Big Bend National Park · Texas

Blue Creek

5.9 mi of trail, end to end · about 60 ft of climbing · 2,700 ft of descent · 4,163 ft–6,751 ft · native surface · trail class Developed, Moderately Developed · hiking

Backcountry camps

6,713 ft 4,165 ft · 5.4 mi high 6,741 ft

Along the way Blue Creek Campsite #2 Laguna Meadow Campsite #2

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.