US Southwest Big Bend Closures

[Kent R]

If you are planing on going to Big Bend soon please check the NPS site to see closures due to flooding.

Big Bend National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

There is a place in Far West Texas where night skies are dark as coal and rivers carve temple-like canyons in ancient limestone. Here, at the end of the road, hundreds of bird species take refuge in a solitary mountain range surrounded by weather-beaten desert. Tenacious cactus bloom in sublime...

www.nps.gov

 

[Sparksalot]

Are you still planning your trip for the fall?

 

[Kent R]

Are you still planning your trip for the fall?

Yep we leave November 01 still working on the schedule for Big Bend

 

[Sparksalot]

Yep we leave November 01 still working on the schedule for Big Bend

The temperatures ought to be very nice then.

 

[Renegade]

Yep we leave November 01 still working on the schedule for Big Bend

Be advised that is the week of the Terlingua Chili cook off, which brings about 10,000 folks to the area which is already resource limited. A good bit of them also visit the park.

 

[Kent R]

Be advised that is the week of the Terlingua Chili cook off, which brings about 10,000 folks to the area which is already resource limited. A good bit of them also visit the park.

Thanks for the heads up, we wont be there until the 6th probably, but I will plan accordingly.

 

[Renegade]

Thanks for the heads up, we wont be there until the 6th probably, but I will plan accordingly.

Enjoy!

I will be at BBRSP starting on 10th!

 

[Brady82]

@Kent R how was the trip? Headed there for the first time in the spring and looking for advice/resources/destinations. Thanks

 

[Kent R]

@Kent R how was the trip? Headed there for the first time in the spring and looking for advice/resources/destinations. Thanks

The recap is on this page

Kent R and Lucy R's South West US trip

Started in Norther California on November 01 headed to the US South west. Our primary mission was to see wildlife so we have stuck to National Wildlife Refuges and National Parks. Currently we are in Whites City NM just south west of Carlsbad NM. We plan on being home by November 18. Along...

www.overlandbound.com

 

[sabjku]

@Kent R how was the trip? Headed there for the first time in the spring and looking for advice/resources/destinations. Thanks

Went there the end of April! Big Bend is beautiful! I think I saw one of the most epic sunsets out there when at camp. I would go as early as possible, if you can, as it gets very hot, at least for me. We had over 100 degree days, and the sun was brutal-lots of sunscreen! We camped down near the Rio Grande, saw lots of wildlife, and ran the River Rd and Black Gap trails, which was lots of fun. We were on a trip cross country, to continue down into Baja, so we were only in Big bend for 2 nights/3 days. I'll absolutely go back again! The town of Terlingua is a must visit when you're out there!