7 mesmerizing caves in U.S. that you need to visit once
Discovered in 1878, Luray Caverns has been drawing visitors for over a century—and it's easy to see why. Located just west of ...
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Texas’s Segment of a New Cross-Country Bike Route Is “Daunting, Scary, and Maybe Even a Bit Unreasonable”
The GPGR crosses the Chihuahuan Desert, which extends beyond the southern ... Bikepacking Roots will update its website with the latest maps and suggested stopovers. “We had to make some hard ...
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From the Desert to the Mountains: 15 Top Things to Do in Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park protects a chuck of the West Texas desert where the road ends at the Mexican border. The skies are as ...
Texas Monthly26d
How Big Bend National Park Workers Discovered a Tiny New Plant Species
As part of her responsibilities as Big Bend’s only staff botanist, Carolyn Whiting had assigned Manley to map and monitor ... the Rio Grande Basin, the Chihuahuan Desert, and the Chisos ...
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25 new ways to see the U.S. in 2025
Point to any part of America’s vast 50-state map and there’s an adventure ... Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the north and the Chihuahuan Desert in the south, the US’s fifth-largest state ...
Family Destinations Guide4d
9 Charming Small Towns In Texas That Are Perfect For Spring Break Day Trips
Jacob’s Well, a natural spring that plunges 140 feet deep into an underwater cave system, will mesmerize you with its perfect ...
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Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens
Unsurprisingly, El Paso's hot climate is a result of its location in the Chihuahuan Desert, which extends through parts of western Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Mexico. The Centennial ...
Cal Fire hazard severity maps spotlight High Desert, including Hesperia, Summit Valley
Cal Fire officials on Monday unveiled updated fire hazard severity maps for the High Desert and other portions of Southern ...
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What the great Texas bighorn sheep experiment tells us about rewilding the West
FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS — Two big rams bolted from the steel trailer, took a few hesitant steps and glanced around nervously at their new home: dramatic mountains in West Texas more than 200 miles ...
Los Angeles Times21d
What the great Texas bighorn sheep experiment tells us about rewilding the West
A victim of livestock disease, reckless hunting and the destruction of their Chihuahuan Desert habitat, these creatures vanished once from Texas. The last documented sighting of a native was in ...
Dallas Morning News5d
Texas’ Big Bend National Park eyes expansion
Encompassing the rugged Chisos Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert in southwest Texas, Big Bend is one of the nation’s largest and most remote national parks. The park spans more than 800,000 acres ...