Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
Subnational Park · Mission, Texas
The headquarters of the World Birding Center, on 797 acres of surviving Rio Grande floodplain forest south of Mission — and the only Texas state park that bans private cars beyond the car park, because the birding matters more. Over 360 bird species and 250 butterfly species have been recorded here, more than twenty of them found nowhere else in the United States. You explore it on foot, by bicycle or on a free tram.
2800 South Bentsen Palm Drive, Mission, Texas, 78572, United States
Open daily 7 AM - 10 PM. Entry $5 for 13 and over, FREE 12 and under. ⚠ NO PRIVATE VEHICLES beyond the car park — explore on foot, by bike or on the FREE hourly tram, whose schedule is daily in the cool months and reduced in summer. Reserve a day pass; the park fills at weekends. Honour box at the gate for early arrivals.
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