Cigar Mountain House

09/29/2026

Have you ever wondered why it’s called Cigar Mountain? I sure have!

Apparently, someone looked at this mountain and decided it looked like a cigar.

Personally… I just can't see it. 😂 And I am not alone!

Standing 3,301 feet above sea level, Cigar Mountain rises above the desert, and tucked into the valley at its center is Cigar Mountain House — our place to slow down, look around, and experience the magic.

If you’d like to experience Cigar Mountain for yourself, Cigar Mountain House welcomes guests from around the world, and has a few open dates left during this gorgeous fall season.

Find availability and book your Big Bend adventure at www.cigarmountainhouse.com.

And this monsoon season? WOW. 🌧️🌈

We’ve had an incredibly active summer, and with all that rain have come more rainbows than we could possibly count.

This one appeared right over our house, and luckily 📷 Tony Drewry was there to catch it. 😍

And right now, that feels especially meaningful.

The construction of the proposed border barrier in our region is currently paused through the end of September. After months of stress, uncertainty, and watching heavy equipment move into places we love, we’ve been grateful for this little break.

But we know the pause isn’t the end of the story.

We’re anxious about what comes next. We’re tired. We’re still fighting for this place we love, and we’re trying to hold onto hope while we wait.

So for now, we’re going to keep looking up.

At the mountains.
At the stars.
At the rainbows.

And we’ll keep believing that there is still time to protect the wild places that make Big Bend so extraordinary. 🌈

Come visit, see for yourself and maybe you’ll catch a rainbow, too. ❤️

09/20/2026

09/20/2026

Thank you so much for speaking for our communities! It means more than words can express. ❤️

09/19/2026

Many thanks to this delegation, their hard work and dedication. Looking for how to best help this cause? They have answers!

Link in the comments of course!

09/18/2026

I'm proud to stand with our communities! If you'd like to come visit and support us in this, we are ready to show you the adventure of a lifetime! We have a living document where you can choose where best to spend your $$$ in the communities. Visit
bit.ly/NBBW_26 for a visitor resource directory of allied businesses.

Ps we have over 270 allied businesses in our region. ❤️

Man camps housing border-barrier construction workers have arrived in far West Texas. Local businesses are taking sides on whether to serve the newcomers.

09/18/2026

“We will continue to fight for this land no matter what the outcome is. We will continue fighting to the end,” said Benson. “You talk to people in west Texas and they say even if they put it up, we’ll fight for them to take it down. So this fight is not over.”

See comments for the link to the article. (Meta is so annoying limiting links shared by business accounts. 🙄)

09/14/2026

Another new lawsuit with a nice twist from the previous ones filed so far. I'm so proud of our communities and these landowners for standing up and fighting back!

A sixth lawsuit against the Trump administration was filed on Monday morning in District of Columbia District Court over plans to build border barriers across hundreds of miles of the Big Bend region –– this time, by a coalition of 230 landowners who face having their land seized by the governme...

09/14/2026

🌵 THE ROAD TRIP WORTH TAKING.

We know that Big Bend isn’t a quick weekend hop from most of Texas.

And that’s the point.

It’s the kind of place you drive toward — where the cities disappear in your rearview mirror, the highways stretch toward the horizon, the landscape changes mile by mile, and eventually the mountains rise majestically out of the desert.

🚙 From around Texas, Big Bend is about…

📍 El Paso — 5½–6 hours
📍 Midland/Odessa — 4–5 hours
📍 San Antonio — ~7 hours
📍 Austin — 8–9 hours
📍 Houston — 8–9 hours
📍 Dallas/Fort Worth — 9–10 hours

Gather up your friends and family. Pack the cooler. Load up the car. Make a playlist. Take the scenic route. Stop at the little places along the way.

Then keep driving.

Because at the end of that drive is a place unlike anywhere else in Texas — towering mountains, ancient desert, the Rio Grande, wildlife, incredible hikes, ghost towns, impossibly dark skies and stars that seem to go on forever. 🌌

And when the day's adventure is over, come home to Cigar Mountain House in Terlingua. Located only a few minutes from the National and State parks, it's the perfect place to slow down, cool off in the pool, watch the sunset, sit beneath the stars, and wake up ready to do it all again.

Big Bend isn't just a destination.
It's the journey getting there. And
It's the adventure waiting at the end of the road. It's the memories you make and treasure forever.

So wherever you are in Texas…

Point your wheels west. 🌵

🏡 Stay at Cigar Mountain House
Find availability, book your adventure, and learn more at
www.cigarmountainhouse.com

The road is long.
The adventure is worth it.

09/13/2026

FORT DAVIS — The Jeff Davis County Commissioners Court will hold a special meeting Monday at 6 p.m. to hear public comment on a proposed road-use agreement with Barnard Construction, which is seeking permission for upgrades to Chispa Road to facilitate trucks and heavy equipment for border wall co...

09/13/2026

Conserve Big Bend, the umbrella nonprofit behind the No Big Bend Wall initiative, set a press conference for 10 a.m. Monday at the Presidio County Courthouse in Marfa to “announce a significant legal development in the ongoing effort to stop border wall and infrastructure construction across the g...