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|   Tree Zone -- Big Bend NP TX
in Flora and Fauna Information Signs A flora and fauna info sign at a roadside pullout in the Chisos Mountains posted by:  Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2017 last visited: 12/24/2016 |
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|  Bear Crossing -- Chisos Mountain Lodge Road, Big Bend NP TX
in Uncommon Crossing Signs Bears live in the Chisos Mountains, and are a common sight posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/27/2017 last visited: 12/24/2016 |
 view galleryS1.3 km |  Chisos Mountain Lodge Road -- Big Bend National Park TX
in Civilian Conservation Corps The CCC began building Chisos Mountain Lodge Road in 1933, the start of 9 years of CCC work in what would become Big Bend National Park posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2017 last visited: 12/24/2016 |
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|  Emory Peak -- Big Bend NP TX
in American Guide Series Emory Peak, the highest peak at Big Bend, earned a mention in the 1940 WPA Guide to Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 02/04/2017 last visited: 12/25/2016 |
 view gallerySW1.9 km | The Window -- Big Bend NP TX in American Guide Series The amazing view from The Window at Sunrise was described in the 1940 WPA Guide to Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 02/04/2017 last visited: 03/15/2017 |
 view gallerySW1.9 km |  Window Loop, Window, Emory Peak, South Rim and Boot Canyon Trailheads -- Chisos Basin Visitor Center, Big Bend NP TX
in Hiking and walking trailheads The trailhead for four separate trails branches off from the Window Loop Trail at the Chisos Bason Visitor Center posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 02/03/2017 last visited: 03/15/2017 |
 view galleryS2.1 km |  Chisos Mountains -- Big Bend National Park TX
in Orientation Tables An orientauion table for the peaks surrounding the Chisos Mountain Lodge on the patio posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 02/07/2017 last visited: 03/15/2017 |
 view galleryS2.1 km | Casa Grande -- Big Bend NP TX in American Guide Series Casa Grande - as grand in 2016 as it was when the WPA writers saw it in 1940 posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 02/04/2017 last visited: 03/15/2017 |
 view galleryS2.1 km |  Chisos Basin Visitor Center -- Big Bend NP TX
in NPS Passport Cancellation Stations Get your NPS Passport stamped at the Chisos Basin Visitor Center, and enjoy the amazing mountains all around you (watch for bears) posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2017 last visited: 02/15/2024 |
 view gallerySW2.1 km |  SOUTHERNMOST -- Mountain Range in the US, Chisos Basin Visitor Center, Big Bend NP
in Superlatives The Chisos Mountains are the southernmost mountain range in the US posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2017 last visited: 12/24/2016 |
 view gallerySW2.1 km | The High Chisos -- Chisos Basin Visitor Center, Big Bend NP TX in Flora and Fauna Information Signs This sign at the Chisos Basin Visitor Center gives information about local wildlife and landforms posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2017 last visited: 12/24/2016 |
 view galleryS2.1 km |  Civilian Conservation Corps -- Chisos Mountain Lodge, Big Bend NP TX
in Signs of History An interpretive sign at the Chisos Mountain Lodge shares the CCC history of Big Bend National Park posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2017 last visited: 12/24/2016 |
 view galleryS2.1 km | Green Gulch CCC Camp -- Big Bend NP TX in American Guide Series What the WPA writers of 1940 called Green Gulch, the National Park Service calls Chisos Basin. Two CCC Camps operated in what is now Big Bend National Park posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 02/04/2017 last visited: 12/25/2016 |
 view galleryS2.1 km | CCC -- Big Bend National Park TX in Civilian Conservation Corps The reason you can enjoy Big Bend National Park: Because hundreds of CCC men built it for you posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2017 last visited: 12/24/2016 |
 view gallerySW2.1 km |  Chisos Basin Weather Station -- Big Bend NP TX
in Weather Stations The Chisos Basin weather station is located behind the Chisos Basin Visitor Center at Big Bend National Park posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 02/13/2017 last visited: 03/15/2017 |
 view galleryS2.1 km | Chisos Mountains -- Big Bend NP TX in American Guide Series The Chisos Mountains are well-described in the 1940 WPA Guide to Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 02/04/2017 last visited: 03/15/2017 |
 view galleryS2.1 km |  Chisos Basin Visitor Center --Big Bend NP TX
in Tourist Information Centers - Visitor Centers The Chisos Basin Visitor center is located in the center of the Chisos Mountain, in the "developed area" posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2017 last visited: 12/24/2016 |
 view galleryS2.1 km | Lord of the Wind -- Chisos Basin Visitor Center, Big Bend NP TX in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The dedication plaque for this gorgeous sculpture also gives information about the Peregrine Falcin, a notable Big Bend resident posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2017 last visited: 12/24/2016 |
 view galleryS2.1 km |  Lord of the Wind -- Chisos Basin Visitor Center, Big Bend NP TX
in Figurative Public Sculpture A beautiful bronze sculpture of a Peregrine Falcon in front of the Chisos Basin Visitor Center at Big Bend National Park TX posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/28/2017 last visited: 12/24/2016 |
 view gallerySW2.1 km | Quest for Water -- Big Bend NP TX in Flora and Fauna Information Signs Third of three flora and fauna information signs along the Window Trail near the Chisos Basin Visitor Center posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/29/2017 last visited: 12/25/2016 |
 view gallerySW2.1 km |  Stephen Tyng Mather -- Big Bend National Park TX
in Citizen Memorials The handsome bronze memorial plaque in honor of Stephen Tyng Mather at the start of the Window Loop Trail near the Chisos Basin Visitor Center posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/29/2017 last visited: 12/25/2016 |
 view gallerySW2.1 km | Chisos Mountain Trails -- Window Trail, Big Bend NP TX in Flora and Fauna Information Signs One of three flora and fauna information signs along the Window Trail near the Chisos Basin Visitor Center posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/29/2017 last visited: 12/25/2016 |
 view gallerySW2.1 km |  Volcanic Origins -- Window Trail, Big Bend NP TX
in Places of Geologic Significance The Chisos Mountains were formed by volcanic activity from 17-38 million years ago posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/30/2017 last visited: 12/25/2016 |
 view gallerySW2.1 km | SOUTHERNMOST -- Stand of Quaking Aspens in the US, Window Trail, Big Bend NP TX in Superlatives A Chisos Mountains information sign along the Window Trail near the Chisos Basin Visitor Center points out that the Quaking Aspen trees on Emory Peak are the southernmost stand of such trees in the US posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/30/2017 last visited: 12/25/2016 |
 view gallerySW2.1 km | Mountain Refuge -- Big Bend NP TX in Flora and Fauna Information Signs Second of three flora and fauna information signs along the Window Trail near the Chisos Basin Visitor Center posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/29/2017 last visited: 12/25/2016 |
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