Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Boquillas Canyon Overlook - Big Bend National Park


Continuing our visit to the Rio Grande Village area of Big Bend National Park, we took a side road to the Boquillas Canyon Overlook in September 2021. While there, we noticed a couple of Hispanic entrepreneurs had laid out their wares on the boulders the park service had conveniently placed around the overlook. From the overlook, we could look down on the Rio Grande beside us as well as at the beginning of the Boquillas Canyon where the river has carved a 1,300 foot-deep canyon in the Sierra del Carmen.

View downstream from the overlook

Mexico

The view upstream

Entrance to the Boquillas Canyon

A closer look

The Sierra del Carmen in Coahuila, Mexico

The Sierra del Carmen in Texas

The town of Boquillas del Carmen beyond the merchandise for sale

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.

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