Ranger PamPaw’s Guide to Big Bend National Park is a comprehensive, print-ready PDF visitor guide produced by Tezels on the Road. Whether you’re planning your first trip to one of America’s most remote national parks or returning to explore a new corner of the Chihuahuan Desert, this guide gives you everything you need in one place.

What’s inside:

•Photo gallery featuring the entrance, Casa Grande, Balanced Rock, Santa Elena Canyon, The Window, and the official park map

•History of Big Bend — from Paleo-Indian occupation through the 1944 establishment

•Ecology and biodiversity — the Chihuahuan Desert, Chisos sky island, riparian corridor, and International Dark Sky certification

•Complete guide to all five visitor centers: Panther Junction, Persimmon Gap, Chisos Basin, Rio Grande Village, and Castolon

•Eight key trails with distance, difficulty, and field notes — from the easy Hot Springs Historic Trail to the strenuous South Rim

•Know Before You Go — water, cell service, fuel, border crossing, wildlife, heat, flash flooding, and lodging

•Further Exploration resources including Ranger PamPaw’s First Encounters video episode

Big Bend National Park protects the largest expanse of Chihuahuan Desert in the U.S. National Park System, shares 118 miles of border with Mexico along the Rio Grande, and holds one of the darkest certified night skies in the lower 48 states. This guide is written from firsthand experience by a lifetime student of the national parks.

Format: PDF — 12 pages, letter size (8.5 × 11 in)

Series: Ranger PamPaw’s Guide Series — Tezels on the Road

Big Bend hiking

Lost Mine Trail View of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park Product

Ranger PamPaw’s Guide to Big Bend National Park (PDF)