BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK — Construction on two large projects located within the Chisos Basin section of the national park is slated to begin May 1. The work will continue for approximately two years.

The national park reminded visitors of two large construction projects that will close the Chisos Basin starting in August, according to a Facebook post from Big Bend on Monday, April 28.

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At dusk, guests at Chisos Mountain Lodge in Big Bend National Park, Texas, ... Our destination is Chisos Mountains Lodge at the foot of 7,550-foot Casa Grande Peak.

Big Bend National Park protects a chuck of the West Texas desert where the road ends at the Mexican border. The skies are as large as the horizon, and after the sun sets, the night sky glitters ...

The Chisos Mountains are particularly popular in the park due to their higher elevation -- the basin sits at 5,401 feet above sea level -- where temperatures can be substantially cooler than lower ...

The Chisos Mountain Lodge dining room at Big Bend National Park is open from noon to 7 p.m. daily, and all meals come with a great view of a notch in the mountains known as The Window.

The Chisos Mountains Lodge main building in Big Bend National Park. Courtesy of National Park Service/Cookie Ballou This past December, I headed to Big Bend National Park with friends.

Chisos Mountains Lodge in Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park. ((Dan Leeth / Special Contributor)) Near the center of the park, a short but steep road leads up to Chisos Basin, a mountain valley ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas — UPDATE: 4/19-9 a.m.: The South Rim Fire is at 1,341 acres and is 80% contained. Big Bend NPS says the fire has not grown in size since late last week thanks to ...