The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited park in the NPS system, and for good reason too! The Smokies have no entrance fee and there are tons of roads for scenic drives with gorgeous stops and lookouts along the way. This makes the national park accessible for people of all ages and…
We may not be native Texans, but we sure got to Texas as quick as we could! Before we moved to Texas in 2015 I had never heard of Big Bend National Park. It’s one of those parks that’s so underrated and isn’t on most travelers radar, partially due to its obscure location. We jumped…
While Big Bend National park is extremely remote, there are definitely certain trails that receive more traffic than others (looking at you Lost Mine and Santa Elena). If you’re looking for something truly remote and isolated from the rest of the park, you may consider hiking the Mesa de Anguila trail. This Big Bend hike…
Big Bend National Park offers a variety of landscapes to hike. Mountains, rivers, and even desert hikes are abundant here. While it’s easy to get caught up in the stunning vistas the mountains provide or the canyons that can be seen from miles away, many of the desert hikes get easily over looked. To get…
Santa Elena Canyon is one of the most iconic natural features in Big Bend National Park. It’s one thing you surely don’t want to miss if you pay Big Bend a visit! The canyon walls soar 1,500 feet above the Rio Grande making this a view visitors won’t soon forget. Table of Contents This post…
Grapevine Hills Trail, also known as Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park is my favorite desert hike in the entire park! It’s a short and sweet family-friendly hike that kids and adults of all ages will love. Most of the hike is relatively flat with a short rock scramble at the last section of…
Looking for the best hikes Big Bend National Parks has to offer? Look no further than the South Rim! It’s grueling, inspiring, and breath-taking all at the same time. This hike sort of straddles the border between day hike and backpacking trail at 12.6 miles. In fact, there are several backcountry campsites along the trail…
Big Bend National Park offers some of the best hiking! With deserts, mountains, canyons and forests, there are a variety of hiking options to choose from. The Chisos Basin, located centrally in the park, has some of the best hiking in the park (in my opinion). If you’re planning to do lots of exploring in…