Big Bend National Park

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Welcome to the Big Bend National Park Travel Planner. Here you'll find everything you need to plan your Big Bend vacation, including directions, maps, photos, lodging, camping, things to do, weather, and more.

The name "Big Bend" refers to the great U-turn the Rio Grande makes here in southwest Texas, changing from a southeasterly flow to northeast flow. For more than 1,000 miles, the Rio Grande forms the international boundary between Mexico and the United States; Big Bend National Park administers approximately one-quarter of that boundary and includes 118 miles of the river as part of its southern boundary.

The 801,163-acre park draws only 327,000 visitors per year making Big Bend National Park one of the largest (15th largest) and least visited of America's national parks. If you haven't had an opportunity to visit this land of mountains, desert, and incredible diversity of plant and animal life, I hope you'll enjoy a visit in the near future.

Big Bend National Park
General Information	Lodging in the Park
Getting to the Park	Photographs and Maps
Camping	National Parks & State Parks
Educational Opportunities	Things to Do
History and Geology	Travel & Tourism Offices
Jobs and Volunteering	Weather

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