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Big Bend - half a day what would you do.
Posted on 1/26/21 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 1/26/21 at 10:50 pm
Road trip
We’ll be passing Big Bend. I’ve never been. If you only had half a day, what would be a good way to get a little of the experience of the Park in 5-6 hours?
Also, is Marfa worth a stop?
We’ll be passing Big Bend. I’ve never been. If you only had half a day, what would be a good way to get a little of the experience of the Park in 5-6 hours?
Also, is Marfa worth a stop?
This post was edited on 1/26/21 at 10:52 pm
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Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:02 pm to DLauw
Santa Elena Canyon is probably the best bet. That area is one of my favorites in any national park. Hike into the canyon a bit.
If you still have time, you could drive into the Chisos Mountains. Lost Mine Trail is a shorter hike that you could probably fit into that timeframe depending on how much you spend at Santa Elena.
If yall want to get after it, Emory Peak is the tallest peak in the park, gives great 360 views, and is a fairly easy peak to climb. The last 50 feet are a scramble but nothing crazy. This trail is about 10 miles so you might need to budget 5-7 hours depending on how in shape yall are. Definitely a prettier trail than Lost Mine but Lost Mine is probably more bang for your buck, especially if the options are Santa Elena + Lost Mine or Emory Peak.
Marfa is cool, especially for the Chinati Museum. Amazing museum! Not sure how much is open right now though. Big Bend is definitely better to spend time at in general IMO.
Big Bend is truly a jewel of the national park system. Very uncrowded and amazing views is a pretty rare combination within the beautiful national parks like Big Bend.
The first 45 minutes of the movie "Paris, TX" are a good primer for the solitude and beauty of that area.
If you still have time, you could drive into the Chisos Mountains. Lost Mine Trail is a shorter hike that you could probably fit into that timeframe depending on how much you spend at Santa Elena.
If yall want to get after it, Emory Peak is the tallest peak in the park, gives great 360 views, and is a fairly easy peak to climb. The last 50 feet are a scramble but nothing crazy. This trail is about 10 miles so you might need to budget 5-7 hours depending on how in shape yall are. Definitely a prettier trail than Lost Mine but Lost Mine is probably more bang for your buck, especially if the options are Santa Elena + Lost Mine or Emory Peak.
Marfa is cool, especially for the Chinati Museum. Amazing museum! Not sure how much is open right now though. Big Bend is definitely better to spend time at in general IMO.
Big Bend is truly a jewel of the national park system. Very uncrowded and amazing views is a pretty rare combination within the beautiful national parks like Big Bend.
The first 45 minutes of the movie "Paris, TX" are a good primer for the solitude and beauty of that area.
This post was edited on 1/26/21 at 11:15 pm
Posted on 1/27/21 at 2:35 am to DLauw
big bend is huge
5-6 hrs is gonna get you a drive thru at best I’d imagine but that’s fine depending on where you enter. Assuming you enter from marathon you’ll go thru panther junction then hit the Chisos basin area then you can hit Santa Elena and then exit the park and see Terlingua and the ghost town.
we were there in October and it’s spectacular
Marfa is OK it’s worth a stop if you are driving thru anyway but everything was closed when we were there. Alpine is much prettier and there’s more to do
5-6 hrs is gonna get you a drive thru at best I’d imagine but that’s fine depending on where you enter. Assuming you enter from marathon you’ll go thru panther junction then hit the Chisos basin area then you can hit Santa Elena and then exit the park and see Terlingua and the ghost town.
we were there in October and it’s spectacular
Marfa is OK it’s worth a stop if you are driving thru anyway but everything was closed when we were there. Alpine is much prettier and there’s more to do
Posted on 1/27/21 at 7:39 am to DLauw
Lost mine trail and Saint Elena Canyon are the must do's of Big Bend
Posted on 1/27/21 at 11:11 am to DLauw
Tigersaint has good recs. What time of year will you be there? It is brutally hot in the summer. Marfa is one if my favorite places in the world but we were there at Thanksgiving and everything is shut down. Some restaurants are open for takeout and one coffee shop that serves beer is open. It's still a really nice drive from the national park to Marfa going west on river road to presidio and then north on 67 to Marfa. For the best enchiladas in the world, stop at The Oasis in Presidio. It was takeout only at Thanksgiving though.
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