• Sierra del Carmen

    Big Bend

    National Park Texas

Contact Public Affairs

Elephant Tusk Peak viewed from the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains.
Elephant Tusk Peak viewed from the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains.
NPS/Eric Leonard
 

For additional media inquiries, please contact the park's Public Information Officer,
David Elkowitz, at

Big Bend National Park
PO Box 129
Big Bend National Park, TX 79834

Phone: 432-477-1108
Fax: 432-477-1175

E-mail the Public Information Officer

Did You Know?

Size comparison between pterosaur and a modern automobile

The second largest flying animal ever documented on the planet was found in Big Bend National Park. Fossilized remains of the pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus northropi, with a wingspan of 35 feet, were first found in the park in 1971. More...