From maps to ... magnificent Santa Elena Canyon. With its higher elevations and tree coverage, the Chisos Mountains are a popular destination for hiking in Big Bend National Park.

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK ... climbing the challenging Lost Mine Trail or paddling through Santa Elena Canyon. We enter the national park by driving south from Marathon, going through Persimmon ...

That dip is called the Big Bend. And within this area, you’ll find one of the largest, most remote national parks in the continental U.S. Big Bend National Park ... Canyon Trail, or Santa Elena ...

At first glance, the hardscrabble terrain of Big Bend National ... park, follow the pathway over Terlingua Creek to get a glimpse of one of the park’s most famous sights, Santa Elena Canyon.

Big Bend National Park in Texas could soon expand by thousands of acres. Pictured is the mouth of Santa Elena Canyon in the park.(Dan Leeth / Special Contributor) Big Bend National Park in Texas ...

Big Bend has beautiful Santa Elena Canyon and the stunning Window and ... And while he is as loath to choose one Texas national park over the other as he is to choose between brisket and ribs ...

Last spring, many visitors to Santa Elena Canyon were startled ... state with just two national parks and a state park system struggling to keep up with demand, Big Bend helps preserve what ...

Big Bend National Park sits in a spot of far West Texas where fields of cacti meet limestone canyons carved by rivers. This vast stretch of wilderness is often referred to as three parks in one ...

The Rio Grande trickling through the Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park in March.Credit...Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The New York Times Supported by By Daniel Modlin Daniel Modlin is a ...