Half the scenery is American, the rest is Mexican. The beauty of it all will leave you breathless. The end of this ride in Study Butte is the start of the next ride through Big Bend National Park. Main park roads are level and straight for all traffic but the scenery is marvelous. A narrow twisting road leads over mountains into the Basin, a natural bowl ringed by mountains.
Visitors feel like they are in a natural fortress.
Camp here in the middle of the park and enjoy the cooler elevation. Signs caution RV's and long trailers from driving the the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive to Castolon. Too bad they miss out on nature's handiwork like Burro Mesa, Tuff Canyon, and Mule Ears Peak. Pity them for not seeing the majestic Santa Elena Canyon. The motor home crowd misses a lot of beauty to avoid the sharp curves and hills winding to the river.