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BIG BEND AREA

AREA COUNTIES
Brewster County, Terrell County, Jeff Davis County, Presidio County,
covering 14,671 sq. miles.
AREA CITIES

Brewster County -
Alpine
Castolon - Ghost town
Hovey - Ghost town
Lajitas
Lindsey City - Ghost town
Marathon
Mariscal Mine - Ghost town
Study Butte - Ghost town
Terlingua - Ghost town
Big Ben National Park

Jeff Davis County -
Chispa - Ghost town
Fort Davis
Valentine

Presidio County
-
Adobes - Ghost town
Candelaria - Ghost town
Casa Piedra - Ghost town
Lindsey City - Ghost town
Marfa
Plata - Ghost town
Presidio
Redford
Ruidosa - Ghost town
Shafter - Ghost town
Tinaja - Ghost town

Terrell County -
Cedar Station
- Ghost town
Dryden
Sanderson

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  • Mariscal Mine
    "Deep inside" Big Bend National Park on Mariscal Mountain. A National Register Historic District.
    Photos courtesy Erik Whetstone
  • Featured Trips/Articles:
  • A Flatboat Named Enchilada
    Hot Springs in Big Bend National Park,
    Crossing the Rio Grande,
    Burro ride, and
    Boquillas
  • The Big Bend Then by Maggie Van Ostrand
    "If you know why Texas Ranger Captain Charles L. Nevill spat his fine pipe right out of his mouth, then you know more about Big Bend history than most Texans..."
  • Avisadores: Messengers of Light by Clay Coppedge
    "Put me in another landscape and I might not even notice or imagine this almost subliminal flash of light but Big Bend is, or at least was, the land of avisadores..."
  • NATIONAL PARKS

  • Big Ben National Park
    http://www.nps.gov/bibe/index.htm
  • Fort Davis National Historic Site
    http://www.nps.gov/foda/index.htm
  • STATE PARKS IN THE AREA

  • Big Bend Ranch State Park
    P O Box 2319 Presidio TX 79845
    432/229-3416
    Chihuahuan Desert
    Along the Rio Grande from SE Presidio almost to Lajitas
    Brewster and Presidio Counties.
    http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/bigbend/
  • Barton Warnock Environmental Education Center
    HC 70, Box 375 Terlingua TX 79852
    432/424-3327
    http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/barton/
  • Fort Leaton State Historic Site
    P O Box 2439 Presidio TX 79845
    432/229-3613
    Directions: Located 4 miles SE of Presidio on FM 170 (River Road) one of the most scenic drive in Texas.
    http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/fortleat/
  • Davis Mountain State Park
    http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/davis/davis.htm
  • Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park
    A view of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park

    Photo courtesy Julie McConnell, 2004
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