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Big Bend area map Casa Grande is a prominent peak in the Chisos Mountains of the Big Bend area of west Texas. The view is from the Pinnacles Trail in Big Bend National Park . The Big Bend is part of the Trans-Pecos region in southwestern Texas , United States along the border with Mexico , north of the prominent bend in the Rio Grande for which ...
Big Bend National Park is a national park of the United States located in West Texas, bordering Mexico.The park has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States, [3] and was named after a large bend in the Rio Grande/Río Bravo. [4]
The Chisos Mountains, also known as the Chisos, are a mountain range located in the Big Bend area of the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, United States. [1] The mountain system covers 40 square miles (104 square km) and is contained entirely within the boundaries of Big Bend National Park, making it the only mountain range in the United States fully contained within a national park.
Goat Mountain is part of the Chisos Mountains where it is set in Big Bend National Park and the Chihuahuan Desert.The top of the mountain is composed of Burro Mesa Rhyolite (volcanic rock) which formed 29 million years ago during the Oligocene period.
Pummel Peak is located in Big Bend National Park and the Chisos Mountains.The mountain is composed of volcanic rock which formed during the Oligocene period. [5] Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,000 feet (914 m) above the Rio Grande Village Road in two miles (3.2 km).
Casa Grande Peak is located in Big Bend National Park and the Chisos Mountains. It ranks as the fifth-highest peak in this park, mountain range, and county, but only the 26th-highest in Texas. It ranks as the fifth-highest peak in this park, mountain range, and county, but only the 26th-highest in Texas.
U.S. Route 385 (US 385) is a north-south U.S. highway that runs from Big Bend National Park in Texas to Deadwood, South Dakota. In Texas, the highway runs from Big Bend National Park to the Oklahoma state line, north of Dalhart. US 385 is part of the La Entrada al Pacifico trade corridor from Interstate 10 in Fort Stockton to Interstate 20 in ...
Texas has no active or dormant volcanoes and few earthquakes, being situated far from an active plate tectonic boundary. The Big Bend area is the most seismically active; however, the area is sparsely populated and suffers minimal damages and injuries, and no known fatalities have been attributed to a Texas earthquake.