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Big Bend National Park
Topographic Maps
Index to 7.5 Minute Topographic Maps
Index to 7.5 Minute Topographic Maps
 
Maps in the USGS 7.5 minute series are highly encouraged for most backcountry use in Big Bend. They have a scale of 1:24,000 and a contour interval of 40.

It takes thirty-one maps to cover the area of the park:

1a Butterbowl
1b
Persimmon Gap
1c
Bone Spring NE
2
Twin Peaks
3
Bone Spring
4
Dagger Flat
5
Christmas Peaks
6
Sombrero Peaks
7 Grapevine Hills
8
McKinney Springs
9
Sue Peaks
10
Stillwell Crossing
11
Lajitas
12
Amarilla Mtn.
13
Terlingua
14
Tule Mtn.
15 The Basin
15
Panther Junction
17
Roy's Peak
18
Ernst Valley
19
Mesa de Anguila
20
Castolon
21
Cerro Castellan
22
Emory Peak
23 Glenn Spring
24
San Vicente
25
Rio Grande Vill.
26
Smoky Creek
27
Reed Camp
28
Mariscal Mtn.
29
Solis

Where Can You Get Them?
All of these maps are available for purchase at the Panther Junction visitor center through the Big Bend Natural History Association. You may also obtain topographic maps from your local outdoor store (REI, etc.), online sources such as mapsport.com, or directly from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

NOTE: Conditions of "trails", "roads", physiographic features and structures depicted on USGS maps may have changed, be overgrown or no longer exist.

 
Panther Junction service station  

Did You Know?
The gas station at Panther Junction is located 1/8 mile to the west of the visitor center. The gas station sells both gas and diesel, and can usually do minor tire repair. It also stocks groceries and souvenir items.
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Last Updated: January 03, 2007 at 15:40 EST