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Big Bend National Park Attractions: What to do & Places to Visit in Big Bend National Park
Category: Landmarks/ Points of Interest; Tourist/ Visitor Centers
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Village in the park's southeast corner with tourist facilities such as RV park, campground, gas station, store and...
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Village in the park's southeast corner with tourist facilities such as RV park, campground, gas station, store and laundromat.
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Category: Mountains; Scenic/ Historic Walking Areas
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Legend has it that the rich vein of ore on this mountain was sealed up by Apaches who had been forced into slavery to mine...
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Legend has it that the rich vein of ore on this mountain was sealed up by Apaches who had been forced into slavery to mine it, and it is lost forever.
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"The Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park is a beautiful canyon, and is where the Rio Grand River enters Big Bend National Park. You can hike into the canyon or explore the Texas side of the river."
"This park definitely does not get enough credit. We decided to go camping for our Thanksgiving break. With no available reservation we took a risk in driving 8 hours hoping to get a first come first serve site. Thankfully we found one site in the Rio Grande Campground. Site #22 was a great camping s..."ite surrounded by mesquite trees seemed almost like you had partitions from all the other campsites. This helped with the strong winds that we got that night. Talking with the park ranger we found out that a tent was lost to Mexico the night before due to the strong winds. The campsite is near the restrooms, a closet like room to wash your dishes, and water fill up station for drinking water. The scary part was the odd looking spider clinging to the top of the dish washing room. We weren’t able to figure out what kind of spider it was but it didn’t seem to mind all the people coming to wash their dishes. The campsite was tucked into the back of the campground in the “no generator zone”. Near...
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"Go there if in terlingua! It's a restaurant in a cave. Full bar, good food! It's definitely an interesting place. How often do you get the nance to eat dinner in a cave!!"
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