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From lesser-known national parks to small towns with surprisingly impressive attractions, these underrated destinations run the gamut, offering something to pique the interest of all kinds of travelers.
Twenty-five-year-old Christy Perry survived alone in the 1,200 sq mile Big Bend national park by drinking rainwater
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Big Bend National Park is often referred to as “Texas’ Gift to the Nation.” There’s no person who knows this vast and rich ecological landscape quite like the man who heads the protected area, Superintendent Bob Krumenaker.
West Texas is less crowded in the winter and has a variety of attractions for an outdoorsy trip, from desert art museums to camping and stargazing.
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Fire burns more than 850 acres in Big Bend National Park, may have started near popular campsite Chisos Basin is closed due to fire Tags: Smoke at Boot Canyon in Big Bend National Park. Image: NPS / M. Woolley (National Park Service) A fire at Big Bend National Park that has burned for nearly a week has grown to at least 863 acres. The National Park Service, which oversees the park in Far West Texas, said Monday that much of the fire is located in the “sky island” in the high Chisos Mountains. The blaze has “left a patchy mosaic of scorched, burned, slightly singed, and untouched area...