Trails

The Fresno Rim trail offers a taste of a solitary desert hike - without the difficulties of most of Big Bend Ranch's more primitive routes.

The West Rancherias Canyon Trail climbs slowly through the flowering Chihuahuan desert, a collection of pristine ponds and weathered volcanic canyon walls to reach a steep, though often dry, waterfall. The trek through the southern Bocefillos Mountains is much shorter ...

The Cinco Tinajas Trail gets its name from a chain of small ponds in the otherwise parched Chihuahuan desert of Big Bend Ranch State Park.

The Hoodoo Trail takes you past a gathering of impassive natural rock monuments overlooking the banks of the Rio Grande in the southern arm of Big Bend Ranch State Park.

The Closed Canyon Trail offers a rare escape from the heat that bakes most of the trails in Big Bend Ranch State Park.

The Window is a narrow gap in the Chisos Mountains that frames the surrounding desert and showcases spectacular sunsets.

The Ernst Tinaja Trail follows a dry wash past colorful, uplifted limestone walls to a deep, dark pool carved in the canyon floor.

The South Rim overlooks a landscape of Chihuahuan desert and carpeted peaks that reaches into Mexico.

The most picturesque short hike in the park, with a top-of-the-world view at the end of the trail

The hike to Balanced Rock follows a wash lined with tall spires and delicate desert flora.