Big Bend National Park

Big Bend National Park is a beautiful and enormous park. We have only exposed the tip of the iceberg with our geologic information about the park. This page is dedicated to other sites that contain information about the park, the history, wildlife, river sports, and other field trips similar to ours. Also included on this page are some references we found useful and interesting pertaining to the Big Bend region.

Thank you for visiting! Please send any questions, comments, and link suggestions to Cain and Leslie Neal at webadmin@www.maroon.com.

• Gorp's Big Bend National Park site
• United States Geologic Survey Map -- Warning, this map is terribly large (777k), but it is a scan of a Big Bend topo.
• Great Outdoor Recreation Pages

• Adventure Travel Worldwide's Big Bend Information
• Big Bend Regional Links
• Desert Sports Outfitters
  Outfitter's web site. Has useful information available: daily update on weather, visibility, river level, etc;
  trailhead locations for several popular hikes, and more.
• The Web of West Texas

Maxwell, R.A., 1968

The Big Bend of the Rio Grande: A guide to the Rocks, Landscape, Geologic History and Settlers of the Area of Big Bend National Park. Austin: Bureau of Economic Geology.

Nelson, Kerri, 1992

A Road Guide to the Geology of Big Bend National Park. Big Bend Natural History Association.

Pearson, John (Ed.), 1990

Hiker's Guide to Trails of Big Bend National Park. Big Bend Natural History Association.

Renfro, H.B., 1973

Geological Highway Map of Texas. Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Spearing, Darwin, 1991

Roadside Geology of Texas. Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company.

US National Park Service, 1983

Big Bend: Official National Park Handbook. Washington: Division of Publications, National Park Service.

Wuerthner, George, 1989

Texas' Big Bend Country. Helena, MT: American Geographic Publishing.