Last updated: July 20, 2024
Place
Window Trail Stop #3
NPS/J. Jurado
Quick Facts
Location:
Big Bend National Park
Amenities
1 listed
Scenic View/Photo Spot
As you descend the Window Trail, Ward Mountain looms to the left. It was named for Johnnie Ward who camped at Ward Spring at the base of the mountain when he was working for the G-4 ranching outfit.
Amon Carter Peak forms the sharp spire just to the left of the Window, while Vernon Bailey Peak is the rounded dome to the right of the Window.
Amon Carter was a philanthropist and Fort Worth publisher who is actively identified with every movement to bring about the purchase and establishment of Big Bend National Park. He put his money and his organizational know-how behind the job, and when the work was done he went to Washington, as personal representative of the Governor of Texas, to hand the deed to the park lands to President Roosevelt. He did this on historic D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Amon Carter Peak forms the sharp spire just to the left of the Window, while Vernon Bailey Peak is the rounded dome to the right of the Window.
Amon Carter was a philanthropist and Fort Worth publisher who is actively identified with every movement to bring about the purchase and establishment of Big Bend National Park. He put his money and his organizational know-how behind the job, and when the work was done he went to Washington, as personal representative of the Governor of Texas, to hand the deed to the park lands to President Roosevelt. He did this on historic D-Day, June 6, 1944.