Big Bend National Park - Santa Elena Canyon, Castolon, La Harmonia Store
We spent a few hours (not long enough ) driving through Big Bend National Park. During our drive we hiked the Santa Elena Canyon trail. So beautiful. We stopped at a few other spots of notable mention on our way out. Leave no doubt, we will be back to cover more ground. We hope you enjoy this little window into what this place has to offer.
Information below is from the National Parks website. See link below.
La Harmonia Store
From 1902 until the establishment of the park in 1944, it served, though not always by virtue of legal designation, as consulate, sheriffs' department, notary public, bank, and a source of medical, hardware, and ranch supplies in northern Mexico and the southern Big Bend.
In 1901, Cipriano Hernandez had the idea of farming the fertile floodplain around Castolon and selling his produce to the miners in Terlingua, just up the creek. The east end of the rambling adobe building now known as the Alvino House was the original Castolon store, where Hernandez vended his melons, pumpkins, squash, and beans. In 1914, he sold the property to Clyde Buttrill, who hired James Sublett to manage the farm and store. Sublett and his family moved into the house, and later moved the store into larger building located across from Cottonwood Campground at Old Castolon.
Alvino House
In addition to the store, Castolon includes the oldest known adobe structure in Big Bend National Park (the Alvino House), another store building (Old Castolon), and numerous adobe ruins that were once homes for the many Mexican American and Anglo families that lived in the area. There are two cemeteries in the Castolon area.
5 Cool Things to See in Big Bend National Park, Texas | US Travel Guide
5 Cool Things to See in Big Bend National Park, US States
Big Bend National Park in West Texas’s Chihuahuan Desert exceeds 800,000 acres. To put that into perspective, the park is bigger than Rhode Island. Big Bend boasts breathtaking desert landscapes, hundreds of bird species, dozens of reptile species, buildings dating back to the 1800s, artifacts dating back 9,000 years, and animal fossils dating back to the Cretaceous Period. The park also includes these ten exciting features. Here things to see in Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA.
1. The Window Trail
2. Boquillas Canyon Rapids
3. Langford Hot Springs
4. Emory Peak
5. Castolon Historic District
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Big Bend National Park; HD Videos, Photos and Time-lapses of Big Bend National Park in Texas
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Big Bend National Park in the U.S. state of Texas has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States. It contains more than 1,200 species of plants, more than 450 species of birds, 56 species of reptiles, and 75 species of mammals. The national park covers 801,163 acres.
Big Bend is one of the largest, most remote, and least-visited national parks in the lower 48 United States. In recent years, only 300,000–350,000 visitors have entered the park annually.
Big Bend's primary attraction is its hiking and backpacking trails. Particularly notable among these are the Chimneys Trail, which visits a rock formation in the desert; the Marufo Vega trail, a loop trail that passes through scenic canyons on the way to and from the Rio Grande; the South Rim trail which circles the high mountains of the Chisos; and the Outer Mountain Loop trail in the Chisos, which incorporates parts of the South Rim loop, descends into the desert along the Dodson Trail, and then returns to the Chisos Basin, completing a 30-mile loop. Other notable locations include Santa Elena Canyon, Grapevine Hills, and the Mule Ears, two imposing rock towers in the middle of the desert. Professional backpacking guide services provide trips in the park.
The park administers 118 miles (190 km) of the Rio Grande for recreational use. Professional river outfitters provide tours of the river. Use of a personal boat is permitted, but a free river float permit is required. In June 2009, the Department of Homeland Security began treating all float trips as trips that had left the country and required participants to have an acceptable form of identification such as a passport to re-enter the country.
Five paved roads are in Big Bend. Persimmon Gap to Panther Junction is a 28-mile (45 km) road from the north entrance of the park to park headquarters at Panther Junction. Panther Junction to Rio Grande Village is a 21-mile (34 km) road that descends 2,000 feet (610 m) from the park headquarters to the Rio Grande. Maverick Entrance Station to Panther Junction is a 23-mile (37 km) route from the western entrance of the park to the park headquarters. Chisos Basin Road is 6 miles (10 km) long and climbs to 5,679 feet (1,731 m) above sea level at Panther Pass before descending into the Chisos Basin. The 30-mile (48 km) Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive leads to the Castolon Historic District and Santa Elena Canyon.
The park was named after the area, which is bounded by a large bend in the river and Texas-Mexico border.
Despite its harsh desert environment, Big Bend has more than 1200 species of plants (including 60 cactus species), over 600 species of vertebrates, and about 3600 insect species. The variety of life is largely due to the diverse ecology and changes in elevation between the dry, hot desert, the cool mountains, and the fertile river valley.
Big Bend National Park | Castolon | Santa Elena & Boquillas Canyon | La Kiva Bar | Ghost Town
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Sam Nail Ranch, Big Bend National Park
On our way to Castolon and Santa Elena Canyon, we encountered exhibits on two large ranches in the Big Bend that were founded between 1909 and 1929. Known as the “Sam Nail Ranch” and the “Homer Willson Ranch” (ne. Blue Creek Ranch), they varied in size from 15,000 to 28,000 acres. Both were occupied until the 1940’s , and later incorporated into the Big Bend National Park. The Homer Wilson ranch was one of the largest ranches in the United States, and the most significant one in the Big Bend Area. Read the entire article at
The Teardrop Trail starts with Jim and Marilyn’s first, excellent adventure in teardrop travel. Camping is fun, but the days of tent camping are probably over for us. We hit the road with a teardrop trailer, seeing the sights, meeting people, enjoying the adventure. Join us for more trips down the Teardrop Trail at
Big Bend National Park: A Great Place for Birds
Over 450 species of birds think Big Bend National Park is a great place to be. Part of the park's official Inside The Big Bend video series.
Big Bend National Park: Big Bend In One Day
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Yolo TX takes an exciting tour down to South Texas. First, we stop by Terlingua, a ghost town reawakened for its yearly chili cook-off. In fact, Terlingua is the homeland of the chili cook-off, hosting traveling contenders each year since 1967. Eventually, we make our way down to scenic Big Bend National Park. Here you can catch all those beautiful Texas sunsets that are as humbling as they are inspiring. Before we end our tour, we head North to get into the Christmas spirit at Decorators Warehouse. Here, you can shop over 60,000 square feet of winter wonderland and recapture that holiday nostalgia. And if you’re still hungry for more Texas entertainment, check out the rest of our episodes.
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Big Bend National Park is an American national park located in West Texas, bordering Mexico. The park has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States. The park protects more than 1,200 species of plants, more than 450 species of birds, 56 species of reptiles, and 75 species of mammals.Geological features in the park include sea fossils and dinosaur bones, as well as volcanic dikes. The area has a rich cultural history, from archeological sites dating back nearly 10,000 years to more recent pioneers, ranchers, and miners.The park encompasses an area of 801,163 acres (1,251.8 sq mi; 3,242.2 km2). For more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km), the Rio Grande/Río Bravo forms the boundary between Mexico and the United States, and Big Bend National Park administers approximately 118 miles (190 km) along that boundary. The park was named after a large bend in the river, and the Texas—Mexico border.Because the Rio Grande serves as an international boundary, the park faces unusual constraints while administering and enforcing park rules, regulations, and policies. In accordance with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the park's territory extends only to the center of the deepest river channel as the river flowed in 1848. The rest of the land south of that channel, and the river, lies within Mexican territory. The park is bordered by the protected areas of Parque Nacional Cañon de Santa Elena and Maderas del Carmen in Mexico.
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site Monument
San Jacinto Historical Site is the location where Texas won the Battle of San Jacinto, securing its independence from Mexico. The battle was over quickly and the battlefield does not offer much to see. The monument, movie and a museum on Texas history are worth checking out. The music in the video is Prelude in C by Bach and was composed by Kevin MacLeod.