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Primitive Roadside Campsites— Old Ore Road

Roys Peak Vista Ruin

NPS Photo/Big Bend National Park

 

This 26 mile-long primitive road follows the early 1900s historic route used to transport ore from Mexican mines to the railroad station in Marathon. This road has excellent vistas of the Chisos Mountains and Tornillo Creek, and passes through the foothills of the Deadhorse Mountains, including the cliffs of Alto Relex. A high clearance vehicle and good tires are necessary.

 

• Primitive Roadside Campsite— Candelilla
• Primitive Roadside Campsite— Camp de Leon
• Primitive Roadside Campsite— Ernst Tinaja
• Primitive Roadside Campsites— La Noria
• Primitive Roadside Campsite— Ernst Basin
• Primitive Roadside Campsite— Willow Tank
• Primitive Roadside Campsites— Telephone Canyon
• Primitive Roadside Campsite— Roys Peak Vista
• Primitive Roadside Campsite— McKinney Spring