena Canyon, Gandy and I sit on boulders and swish our dirty shoes in a pool of water, trying to clean off the sticky mud. It’s a sunny day in April, and I’ve ...

Many superlatives apply to Big Bend, but without doubt, “most enchanting” describes the 30-mile Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive leading to Santa Elena Canyon. We love it so much the first day we ...

It's also one of the easiest—you don't even need to get out of your car. The drive starts near the park's Maverick entrance and continues for 30 miles to Santa Elena Canyon.

There are campgrounds if you feel like overnighting it, too. Santa Elena Canyon in West Texas. Caddo Lake State Park - This park houses the 25,000-acre Caddo Lake, which borders Texas and Louisiana.

The next day we entered Santa Elena Canyon, 8 miles long with walls 1,500 ft high and about 50 feet wide at the narrowest part. At the entrance was Rock Slide Rapid, a narrow winding channel ...

Santa Elena Canyon is a narrow 7-mile long canyon where the Rio Grande has sliced through the limestone Mesa de Anguila. The trail is an easy hike, about 1.7 miles round trip.

Largest national park in Texas among best in the U.S. for winter travel By Priscilla Aguirre, Senior Trending Reporter Updated Dec 21, 2022 1:12 p.m.

Last spring, many visitors to Santa Elena Canyon were startled to find themselves walking beneath the 1,500-foot bluffs on a dry riverbed. But in other ways, Big Bend has changed for the better.