Big Bend sighting maps
377 sightingsBlack BearUrsus americanusMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
329 sightingsCollared PeccaryPecari tajacuMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
500 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianusMost seen 6 AM & 7 PMSighting map
985 sightingsRoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusMost seen 7–10 AM & 5 PMSighting map
228 sightingsRavenCorvus coraxMost seen 9 AM–12 PM & 3–7 PMSighting map
264 sightingsTurkey VultureCathartes auraMost seen 10 AM–5 PMSighting map
109 sightingsBlack HawkButeogallus anthracinusMost seen 8–10 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
354 sightingsDiamond-backed RattlesnakeCrotalus atroxMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
34 sightingsMojave RattlesnakeCrotalus scutulatusMost seen 7–9 PMSighting map
150 sightingsBlack-tailed RattlesnakeCrotalus ornatusMost seen 6–8 PMSighting map
29 sightingsHorned LizardPhrynosoma modestumMost seen 7–9 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map
80 sightingsCollared LizardCrotaphytus collarisMost seen 9 AM–12 PM & 4 PMSighting map
91 sightingsDonkeyEquus asinusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
97 sightingsHorseEquus caballusMost seen 7 AM & 6 PMSighting map
175 sightingsDesert CottontailSylvilagus auduboniiMost seen 6 AM & 6 PMSighting map
72 sightingsScaled QuailCallipepla squamataMost seen 7–9 AM & 5–7 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Big Bend. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Find Wildlife in Parkwolf
Every sighting map, in your pocket.
- 16 sighting mapsfor Big Bend, on the same park map as your route
- Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
- 110 audio storiesplay as you drive Big Bend, wildlife included
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Big Bend Tour Guide
Big Bend, narrated.
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.
See the Big Bend audio tourRecorded for this place
Santa Elena Canyon0:00 / 0:33
“You're approaching Santa Elena Canyon, where the Rio Grande runs between limestone walls rising fifteen hundred feet. Stop for the canyon-mouth view even if you don't want a hike.”
Plays as you drive up to Santa Elena Canyon in the Parkwolf Big Bend Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Santa Elena Canyon River Takeout
- Red Dye Under White Wax
- Dorgan-Sublett Historic Site
- The Seafloor in the Cliffs
- 110 audio storiesacross Big Bend’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Black Bear, Collared Peccary, White-tailed Deer, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 45 trails, 64 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”