when post-sunset skies are darkest, which means July 28-August 7; August 26-September 6, and September 24-October 5. Milky Way over Big Bend National Park, Texas.

A haven of high desert peaks set amid otherwise flat West Texas, Big Bend has been a draw for curious travelers for over a century, but given its recent boom in popularity, finding that elusive ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (KOSA) - A National Park Service (NPS) report outlined the economic impact Big Bend National ...

According to the National Park Service and reinforced by Guides Drew Thate and Melissa Scott, the strata in Big Bend ranges from 500 million-year-old rocks at Persimmon Gap to 200 million-year-old ...

His photos appear frequently in National Geographic magazine ... Photographing the Milky Way and not ending up with a big blur requires several elements, one of which has only been available ...

How black bears crossed an international border and miles of desert to recolonize Texas’ Big Bend National Park ... and for the most part, all park staff had to do was stay out of their way. “When a ...

Unlike many national parks out West, Big Bend National ... the 14,000-acre park is located where Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky meet, and its mountainous terrain gives way to plenty of hiking ...

Other than Hawaii and Alaska, Big Bend National Park in Texas is said to have the least light pollution of any other national park. You can see about 2,000 stars with your naked eye. With your ...

For those who find themselves awed by arid landscapes, there’s no place like Africa. The continent boasts nine separate deserts, including a vast Sahara that sprawls across much of the north, the rust ...

The National Park Service has announced the days when visitors can get into dozens of national parks for free in the new year. A hiker who was missing for more than a week at Big Bend National ...