Sight · Big Bend National Park
A cactus-lined path leads to a pioneer family's grave.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Big Bend Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Big Bend National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Nina Hannold's Gravesite“You're nearing Nina Hannold's Gravesite, a small stop for anyone interested in early ranching families. Nina and Curtis started their ranch in nineteen oh eight; Curtis also taught at Dugout Wells to help support them.”
Plays as you drive up to Nina Hannold's Gravesite in the Parkwolf Big Bend Tour Guide.
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Nina Hannold's Gravesite is a roadside exhibit and a short walk to a fenced grave, four miles north of Panther Junction. Stop if you're curious about the families who tried to ranch this remote part of Big Bend; it's a compact history detour rather than a developed attraction.
From the roadside parking area, a cement walkway gives way to a sandy, cactus-lined path that climbs to a small rise. Nina's stone grave sits inside an iron fence above what was once a creek. The exhibit explains why she chose this place for her final resting place.
Nina and Curtis Hannold started a ranch near here in 1908. Like other early Big Bend homesteaders, they had to be self-sufficient and enterprising. Curtis also taught school at Dugout Wells, about seven miles south, to help support the family. The grave gives that demanding life on the early ranch a human scale.
Wildlife
377 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
329 sightingsCollared PeccaryMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
500 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
985 sightingsRoadrunnerMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
228 sightingsRavenMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
264 sightingsTurkey VultureMost seen around noonSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Big Bend. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
EasyLone Mountain Trail2.7 mi · 1.5 hr · 3.2 mi awayA sunlit loop around Lone Mountain’s volcanic base.
ModerateGrapevine Hills Trail2.2 mi · 1.5 hr · 3.7 mi awayFollow a sandy wash to a boulder balanced above the desert.
EasyFossil Discovery Exhibit Trail0.4 mi · 30 min · 3.9 mi awayA short paved climb opens a broad view across fossil-bearing layers.
Sight · 2.9 mi awayBalanced RockA boulder spans two stone pillars in a field of desert rocks.
Visitor center · 3.7 mi awayPanther Junction Visitor CenterStart here before the long drives through the park.
Gas station · 3.7 mi awayPanther Junction Service StationA 1958 Mission 66 station still serving a remote park.
Sight · 3.9 mi awayFossil Discovery ExhibitA shady gallery pairs bronze skulls with a 35-foot pterosaur.Parkwolf’s Big Bend ranking
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