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Cell Phone Service in Big Bend
Cell phone coverage map showing Big Bend as not available
As this graphic demonstrates, enhanced cell phone service is not always reliable in the Big Bend.
Don't Depend on it
Limited cell phone coverage is available in the Big Bend area. Reception depends on both the service you use and your location within the park; lower elevations and mountains often block signals. Do not depend on your phone to work in the Chisos Basin or remote portions of the park. Have a backup communications plan.

Be a Courteous User
Many of your fellow visitors to Big Bend have come here to escape the trapping of modern life, such as cell phones. As a courtesy to other visitors, please turn off your cell phone in visitor centers and on all trails.
Longhorn in repose  

Did You Know?
As planning progressed for the new Big Bend National Park in the early 1940s, one prominent proposal called for the development of a dude ranch in the new park. Occupying as much as 200,000 acres, the ranch would have featured longhorn cattle. Objections by biologists helped eliminate the idea.
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Last Updated: August 19, 2006 at 15:11 EST