Diane Lee Resort — Off-Grid Luxury Resort in Terlingua, Texas, near Big Bend National Park

Terlingua, Texas Big Bend
Breaking Ground April 2026  ·  Soft Launch November 2026

The story starts when you arrive.

Nestled against Camel Hump Rock on twenty private acres of high desert — where time moves differently.

Coordinates29°32′16″ N
103°31′06″ W
Elevation2,507 ft
Dark SkyBortle 1
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From her sketchbook

Original hand-drawn concepts.

Hand-drawn sketch of the Diane Lee Resort entrance sign
Hand-drawn sketch of the A-frame starbed cabin with hammocks and firepit
Hand-drawn sketch of the A-frame cabin interior
Hand-drawn sketch of a casita with rooftop deck and plunge pool
Hand-drawn sketch of the casita interior with window shutters
Hand-drawn sketch of the pool casita with hammock and outdoor shower
Hand-drawn sketch of the pool casita interior
Hand-drawn sketch of the large casita front porch
Hand-drawn sketch of the large casita interior with bunks and arched headboard
Hand-drawn sketch of the large casita back with outdoor shower and bench
Hand-drawn sketch of the main rainwater pool and lounge terraces
Hand-drawn sketch of the Self Create Coffee Bar

Full disclosure: Some photos and videos are AI renders of the founder's original hand-drawn concepts coming to life in November 2026

A place, a pause

The awe-inspiring setting of Diane Lee Resort begs for you to find the plot.

Because, in this place where time itself takes a pause, your story is waiting to be told. Set against Camel Hump Rock in the high desert — majestic, spare, uncompromising. A quiet ceremony of sky and stone where each hour slows, and a few hours seem to stand still.

Prickly pear cocktail at golden hour
Gathered around the open firepit at Diane Lee Resort
A couple resting in their starbed cabin
01/03
Off-grid. Self-sustaining.

Modern luxury, rendered in perfect reciprocity with the land.

— 01

Sun

Every light, every warm bath, every glass of cold mezcal powered entirely by the Chihuahuan sun. A quiet grid, invisible and sufficient.

— 02

Sky

Every drop of water caught from the sky, filtered, appreciated, and returned to the land. The desert gives us what we need, and we give it back.

— 03

Stone

Rammed-earth walls, native planting, low impact. The land is not our amenity — it is our architect, our host, the reason we came.

Four ways to immerse into the desert.

Starbeds, casitas, amenities, and a twenty-acre reserve. Each a different answer to the same quiet question — what happens when you finally slow down?

Luxury A-frame starbed cabin at dusk, Diane Lee Resort, Terlingua Texas
A-frame cabin interior with skylit bed, Big Bend luxury glamping
A-frame cabins beneath the Milky Way, Bortle 1 dark sky, Big Bend Texas
01/03
01 · Starbeds

Sleep beneath the Milky Way.

Skylit beds drawn from the desert, in view of the Bortle-1 dark sky. Luxury flax linen, a small kiva fire, private side-by-side hammocks. Wake with the horizon, not an alarm.

SleepsTwo
BedsFour available
From$425 / nt
Rammed-earth luxury casita with private plunge pool, off-grid resort Terlingua Texas
Rammed-earth bedroom interior with desert view
Rooftop casita exterior at golden hour
Rooftop casita interior at sunset
Bunk casita exterior with Camel Hump Rock
Bunk casita interior with bunks and main bed
Outdoor shower at the bunk casita
01/07
02 · Casitas

Earthen suites, carved into the quiet.

Rammed-earth walls, deep-set windows framing Camel Hump Rock, and varied with private plunge pools, outdoor showers and soaking tubs. Built to blend into the land the way the land intends itself.

SleepsTwo to four
CasitasSix available
From$525 / nt
Off-grid rainwater pool with Camel Hump Rock reflection, Diane Lee Resort
Communal outdoor kitchen with mountain view
Open fire pit beneath the Milky Way
Self-create coffee bar at the resort
Cappuccino at the coffee bar
Common lounge and gathering space
01/06
03 · Amenities

Spaces to gather and create.

A rainwater pool, a communal kitchen to gather in, an open fire pit for new connections, hammocks under the stars, creative coffee bar, places to just sit. No schedule. No demands. Arrive, eat, swim, stay up late, sleep properly.

PoolRainwater
DiningTogether
StarsClose & surreal
Camel Hump Rock at golden hour, Big Bend National Park area, Terlingua Texas
Yucca in the foreground with Camel Hump Rock behind
Prickly pear in spring bloom
Purple flowering cactus with Camel Hump Rock
Yucca at golden hour with mountains in the distance
01/05
04 · The Reserve

Twenty private acres of serene desert.

Surrounding the resort: twenty protected acres of high Chihuahuan desert. Sunrise or sunset walks, whatever your pace. Space to relax and reconnect in nature.

AcresTwenty
TrailsThroughout
LightGolden
The land plan

Deliberately intimate.

Twelve keys total. A resort that fits the land, not the other way around.

The high desert landscape surrounding Diane Lee Resort at golden hour
The Founders Circle

Reserve your inaugural nights.

Diane Lee Resort opens November 2026 with a limited founding season. A small Founders Circle is being formed now — early believers who help bring the land to life and, in return, receive the first nights at the most generous rates we will ever offer.

  • First access to inaugural booking dates, before public reservations open
  • 25% off opening rates for your first stay
  • A standing invitation to the Founders Dinner during opening week
  • Recognition on a hand-poured plaque at the open firepit
  • $50 deposit applies in full toward your first stay (or fully refundable on request)

Share a few details below, then complete your $50 Founders Circle deposit. Sarah will be in touch personally within five days with your priority booking window.

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Letters from the desert
Location

Terlingua, Texas. Big Bend country.

A ghost town on the edge of North America's largest protected dark sky. Reached by car or small plane to Marfa or Alpine, then 1.5+ hours south through the Chihuahuan desert. Remote, by design. The journey is the first part of the pause.

From Marfa
1.5+ hrs south
Nearest park
Big Bend, 30 min
Municipal airport
MRF / ALP
Commercial airport
ELP / MAF
Nearest city
Blissfully far
Terlingua ghost town ruins with the Big Bend mountains in the distance at golden hour