Events Calendar

Meet at 6 a.m. at the Rio Bosque Wetlands Park visitor center.

Directions from I-10 near El Paso: Take the Americas Ave. (Loop 375) exit (Exit 34) and head southwest towards the Zaragoza Bridge. Enter the freeway portion of Loop 375 and take it to the exit for Alameda Ave., Socorro Rd., Pan American Dr. and Zaragoza Rd. Exit to the frontage road and continue straight ahead, crossing both Alameda Ave. and Socorro Rd. At Pan American Dr., turn left. After driving approximately 1.1 mile on Pan American, you'll cross a bridge over the Playa Drain. At 1.5 miles, you'll reach a second bridge, which crosses the Riverside Canal right before the gated entrance to the Jonathan Rogers and Roberto Bustamante water-treatment plants.

To get to the park itself, cross the bridge, turn left onto the levee road and proceed for about 0.75 miles. You'll be at the northeast corner of the park, at the Tornillo Trailhead. There are also two other trailheads farther down the levee road, the Wetland and Bosque trailheads. The park's visitor center is at the Bosque Trailhead.