Big Bend National Park in Texas offers lots of great spots for outdoor recreation, including this trail that hiking ...

If you look at a map of Texas, the very left point is El Paso. From there, let your eyes wander southeast. You see that dip in the Texas border along the Rio Grande? That dip is called the Big Bend.

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and Big Bend National Park sure lives up to it. Spanning 801,163 acres, it's the 15th largest national park in America and known as "Texas' gift to the nation." ...

Big Bend National Park sits in a spot of far West Texas where fields of cacti meet limestone canyons carved by rivers. This vast stretch of wilderness is often referred to as three parks in one thanks ...

A woman collapsed and died while hiking one of the trails at Big Bend National Park in Texas on Monday, the National Park Service announced this week. The death marked the second hiker fatality at the ...

One of America's largest wilderness areas could be about to get even bigger. The sprawling Big Bend National Park is expected to expand by 6,100 acres after a bipartisan bill to authorize the purchase ...

This article is part of Texas Monthly’s special fiftieth-anniversary issue. Read about the other icons that have defined Texas since 1973. The park is also grappling with environmental issues that ...

Two people died Friday after hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas, the National Park Service said in a news release. A stepfather and his two stepsons from Florida were ...

The largest national park in Texas may soon get even bigger. Big Bend National Park could soon expand after the bipartisan Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act passed the Senate unanimously ...