Rio Bosque Location and Hours

Hours:  The park is open from dawn to dusk, 7 days a week. 

Directions from I-10:  Take the Americas Ave. (Loop 375) exit (Exit 34) and follow the interchange that merges with Loop 375 South.  Take Loop 375 South to Exit 48A for Pan American Dr.  Exit at 48A to the frontage road (Americas Ave.) and proceed to Pan American Dr., where you will 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.  If you are coming for one of the regularly scheduled tours, workdays or faunal-monitoring activities, the meeting place is at this bridge. 

Directions from the César Chávez Border Highway (Loop 375 East):  Exit at 47 to the frontage road (Americas Ave.) and proceed to Pan American Dr., where you will turn right.  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.  If you are coming for one of the regularly scheduled tours, workdays or faunal-monitoring activities, the meeting place is at this bridge. 

To get to the Park itself, cross the bridge over the Riverside Canal, turn left onto the gravel 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.  

Detour Alert:  Starting Monday, March 9, and continuing for up to four months, Pan American Drive will be closed in the vicinity of Winn Road for construction related to El Paso Water's development of the Riverside International Industrial Center.  Two detours will be available to provide continued access to the water-treatment plants and Rio Bosque.  You can view them here.  

Restrooms:  The park's visitor center is not staffed.  At this time, the 2 restrooms at the site are normally open only when scheduled groups are visiting the park.