BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas – Visitors flock to this sprawling park straddling the U.S.-Mexico border for the soaring, coral-colored cliffs of Santa Elena Canyon, the jagged contours of the ...

Of all the wild places along the U.S.-Mexico border, Big Bend National Park, named for the great curve of the Rio Grande, is the gem. In Santa Elena Canyon in west Texas, the international river ...

It’s late afternoon in Santa Elena Canyon – a 19-mile gorge that separates Big Bend National Park in West Texas and three national parks in Mexico – and we’re setting up camp along a ...

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 ...