TCU Department of Geology Big Bend

Big Bend National Park Pointers and Pictures

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since 5/18/96.

Here are pointers I have found to information about Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co., Texas. If you know of any other sites with information about Big Bend then please send me mail.

I added an extensive section of Big Bend National Park Virtual Geology views on 5/6/04. This section includes a number of 3D QTVR views using the Maxwell et al (1967) Geology Map of the park on topography from the USGS and also a geologic flyover. You can go directly to the page by clicking here or by scrolling down through the various picture pages.

If you are visiting Big Bend for the first time, many of the sites linked below should provide you with a wealth of useful vistor information. However, I have received a number of requests for suggestions about driving to Big Bend and I haven't seen much written about that particular subject. If you are interested in my viewpoints on the subject, click here.

Photographs

David Locke's Virtual Big Bend - a virtual tour-de-force!
Wright Big Bend Photos
Bill Pogue's Big Bend Photos
Lee Simmon's Trip 1
Lee Simmon's Trip 2
Lee Simmon's Trip 3
Lee Simmon's Trip 4

General

Ollie Costello's Big Bend Maps - a great source of 2D and 3D maps.
References in the U. of Texas Geology Library
Visit Big Bend
Big Bend National Park - Park Service
BBNP - The Biggest NP in Texas!
Big Bend National Park
Topographic map of Big Bend National Park
Texas Monthly Big Bend Pages
Cain Neal's Virtual Tour of Big Bend
Texas River Expeditions
Terlingua Guest House
Lajitas
Big Bend River Tours
WARNING - A number of maps, including some within official publications, have been published with incorrect park boundaries. For a while, even the big 3-D model at Panther Junction had the boundaries wrong and it still seems to indicate that the park boundary includes a large private ranch. This is WRONG!!
At one point it was very incorrect, but the Big Bend Map at GORP is now partially correct. If you look at the GORP map, you see a thin green line just south of the Rosillos Mountain label that encloses an unlabelled yellow area. This yellow area is actually the more than 25,000 acre, private, Pitcock Rosillos Mountain Ranch. Only about half of the Rosillos Mountains are actually in Big Bend National Park. This map, along with the 'official map' seem to include this private property within the park boundary - implying that in some way the national park has a claim on the ranch. Nothing could be further from the truth and this 'pseudo boundary' that has been replicated on several maps is a total fiction.
So.. if you plan to go hiking in the northern part of BBNP pay close attention to any fences you run across - they may actually be the border to private property.

Art Busbey - Working on Cretaceous vertebrates - March, 1976.

Below are a growing number of Big Bend pictures I have taken over many years. Currently the pictures are arranged 4 to a page; just click below to look at them. When I get the chance I will add captions and perhaps index them. All images appear best when viewed in 16- or 24-bit color.
- Page 1 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera.
- Page 2 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera.
- Page 3 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera.
- Page 4 scanned slides.
- Page 5 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, during Wall-to-Wall filming for Paleoworld.
- Page 6 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, during Wall-to-Wall filming.
- Page 7 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, during Wall-to-Wall filming.
- Page 8 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, during Wall-to-Wall filming.
- Page 9 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, during Wall-to-Wall filming.
- Page 10 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, during Wall-to-Wall filming.
- Page 11 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, during Wall-to-Wall filming.
- Page 12 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, during Wall-to-Wall filming.
- Page 13 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, during Wall-to-Wall filming.
- Page 14 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, during Wall-to-Wall filming.
- Field trip p1 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, field trip spring 1996.
- Field trip p2 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, field trip spring 1996.
- Field trip p3 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, field trip spring 1996.
- Field trip p4 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, field trip spring 1996.
- Field trip p5 taken with a Canon Rc-250 digital camera, field trip spring 1996.
- Processed Images from Landsat Thematic Mapper over a small section of Tornillo Creek.
- Virtual Reality Big Bend some first attempts at virtual reality pictures around Big Bend.
- Spring Break 1997 Trip - Page 1 taken with a Kodak DC-25 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 17.
- Spring Break 1997 Trip - Page 2 taken with a Kodak DC-25 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 18.
- Spring Break 1997 Trip - Page 3 taken with a Kodak DC-25 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 19.
- Spring Break 1997 Trip - Page 4 taken with a Kodak DC-25 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 20.
- Spring Break 1997 Trip - Page 5 taken with a Kodak DC-25 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 21.
- Spring Break 1997 Trip - Page 6 taken with a Kodak DC-25 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 22.
- Spring Break 1997 Trip - Page 7 taken with a Kodak DC-25 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 23.
- Summer 1998 - Page 1 taken with a Kodak DC-25 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 24.
- Spring 1998 - Page 2 taken with a Kodak DC-25 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 25.
- July 2000 - Page 1 taken with a Kodak DC-50 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 26.
- July 2000 - Page 2 taken with a Kodak DC-50 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 27.
- July 2000 - Page 3 taken with a Kodak DC-50 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 28.
- July 2000 - Page 4 taken with a Kodak DC-50 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 29.
- July 2000 - Page 5 taken with a Kodak DC-50 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 30.
- July 2000 - Page 6 taken with a Kodak DC-50 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 31.
- July 2000 - Page 7 taken with a Kodak DC-50 digital camera; Big Bend pictures page 32.
- May 2003 taken with a Canon ZR45; Big Bend pictures page 33.
- March 2004 - TCU Spring Break - taken with a Nikon 4300. Big Bend pictures page 34.
- May 2004- Virtual Reality Geology of Big Bend National Park
- January 2005
- January 2007
- January 2008
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