Rio Grande Village Visitor Center
Open from November - April, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., with a brief lunch-break closure.
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Rio Grande Village Visitor Center Details
The visitor center is open seasonally from November thru April, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., with a brief lunch-break closure. It is located a quarter mile north of the developed area and it has some of the coolest interactive exhibits in the park. There is a garden outside the building that has information and a sample of each of the most common desert plants so you can identify them more easily on the trails. This visitor center also has a movie about the park and an exhibit about bats and a few other desert animals. As with all visitor centers, you can purchase $12 backcountry and river permits here as well as pay entrance fees. There is a Big Bend Natural History Association bookstore, restrooms and a faucet for filling up personal water containers.
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