New Big Bend Interactive Map
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- Created on Thursday, 09 December 2010 19:20
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Visiting the Big Bend has never been easier. With the help of Google Maps and VisitBigBend.com, you can take a virtual tour of popular sights, activities, hiking trails, canyons, outfitters, hotels, camping spots, and restaurants in the Big Bend area. The Interactive Map System features Google Maps Satellite imagery with points of interest, driving routes, and photo layers.
Big Bend Photo Contest Winners
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- Created on Tuesday, 02 November 2010 16:27
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The Winners of the 2010 Summer Photo Contest have been selected by Facebook fans. Congratulations to everyone who entered the contest. Thanks to everyone who voted from Facebook!
Go check out the great selection of photos: http://www.flickr.com/groups/vbb_2010_contest/
Summer Writing Contest Winners
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- Created on Monday, 19 July 2010 00:23
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We have finally picked the winners of the Big Bend Summer Writing Contest. Thank you to everyone who participated! Check out the winners >>
Site Translations Available
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- Created on Sunday, 25 April 2010 16:13
- Published on Sunday, 25 April 2010 16:13
VisitBigBend.com is now available in French and German! If you have friends that speak a foreign language, please refer them to the appropriate version. To switch your viewing language, click on the flags in the upper left hand corner of the page.
FRENCH http://visitbigbend.com/fr 
GERMAN http://visitbigbend.com/de
Would you like more languages? Let us know >>
How to Get to the Big Bend of Texas
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- Created on Sunday, 10 January 2010 14:44
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Big Bend is one of the most remote areas of the lower 48 states. Because of this, it can be hard to visit, unless you have a good idea of how to get here and how to get around once you are here. Traveling to the Big Bend can be part of your adventure, but that excitement soon fades if you haven't planned your route well.
6 Great Family Activities in Big Bend
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- Created on Saturday, 12 December 2009 12:12
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Big Bend offers many activities for your family, from sightseeing and hiking to river running and birding. You can choose from comfortable lodging and eateries to outback wilderness adventures. Many activities can be done at a leisurely pace, and others can be done with the aid of fully trained guides and professionals.
Top 7 Visitor Hot Spots in West Texas
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- Created on Saturday, 28 November 2009 11:16
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The Big Bend region of Texas offers visitors more than a million acres of public lands, including the largest state park in Texas. The area boasts amazing sights, activities and destinations. Let's take a look at some of the most popular visitor spots in Big Bend.
6 Important Tips For Visiting the Big Bend
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- Created on Saturday, 14 November 2009 12:23
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The Big Bend is a remote region of West Texas that includes over one million acres of public land, Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, and offers many activities, from camping and river rafting to horseback riding and off-road vehicle tours. But because of the inherent remoteness, planning your trip before you leave the house will help make your Big Bend vacation more enjoyable.
Follow these tips for your next Big Bend Adventure.
Network with Us
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- Created on Saturday, 08 August 2009 12:41
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Join Visit Big Bend, as we network the social web. We are becoming a regular presence on most of the major social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and many more.
Let's Link Up!
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- Created on Sunday, 13 September 2009 13:43
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Do you have a website, blog, or social network page? If so, let's trade links!
If your web site, blog, social network page, Flickr photostream, or YouTube collection has Big Bend or West Texas related content, we want to link to it! We'll get some awareness for your site and/or cause, and you can link back to us to give your users a great resource for Big Bend vacations. It's easy and effective.
Take a look at our link code you can just drop into your blog or website: Link to Us >>
Once you have linked to us, tell us about your website by contacting us here.
Worth a Thousand Words
There are some views you just can't take in all at once. Like a dazzling sunset or breathtaking field of wildflowers—you just can't appreciate such beauty in the moment, a moment that is often over before you realize it, the forms and colors of that marvelous vista already fading in your memory. Perhaps it was with the goal of preserving such scenes that the first camera was invented, a goal that you may still share when you visit a place as beautiful as Big Bend and the surrounding area. Why not take a look through our new and improved photo galleries to see what amazing sights have been preserved by astounded visitors and appreciative locals? When you see the mountains, plains, flora, and fauna displayed in those images, you'll be glad the gallery contributors took their camera along.
Birding in Big Bend
Among the many activities available in Big Bend National Park that highlight the region's diversity of wildlife, birding can be enjoyable and promising. Big Bend engulfs a vast area, bounded by the the rushing Rio Grande valley to the south, containing high peaks in the Chisos Mountains, and boasting both desert and forest climates between the two. It embodies the very diversity that makes America great, providing countless opportunities to spot more than 450 birds in one area.
Your Big Year is Here
What are your new year's resolutions for 2012? Did you keep your resolutions for 2011? While the top resolutions each year include losing weight, learning something new, traveling, or getting out of debt, here's a new challenge you can take on this year: spot all the bird species in Big Bend National Park.
Big Bend Video Collections
Big Bend has some of the most spectacular scenery in Texas, if not the entire US. Our big sky country rivals any other state and our night skies are as dark as anywhere for excellent star gazing. The beautiful light and great scenery make for a photographer’s paradise.
Trails and Wildlife
There are many things you may love to do in Big Bend National Park in the heat of summer, but running or jogging is probably not one of them. With 90+ degree temperatures, there simply is no such thing as a nice July run in West Texas. With the dry weather we've had this year, you have truly hostile workout conditions. That all changes this time of year, though, as temperatures drop and the sun gives us a break for a few months. What a great time to get out on some trails in Big Bend!
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