On Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, everyone can visit a state park for the day for free. There are 89 Texas State Parks. Here is what ...

TERLINGUA, Texas (KBTX) - Some national and state parks are seeing a record number of visitors this summer but there’s one spot out in west Texas with plenty of space to explore. For our summer road ...

BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK - A big pink sunset exploded over the Bofecillos Highlands as we hiked along a trail. The spindly ocotillo guarded the path. Desert marigolds, pale-pink wild candytuft and ...

History, art, and natural beauty converge in this charming Texas town, with endless acres of wilderness, mountain scenery, ...

Big Bend Ranch State Park, next-door neighbor to Big Bend National Park, provides a range of options to explore its 311,000 acres of wilderness, but one of the best ways is while riding atop horses ...

In this travel series, Parks and Recs, writer Courtney Bond visits parks across Texas and makes recommendations for what to do, where to eat, and more nearby. In fact, it wasn’t until 2007 that the ...

The Contrabando movie set, often referred to as a “ghost town,” on the Rio Grande in West Texas is a part of Texas pop culture that also could be a thing of the past. According to the Big Bend ...

TERLINGUA The Sauceda Ranger Station in the interior of the Big Bend Ranch State Park Complex is temporarily reducing services. No merchandise or permit sales will be processed at that location and ...

A Denton County woman was found safe after being lost inside Big Bend Ranch State Park for more than 30 hours last week. A multi-agency search and rescue operation was initiated Nov. 26 after ...

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