Big Bend Ranch State Park
Covering more than 300,000 acres of Chihuahuan Desert wilderness, Big Bend Ranch is the largest state park in Texas. Its mountains, canyons, and waterfalls make it a visually and physically engaging place, and archeological evidence supports human activity in this area for over 11,000 years, as diverse people and cultures have been drawn by the abundant resources of the Rio Grande River corridor. Ranching and mining were common modern-day enterprises.
Today, outdoor enthusiasts, naturalists, and history buffs can venture through the same canyons, mountains, and rocky trails that explorers, traders, and missionaries of Anglo, Spanish, and Mexican descent walked 150 years ago or more.