Big Bend National Park Remains Open During Shutdown

 

ALPINE, TX-- The Brewster County Tourism Council and Visit Big Bend would like to reiterate that Big Bend National Park will remain open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as always during the current government shutdown.

According to a press release, there will be some minor adjustments, the most significant being that most buildings will be closed such as visitor’s centers and indoor exhibits. Concessioner facilities will remain open including: the Chisos Mountains Lodge, the Chisos Basin Store, Rio Grande Village Store and Castolon stores in the Park as well as the Panther Junction and Rio Grande Village Service Stations. 

In addition, the neighboring 315,000 acre Big Bend Ranch State Park, the largest in the entire Texas State Park system, is completely unaffected by the government shutdown with hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, river trips and plenty of incredible hiking trails readily available to the public. The towns surrounding Big Bend National Park including Marathon, Terlingua, Study Butte & Lajitas also are ready, willing and able to welcome visitors despite the government shutdown with hotels, motels, restaurants, and outfitter services open and fully operational.

Any impact of the government shutdown is expected to be minimal and visitors who were planning a trip in the near future are encouraged to keep their plans as tourists will still be able to enjoy the majesty and wonder of Big Bend National Park during this ordeal. The areas that have been closed so far due to environmental impact concerns are the Santa Elena Canyon area and all campgrounds inside the National Park.

For more details on what areas are affected, please go to visitbigbend.com or check our Facebook page or twitter feed

Subscribe to the LIVE! Daily

The LIVE! Daily is the "newspaper to your email" for San Angelo. Each content-packed edition has weather, the popular Top of the Email opinion and rumor mill column, news around the state of Texas, news around west Texas, the latest news stories from San Angelo LIVE!, events, and the most recent obituaries. The bottom of the email contains the most recent rants and comments. The LIVE! daily is emailed 5 days per week. On Sundays, subscribers receive the West Texas Real Estate LIVE! email.

Required

Most Recent Videos

Comments

Post a comment to this article here:

X Close