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If you look carefully you will see what remains of the old line camp on the bank of Blue Creek. Explore the great outdoors at Panther Junction Visitor Center, a lovely green space in Big Bend National Park. Discover the area's desert landscape and mountain views. Yes, you can select your preferred vacation rental with pool among our 4 vacation rentals with pool available near Homer Wilson Ranch. Please use our search bar to access the selection of vacation rentals available. The Homer Wilson Ranch trail is a 1-mile out-and-back located in Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas.
The Homer Wilson Blue Creek Ranch Trail is a 0.5 mile out and back trail to a small ranch house in Blue Creek Valley that totals 1.0 mile. It descends into the canyon with some stairs, on a pretty steep old road and crosses the canyon bottom to the abandoned house, which means the entire hike back to the parking lot is uphill. A short trail leads down the ranch buildings and connects with the Blue Creek Canyon and Dodson trails. If you don’t want to hike into the valley below, a sign at the improved scenic overlook next to the parking area offers a photo of the ranch building along with some information about it. Stay at this family-friendly vacation home in Terlingua.
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Discover the area's mountain views and desert landscape. From Panther Junction, head west on Gano Springs Rd for approximately 22 miles. Turn left onto Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive and follow the road for 8.25 miles. From here you can see the ranch below in the Blue Creek Canyon valley.
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Wilson however, continued to live at the ranch until his death in 1943 and his family moved from the ranch the next year. In its time, Homer Wilson’s ranch was one of the largest ranches in the United States, comprising more than 28,000 acres of land. The house is made from material native to the area, including a reed ceiling and walls made of stones from Blue Creek Canyon. This is a wonderful spot for night photography and light painting. Make sure that you hike into the ranch during the daylight to scout out the area and plan your shots. You can come back after sunset to take spectacular photos of the Milky Way over the ranch and Chisos Mountains.
The trail runs from Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive to the site of the ranch and back. In the early 20th century, the Homer Wilson Ranch was one of the largest ranches in the Chisos Mountains. What remains of the ranch is now located in Big Bend National Park and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Animals in the park are wild and should never be approached, harassed, or fed. 7.7 miles from the northern end of Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive.
A full, or near full moon is very bright and can drown out the Milky Way. Don’t forget to bring a good flashlight with you. If there is no moon, it will be close to pitch black! Your light can also be used to do some light painting. In the shot above, my husband lit up the inside of the house for about 10s with a flashlight while I took a 30s exposure.
Wilson moved in goats and sheep to the Big Bend. A herd even more vulnerable to the predators at hand. Driving into Big Bend National Park, shades of purple compete with mounds of desert brush. Key notes of Freddy Fender and Marty Robbins play on the radio. Big Bend is the darkest area in the continental US. However, make sure you check what phase the moon is in before you plan your trip.
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But you can also enjoy a great stay in one of our other vacation rentals including Hotels and more. Water for livestock was delivered by a pump and pipeline that was laid miles up the canyon to a spring. Remnants of the pump and windmill are still visible. Drinking water was gathered in a cistern on the hill by the parking lot. In 1942, the ranch land was acquired by the State of Texas for incorporation into the new national park.
Walk through the preserved interior and get a sense of what life was like for the former residents. I felt like the property owners go out of their way to make sure you feel at home. Even reached out via email while we were there which I thought was a very nice touch.
In 1928, Homer Wilson bought land in the foothills of the Chisos for a sheep and goat operation. Eventually, his ranch spanned 45,000 acres. The line camp at the base of Signal or Carousel Mountain was built for the ranch foreman, Lott Felts. You can take time to visit Panther Path Trail during your travels to Big Bend National Park.
The ranch was the heart of Homer Wilson’s ranching operations in the Chisos Mountains before the Park was established in the 1940s. The existing house was a line camp lived in for many years by Wilson’s foreman, Lott Felts. The house lies in the bottom of Blue Creek Canyon, a major drainage on the southwestern side of the Chisos Mountains. The house can be seen from above, from the start of the trail right by the parking lot.
I like to use a wide-angle lens for night shots, but during the day, when you are scouting, bring a macro lens; the house itself is full of interesting details. Hikers can access the Blue Creek and Dodson trails from this point. The Blue Creek residence measures about 24 feet (7.3 m) by 60 feet with a 16-foot (4.9 m) by 60-foot screened porch on the south side of the house. The single-story residence comprised two bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen, with a large central fireplace. The house features a double roof, the inner layer a traditional reed roof of the type locally used, with a sheet metal roof above. The structures were abandoned when the Wilsons moved out.
The steady clip-clop of my horse finding his way, an occasional huff as he settles in. Cairns are stacks of rocks which are sometimes used to mark trails in areas where they are hard to follow. Randomly stacked rocks can lure hikers off the correct trail. The continued health and safety of hotel guests is of the highest priority for hotels.
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