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This turn in the Rio Grande has hosted volcanoes, dinosaurs, Chisos Indians and a vast array of wild life through the course of 10,000 years. Today Big Bend National Park encompasses more than 800,000 acres along 118 miles of the Rio Grande that also marks the border between Mexico and the United States. Big Bend protects the largest area of Chihuahuan Desert and ecology in the U.S. and invites visitors to hike, backpack and raft through this remarkable landscape. Bring home Big Bend's remarkable desert landscape, its plants and animals for 2021