We spent a day visiting Big Bend National Park in Texas, our last national park for the year, and our last new one until we visit Death Valley in March.

An interactive map of our route:

Entrance sign:

Persimmon Gap Visitor Center near the northern entrance:

We asked the ranger about picnic spots; he told us about a secret picnic spot that isn’t normally mentioned, since they don’t maintain it; a couple of shelters, but just one table. So we had a picnic lunch there:

Hazy mountains and views:

Panther Junction Visitor Center, which includes a post office:

You know I enjoy relief maps:

Gift store:

There’s even a gas station, very unusual for a national park:

Chisos Basin Visitor Center:

Window View Trail:

The Window:

Hole in a rock:

Castolon Visitor Center area:

Old barracks from 1919, that burned in 2019:

Moon over mountains:

A scenic drive.