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Museum
Museum of the Big Bend
Regional museum on the Sul Ross campus in Alpine, about the history, peoples and nature of the Big Bend region and the border.
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Alpine
In the destination Big Bend (Alpine; Terlingua; Marfa).
In the photo: Alpine, Texas
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The city
What to expect from Alpine.
Largest town in the Big Bend region, with a university, a train station and the Museum of the Big Bend, about the region’s history and nature. It lies between Marfa, 40 km away, and Big Bend National Park, about 130 km away, and near the McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains.
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The local experience
What to see in Alpine
Observatory
McDonald Observatory
The University of Texas astronomical observatory in the Davis Mountains, at about 2,000 meters, with a visitor center, telescope tours and nighttime star‑viewing programs.