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Out-of-state visitors typically arrive via two main airports: Midland-Odessa, which is about a two-to-three-hour drive to Big ...
Young Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Image via Depositphotos. Yellowstone, America’s first national park, remains the gold standard for wildlife viewing. The park’s diverse ...
Getting to Big Bend National Park This park is far from Texas’s and the American Southwest’s major urban areas, and that’s ...
In a lesser-traveled corner of Big Bend National Park, scientists are uncovering one of the most detailed records of ancient marine life anywhere in the world. For Jordan Todes, a PhD student at ...
— A North Dakota couple has been ordered to pay $8,000 in restitution plus $600 in fines, and sentenced to a six-month suspended jail sentence for illegally harvesting a trophy mule deer buck.
HOUSTON U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) released the following statements after the Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act ...
Get stop-by-stop directions for a driving tour of the Borderlands of Texas from National Geographic's Ultimate Road Trips. Welcome to Big Bend, one of the last true frontiers in the lower 48.
A recent study by Casino Context analyzed National Park Service (NPS) data from 2007 to 2023, revealing that Texas's Big Bend National Park has the highest summer fatality rate among U.S. national ...
A wildfire destroyed a railroad trestle bridge and burned 150-200 acres near Cross Ranch State Park on Thursday afternoon. Washburn Assistant Fire Chief Travis Verke said the fire started north of ...
The park is located off of Highway 1 and clearly marked with a Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park sign. Parking It costs $10 to park your car. Hours The park is open at 8 a.m. and closes at sunset.
The Friends of Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park and Memorial will host a scavenger hunt at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 21, in the Railsplitter Pavilion.
The park is open daily from 8 a.m. until sunset. Although admission is free, parking at the state park costs $10. You'll find Wilder Ranch State Park just west of central Santa Cruz.