Trivia: Texas’ Big Bend National Park is the only park to contain what?
A petrified forest
An endangered species of bat
An entire mountain range
A human-made lake
The correct answer is An entire mountain range
So why is this answer correct? : Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas is the only U.S. national park to encompass a full mountain range within its bounds: the Chisos Mountains. The 800,000-acre park represents the largest protected area within the Chihuahuan Desert, which surrounds the mountain range. With the highest summit of Emory Peak rising 7,835 feet, the Chisos stretch for 20 miles from Panther Junction to Punta de la Sierra. The mountain range may have gotten its name from the Spanish word for spells (“hechizos”) or from a Native American word for “spirit” or “ghost.”