Texas Trails. Hiking Gear Reviews. Brutal Honesty.
This remote park features rugged mountains, steep canyons, amazing views, unparalleled night skies, and solitude in a high desert setting. Texas’ largest state park, at over 300,000 acres, it extends along the Rio Grande from southeast of Presidio to near Lajitas, in both Brewster and Presidio counties. Just a stone’s throw from Mexico to the south, the park is in an area so remote and rugged that it has been called El Despoblado, or “The Uninhabited.”
I like to think I’m a hiker of discerning tastes. Trails under five miles usually get a polite scoff and a mental eye-roll from yours truly. This tiny 1.1-mile trail in Big Bend Ranch? The Hoodoos Trail? Yeah, actually it packs a serious punch. And trust me, as a certified badass (my husband says so), … Read more
Ojito Adentro is one of the most underrated hikes in Big Bend Ranch State Park. It’s incredibly easy too, giving you a ton of bang for your buck! How descriptions of this trail aren’t plastered all over the internet raving for people to come and see it, I don’t know. This trail is fucking magic. … Read more
The hike to the Mexicano Falls Overlook is yet another crown jewel hike of Big Bend Ranch State Park. It’s truly phenomenal. I grew up extremely religious, learning more prayers and psalms than your average pastor. There’s one prayer, called the Magnificat, which includes this line: “My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit … Read more
This was the very first hike I did in Big Bend Ranch State Park. Short, easy, and featuring visuals that will give you a hiker-hard-on, this short out and back trek through a slot canyon is not to be missed. It is also one of just two hikes within Big Bend Ranch State Park that … Read more