Panther Path - Big Bend National Park

The Panther Path is a wheelchair-accessible 100-yard sidewalk loop located just west of the Panther Junction Visitor Center. Many plants along the path are identified with markers to allow visitors to know what plants they are seeing along the desert trails. We visited in September 2021.

Rainbow Cactus (Echinocereus dasyacanthus)

Brown-flowered Cactus (Echinocereus viridiflorus var. russanthus)

Leatherstem (Jatropha dioica)

Sotol (Dasylirion leiophyllum)

Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)

Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)

Strawberry Pitaya (Echinocereus stramineus)

Cane Cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata)

Lotebush (Ziziphus obtusifolia)

Blind Prickly Pear (Opuntia rufida)

Purplish Prickly Pear (Opuntia azurea var. diplopurpurea)

Tasajillo (Opuntia leptocaulis)

Lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla)

Tarbush (Flourensia ceernua)

Other, non-accessible, trails leave the sidewalk

An entry fee of $30 per vehicle, $25 per motorcycle, or $15 per person is valid for seven consecutive days at Big Bend National Park. Other fee payment options include the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands passes including the Annual Pass ($80), Senior Pass ($80 for a lifetime), Access Pass (free with a documented disability), and Military Annual Pass (free for active-duty personnel). Also available is a Big Bend National Park Annual Park Pass for $55.

The Big Bend National Park website is https://www.nps.gov/bibe/index.htm.