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Big Bend National Park
Backcountry Zone Camping
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Trevor Gureckis |
A big Texas sky and two people in the middle. |
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The open nature of much of Big Bend's backcountry beckons skilled adventurers. Open zone camping is available throughout much of the park's desert elevations.
Within the backcountry, the group size limit is 15 people. Larger groups must split up and may not camp in adjacent zones.
Choose an appropriate site within a large section (zone) of the park. You must camp more than ½ mile from the road and be out of site of any park road. Zone Campers must camp more than 100 yards away from:
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Any historic structure.
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Any archeological site.
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Any trail.
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Any water source.
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Cliff edge.
Backcountry Zone Map [220k PDF File]
Map of backcountry zone camping areas with names, codes, and capacities. Formatted to fit on legal-size paper.
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Did You Know?
Big Bend has more species of bats (22) than any other national park. One of these, the Mexican long-nosed bat, is an endangered bat species, whose only known roosting site in the United States is in the Chisos Mountains.
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Last Updated: September 16, 2006 at 17:16 EST |