The Big Bend Tour is a series of 3 paved rides in and around Big Bend National Park in Southwest Texas. All 3 of these rides are based out of Terlingua, TX, but they can be accessed from any nearby town.
The Big Bend Tour provides a good variety of riding conditions including wide open roads as well as curvy, hilly roads. There are plenty of opportunities to take in the views along the Rio Grande.
Be sure to keep an eye on your gas situation and fill up when you can. Towns and gas opportunities are few and far between.
Details for each of the loops is as follows:
Big Bend East Loop:
Location: Southwest Texas
Approximate Mileage: 200 miles
Estimated Riding Time: 3.5 Hours
Surface: Paved
Attractions: Terlingua Ghost Town, Persimmon Gap Visitor Center, Fossil Bone Exhibit, Panther Creek Visitor Center, Big Bend Visitor Center, Big Bend National Park
Big Bend West Loop:
Location: Southwest Texas
Approximate Mileage: 230 miles
Estimated Riding Time: 4.5 Hours
Surface: Paved
Attractions: Terlingua Ghost Town, Barton Warnock Visitor Center, Mayor of Lajitas Clay Henry, Fresno Overlook, Fandango Dom Rock, Fort Leaton State Hist. Site, Elephant Rock, Oldest Town Hist. Marker, Marfa Lights Viewing Area
Big Bend Scenic Loop:
Location: Southwest Texas
Approximate Mileage: 175 miles
Estimated Riding Time: 4.5 Hours
Surface: Paved
Attractions: Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Sam Nail Ranch, Sotol Vista Overlook, Goad Mountain Observation Point, Mule Ears Overlook, Tuff Canyon Overlook, Castolon Store & Ranger Station, Santa Elena Canyon, Chisos Basin Visitor Center, Rio Grande Village Visitor Center, Boquillas Canyon Overlook
Big Bend Tour
If you are riding with a group, we ask that every person using our route for navigation purchase their own copy.
In order to encourage this, we are happy to offer a discount for group purchases. Please contact us after purchasing 1 item at full price, and we will set up a coupon code that will give everyone in your group 50% off of the same item.
Our digital routes are designed to operate in most GPS devices. In addition to GPSs, our routes should work with several smartphone apps.
We have tested many Smartphone Apps and here is what we have found:
Please Note
- Some Smartphone Apps require a paid version to allow importing routes.
- Testing was for ‘Follow the Line” only, not “Turn by Turn”.
- If you use an app not listed below, let us know and we will try to test it for you.
- We are not experts on Smartphone Apps. We will try to answer any and all questions, but there may be better resources online.
Apps That Will Work With Our Routes:
- REVER
- Scenic (IOS Only)
- Kurviger (Android Only)
- Detecht
- OsmAnd
- Avenza
- Calimoto
- Gaia
- Ride with GPS
- GPS Tracks
- InRoute
- Harley Davidson
- Indian Ride Command
- My Triumph
- GPX Viewer 2
- Garmin Explore
Apps That Will NOT Work With Our Routes:
- Google Maps
- Apple Maps
- Waze
- Riser
- ESR (Eat Sleep Ride)
- RoadTrippers
- Sygic
- Guru
- Road Warrior Route Planner