If you’re looking for a Big Bend map, you’ve come to the right place; currently I’ve collected 17 free Big Bend National Park maps to view and download. (PDF files and external links will open in a new window.) The maps on this page include campgrounds, trails, vegetation, fire history, full park, and detail maps. You can also browse the best-selling Big Bend maps and guidebooks on Amazon.

Big Bend map from the park brochures

Here is the official Big Bend National Park map from the park brochure. It was last updated in 2021 and is current as of 2025. It includes an inset map of the Chisos Basin area.

This is a regional map of Big Bend, showing driving directions and routes to Big Bend from the north in this rural part of Texas. Click the image to view a full size map or download the PDF.

This is a simple map of Big Bend from the park newspaper. It’s easier to read and print than the official map above. Click the image to view a full size map or download the PDF.

Big Bend detail maps

This is a detail map of Chisos Basin in Big Bend, showing the lodge, visitor center, and many Chisos Mountains trails. Click the image to view a full size map or download the PDF.

This is a detail map of Rio Grande Village, showing river access, camping, the visitor center, and various services. Click the image to view a full size map or download the PDF.

Big Bend trails and backcountry map

The free map below shows many of the backcountry campsites and trails in Big Bend’s Chisos Mountains. However, it doesn’t include mileage between points or show any other areas of the park. For that, you’ll want a detailed topographic map like the National Geographic Trails Illustrated map of Big Bend; this is the best single map showing every trail in all of Big Bend National Park.

This is a trails map of the Chisos Mountains, showing Big Bend’s popular hiking trails and backcountry campsites around Emory Peak. The map includes topo lines to show elevation changes.

Big Bend campground maps

This is a Chisos Basin Campground map, showing the three campsite loops and visitor facilities in this high elevation campground located in the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend.

Here’s a Rio Grande Village Campground map. This is Big Bend’s low-elevation campground located along the Rio Grande River and includes loops of reservation campsites as well as first-come first-served.

Big Bend lodging map

To the right, you can open an Expedia interactive Big Bend lodging map – there’s not a lot in this wild, desolate area of Texas! (Which is part of the fun of visiting.) If you zoom out and scroll, you can see the town of Alpine to the north, which is the closest thing to actual city in the area. Here you can also browse Expedia’s top-rated Big bend lodging to compare photos, reviews, location, prices, and more.

Various Big Bend maps

The Big Bend relief map shows a three-dimensional view of Big Bend National Park, making it easy to see the varied elevation at a quick glance in relation to the developed visitor destinations.

This Big Bend night sky map shows how incredibly dark the night skies are at Big Bend compared to nearby areas in Texas and Mexico. This also explains why it seems like such a long drive from everywhere!

Here is a vegetation map of Big Bend, showing desert scrub, woodlands, and grasslands mostly, with only a tiny little bit of forest. (The next map below has some more interesting vegetation!)

This is a vegetation map of the Chisos Mountains, showing the complex combination of vegetation types, including forests, woodlands, and grasslands. You’ll find more trees here than elsewhere in Big Bend.

This is a Big Bend fire history map, displaying all the fires that have taken place in the park from 1946 to 2003, including lightning, human-caused, and prescribed fires.

Big Bend historical maps

Here is the official Big Bend National Park map from the 2015 national park brochure, showing the park roads and many trails. Click the image to view a full size map or download the PDF.

This is the previous Big Bend map from the 2013 park brochure, showing roads, trails, and campsites, and points of interest. Click the image to view full size map or download the PDF.

Here’s a 1944 historical map of Big Bend. While it’s probably not useful for current trip planning, it’s fun to see how the park development has changed today compared to then.

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