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The Rio Grande Valley State Park is made up of 4,300 acres (17 km 2) of land along both sides of the Rio Grande stretching from the Sandia Pueblo in the north, and south to the Isleta Pueblo. The bosque, or woods, (the local name for the floodplain cottonwood ecosystem) dominates the river valley area.
Bastrop State Park: Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park: Hidalgo 764 acres (309 ha) 1944 Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park: Big Bend Ranch State Park: Presidio, Brewster 311,000 acres (125,857 ha) 1988 Big Bend Ranch State Park: Big Spring State Park: Howard 381.99 acres (154.59 ha) 1936 Big Spring State Park: Blanco State Park: Blanco 104. ...
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is located at 2800 S. Bentsen Palm Drive (FM 2062) south of the city of Mission in Hidalgo County in the U.S. state of Texas. It serves as the headquarters for the World Birding Center .
One property is a State Antiquities Landmark. Eight properties are designated Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (RTHLs) while two districts and two more individual properties contain RTHLs within their boundaries. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 17, 2025. [1]
English: Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park,, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA (26.1700°N, 98.3818°W, 37 m. elev.). Photographed on 15 April 2016 by William L. Farr. Photographed on 15 April 2016 by William L. Farr.
The Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is known for impressive bird-viewing opportunities, with 358 species documented within the park boundaries. The 760-acre (310 ha) park was acquired in 1944 for the price of US$1 from the Bentsen family with the stipulation that it be used "solely for Public Park purposes."
When they arrived in the Rio Grande Valley, they settled nearby another mixed-race couple Silvia and John Webber and decided to stay in Texas. [5] Along the border, the population was a mixture of ethnic backgrounds, including African Americans and people of Native American, Spanish and Mexican descent.
In February 2019, Congress amended an existing appropriations bill, adding language that specifically prohibits new funding from being used to build border barriers at the National Butterfly Center, La Lomita Chapel, the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, and the area "within or east of" the Vista del Mar Ranch tract of the Lower Rio Grande Valley ...