Big Bend

Big Bend generally refers to a major change in course or large meander in a river. It may refer to:

Geographic locations

Canada

• Columbia River in British Columbia
  • Big Bend Country
  • Big Bend Ranges, the mountain ranges surrounded by the Big Bend

United States

• Big Bend (Florida), part of the Florida Panhandle
• Big Bend Coast, part of the Florida coast on the Gulf of Mexico
• Big Bend Historical Area (Shenango River), in western Pennsylvania
• Big Bend (Texas) (Rio Grande), in western Texas
  • Big Bend National Park, in Texas
• Big Bend (Colorado River, Utah), a meander
• Big Bend (Missouri River), a meander in South Dakota
• Big Bend of the Columbia River, a wide curve near Wenatchee, Washington

Inhabited places

Australia

• Big Bend, South Australia

Canada

• Big Bend, British Columbia, now inundated by Kinbasket Lake
• Big Bend, Burnaby, a neighbourhood in Burnaby, British Columbia

Eswatini

• Big Bend, Eswatini

United States

• Big Bend, California (Pit River), an incorporated community
  • Big Bend Rancheria
• Big Bend, Butte County, California, an unincorporated community
• Big Bend, Placer County, California, an unincorporated community
• Big Bend, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
• Big Bend City, Minnesota
• Bigbend, West Virginia
• Big Bend, Rusk County, Wisconsin, a town
• Big Bend, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, a village

Other uses

• The Big Bend, a proposed residential skyscraper in New York City
• Big Bend Community College, in Moses Lake, Washington, United States
• Big Bend Dam, on the Missouri River in South Dakota, United States
• Big Bend Gold Rush of the 1860s in British Columbia, Canada
• Big Bend High School, in Terlingua, Texas, United States
• Big Bend slider, a species of turtle.

See also

• Big Bend State Park (disambiguation)