About the Area
Big Bend is part of the vast Chihuahuan Desert that extends from Central Mexico into Texas and Southern New Mexico. In the Big Bend, 3 distinct geographical zones are found: Desert, River, and Mountain. The Chisos Mountains have been compared to a green island in a desert sea, hiding a remnant Alpine forest that developed in wetter cooler times tens of thousands of years ago in the Pleistocene. Learn More >>

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