Big Bend Park – One of the 7 Great Parks for Mountain Bikes

Big Bend Park

Big Bend Park (both the National and State parks) are great for mountain bikes and great rides.  The park is located in the south west corner of the state of Texas – right on the border with Mexico.  Actually in many places in the park you will encounter the Rio Grande river which is the border demarkation between the US and Mexico.

So here are my experiences and suggestions for making the best possible choices in a limited amount of time to visit and experience the park.

Accomodations wise about the only hotel which is really close to both the National and State parks, is the Lajita Golf Resort.  The hotel is an interesting one — it attempts to recreate an old Western town – complete with the board sidewalks, etc. 

As you can see from the photos below – it is portraying successfully a picture of the Old West!  (Where are the gun slingers you may ask yourself….? Luckily those have been replaced with the modern day golf amateurs and pros….)

Biking wise — the Big Bend National park aparently offers over 160-miles of dirt roads to explore (on top of the 100-miles of paved roads).  So obviously, the park offers some intense options for the biking crowd.

Here is a link to some earlier postings I had done in the section on bicycle trails and courses in the US.

 

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