Persimmon Gap Visitor Center -- Big Bend NP TX
N 29° 39.603 W 103° 10.401
13R E 676789 N 3282512
Get your NPS passport stamped at Persimmon Gap, the visitor center closest to Marathon and the new Dinosaurs exhibit at Big Bend
Waymark Code: WMV06D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2017
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We got our NPS passport stamped at this Visitor Center, one of FIVE in this vast National Park.
This visitor center is located at the far northern end of Big Bend National Park, on the US 385 from Marathon.
From the National Park Service website: (
visit link)
"Persimmon Gap Visitor Center
Open seasonally, November through April, 9:30am-4:00pm. Closed for lunch.
Located at the north entrance to the park, Persimmon Gap Visitor Center offers park orientation and information. The visitor center has exhibits, bookstore, mini-theater, and restrooms. Backcountry and river use permits are issued during normal business hours. and entrance fees can be paid at the Persimmon Gap Visitor Center."
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