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Big Bend National Park

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Big Bend’s cloud-tipped Chisos, the only mountain range completely contained within a U.S. national park

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

The rustic La Posada Milagro guesthouse in Terlingua, a former quicksilver mining town at the park’s main entrance

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

Big Bend’s peaks provide an unobstructed view of the park

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

Fluctuating temperatures make layering essential

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The author’s low impact campsite

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

A breathtaking view of Big Bend

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

The Chisos Basin

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

Desert textures

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

Photo: Mikael Kennedy

Illustration Braxton Crim