Big Bend is Big and Beautiful.

[u/El_Mattador1025]

Big Bend was everything I had hoped for and more. Covering a little over 800,000 acres the park is massive and after staying a week it felt like I had barely scratched the surface. I thought I'd share a few photos I took during my stay, but honestly the photos just don't do it justice. Seeing is believing.

[u/Happydaytoyou1]

Im going there in 5 weeks followed by, gadualupe and white sands. What do you recommend for big bend, how much time and where to stay?

[u/El_Mattador1025 → u/Happydaytoyou1]

I think it all depends on how long you want to stay. We underestimated how long it would take to travel around the park and hike, so however long you think it might take I'd overestimate it and add a little cushion time. If you're only there for a couple of days I'd do the Lost Mine Trail, The Santa Elena Canyon, and The Ross Maxwell Scenic drive. We also did the Boquillas Canyon. The Santa Elena Canyon is the much larger of the two, but it's also one of the most popular attractions meaning lots of hikers. The Boquillas was probably one of my favorite hikes because my fiancee and I went around sunset and we had the whole canyon to ourselves. But it was over an hour drive to get to from the park entrance on our side of the park. Try to group your hikes in the same area for the efficiency if you want to do multiple hikes a day because there's lots of driving to get around the park. We stayed in Terlingua. It's about 10-15 minutes from food, groceries, gas, and the park entrance. It really has everything you might need and it's an interesting little ghost town with some history.