by ChamberChamber | Nov 14, 2016 | Attractions, Education, Local Organizations, Shop & Gallery
Start your journey to Big Bend at the Museum of the Big Bend! For more than 90 years the Museum of the Big Bend has been collecting and exhibiting artifacts of the vast Big Bend region. Encompassing the Davis Mountains and the borderlands of Mexico, the Big Bend has...
by ChamberChamber | Nov 14, 2016 | Attractions
Less than 25 miles from Fort Davis you may view one of the few “Unsolved Mysteries” of our west Texas skies. National Geographic couldn’t explain them, The University of Texas couldn’t explain them, The TV series “Unsolved...
by ChamberChamber | Nov 14, 2016 | Activities, Attractions, Hiking/Walking, Local Organizations
About 10 miles north of the McDonald Observatory on Hwy 118 North (Davis Mountains Preserve). A non-profit wildlife conservation organization, using science-based research and a non-confrontational approach to protect the unique diversity of animals and plants native...
by ChamberChamber | Nov 14, 2016 | Attractions, Local Organizations
The observatory’s three largest instruments are the 362″ Hobby-Eberly telescope on 6,600-foot Mount Fowlkes, the 107″ Harlan J. Smith and 82″ Otto Struve telescopes located on 6,800-foot Mt. Locke. The observatory is located just 17 miles from...
by ChamberChamber | Nov 14, 2016 | Activities, Attractions, Hiking/Walking
Venture out among the community and view 23 historic sites. At just 1 ½ miles long this is a journey that starts and ends in the town square. The tour encompasses the longest section of the unpaved Overland-Butterfield mail route. As you follow the walking tour, you...
by ChamberChamber | Nov 10, 2016 | Attractions
Fort Davis is the starting point for one of the most scenic and un-crowded drives in Texas and America. Seventy-five miles long, the drive leaves Fort Davis on Texas 118, proceeds up Limpia Canyon past Mts. Locke and Fowlkes and the McDonald Observatory and then into...
