Big Bend National Park in West Texas has become a favorite for over half a million visitors each year, showcasing stunning ...

The trip made me develop a serious appreciation for the sheer diversity and beauty of U.S. national parks. I also realized that some national parks are conveniently clustered together or within a few ...

Texans and park advocates are speaking out against the National Park Service's decision to shut down one of Big Bend National Park's most popular areas for construction, calling it poorly timed, ...

A popular mountainous section of Big Bend National ... area, park officials say. The Chisos Basin area, including the Chisos Mountain Lodge, campgrounds, visitor center and surrounding trails ...

When Christy Perry, a young Houston woman, went missing while hiking in Big Bend National ... trail she’d embarked on a week earlier and returned her to safety. Perry wasn’t the only park ...

The Lost Mine Trail, located in Southwest Texas at the Big Bend National Park, was recently named as one of the top 25 different trails that AllTrails editors recommend people explore in 2025.

Trails? Whatever, who needs 'em? My family, on a trip to beautiful Big Bend National Park years ago, was resting at a visitors center after a long day, when a van came speeding into the lot.

If you look at a map of ... 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 is bigger ...

But the Lost Mine Trail at Big Bend National Park is the one and only time I've ever encountered a black bear on foot. It happened at the end of my hike there in 2019. My wife and I had just spent ...

The body was found along the Marufo Vega Trail in Big Bend National Park on Monday, Oct. 28 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

Authorities uncovered the body of a 24-year-old hiker Monday along a rugged trail in Texas’ Big Bend National Park, pictured here.(Getty Images) Authorities uncovered the body of a 24-year-old ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (Gray News) - A hiker was found dead along a rugged trail at Big Bend National Park. Searchers found the body of a 24-year-old hiker along the Marufo Vega trail on ...