Entrance Camp

Popular camp for overnight trips, located at the upper mouth of Santa Elena Canyon.  A pack trail provides access up onto the Mesa de Anguila, a spectacular and lightly-traveled area of Big Bend National Park (normally only accessible via a multi-day backpack trip.)  It is also easy to access the rim of the canyon from here via a short 'primitive' hike.  You can even hike along the rim as far down as Rock Slide Rapid, to get a bird's-eye view of it.