Big Bend National Park has two entrances—Persimmon Gap on the north side, ... The 12.6-mile South Rim Trail climbs 2,000 feet as it makes its way to the top of a ridge.

The Big Bend National Park's official Twitter account has been providing periodic updates, including these views of smoke from the fire. Another view of the smoke from the South Rim. Trails in the ...

A wildfire at Big Bend National Park spread 250 acres in Texas, officials say. ... Smoke from the South Rim Fire is visible from Park Headquarters at Panther Junction.

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (News release) - With the 1341 acre South Rim Fire at 80% containment and no longer deemed a threat to developed areas, the National Park Service (NPS) has scheduled the ...

These closures are more important than ever, especially after the South Rim Fire burned 1,300 acres of Big Bend National Park ...

A wildfire in Big Bend National Park had grown to more than 860 acres Monday. The fire started about 1:30 p.m. Thursday on the park’s South Rim in the Chisos Mountains, park officials said. Wind ...

The past few years have seen record attendance at the park; in 2018, more than 440,000 people came to Big Bend, where they could gaze down at the desert from the edge of the South Rim, admire the ...

Big Bend National Park (Photo: Getty) So put Big Bend on your must-go list—you won’t get there any other way—and start planning with this guide to the park’s can’t-miss spots to hike ...

Nearly 88 firefighters are still battling the wildfire that erupted in Big Bend National Park last Thursday in the Chisos Mountains South Rim. Active burning continues in lower Boot Canyon (near ...

Big Bend National Park was still unknown to many Texans in 1973. Not yet thirty years old, the park had only recently begun drawing more than 200,000 visitors each year to its abundant attractions ...