Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park

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Location: Along the Rio Grande River, 5 miles southwest of Mission.
Facilities: Campsites with full hookups, primitive campsites, youth group camp, showers, restrooms, picnic areas, day-use group facility, hiking trails, interpretive trails, boat ramp, bird observation blinds, game courts, playground (é).
Activities: Camping, boating, fishing, hiking, backpacking, bicycling, birding, interpretive programs.
Special Features: Park is headquarters of the World Birding Center and is known as a treasure trove of birds found nowhere else in the US except deepest South Texas. Found here also are so-called "Mexican vagrants," which are birds rarely seen on this side of the Rio Grande.
Address: 2800 Bensen Palm Dr
Mission, TX 78572
Phone: 956-585-1107;
Fax: 956-585-3448;
Web: www.worldbirdingcenter.org/sites/mission/
Size: 760 acres.

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