• Sierra del Carmen

    Big Bend

    National Park Texas

Self Guided

Bringing students to Big Bend National Park for a field trip can be an incredibly rewarding experience. It requires, however, a great deal of preparation ahead of time. The following pages include a list of suggestions for planning your own trip.

Did You Know?

Rosillos Mountains

The Harte Ranch section of the North Rosillos Mountains was added to Big Bend National Park in 1987.  Property owners Houston H. Harte and Edward H.  Harte donated the 67,000 acre ranch to the Texas Nature Conservancy in 1985 with the understanding that it would eventually become part of the park.