Add this one to your Big Bend bucket list 👇🏼 Balanced Rock 🪨 Big Bend National Park in Texas 📍 Follow @wanderlusttravelcouple for more National Park inspo 👩🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼 The Balanced Rock hike is definitely in our list of top 3 hikes in Big Bend 😍 It’s only about a mile from the parking area to the rock so just under 2 miles total. It’s 250ft of elevation in total. The trail is entirely flat and easy until you reach the last little bit where there’s a fun rock scramble to get to the top 🥾 We

One of our favorite trails in Big Bend National Park is Santa Elena Canyon, where you hike alongside the Rio Grande River as it flows through spectacular 1,500-foot cliffs. Roundtrip Distance: 1.6 miles Elevation Change: 80 feet Average Hiking Time: 1 hour The trailhead is at the end of the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive. At the river, to access the trail you’ll have to first cross the bed of Terlingua Creek, and then climb a short but steep bank. Sometimes there’s water in the creek and sometimes it