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Van Horn is the western terminus of U.S. Route 90; from Van Horn it leads southeast 73 miles (117 km) to Marfa. Texas State Highway 54 leads north from Van Horn 65 miles (105 km) to Pine Springs and the Guadalupe Mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2), all land. [5]
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By the end of the 1969 camping season, KOA had 262 campgrounds in operation across the U.S. By 1972, 10 years after KOA's creation, KOA had 600 franchise campgrounds. The 1970s energy crisis caused the collapse of many travel-oriented businesses, and KOA's stock price sharply declined as fewer Americans drove for vacations.
Culberson County Hospital and Van Horn Rural Clinic. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,813 square miles (9,880 km 2), of which 3,813 square miles (9,880 km 2) are land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2) (0.01%) is covered by water. [29] It is the fifth-largest county by area in Texas.
The unforgiving desert that surrounds Van Horn, a town of less than 2,000 people in Far West Texas, has forged a culture of self reliance and a community where everyone looks out for each other.
State Highway 54 (SH 54) is a 55.2-mile (88.8 km) highway maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) that runs from Interstate 10 and U.S. Route 90 in Van Horn north to US 62 and US 180 between Salt Flat and Pine Springs near Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
Highway travelers crossing a long, lonely stretch of West Texas desert have a new spot on Interstate 10 to take a break with the opening of modern new rest stops outside of Van Horn.
The Beach Mountains are located on privately owned land roughly 3 miles (5 km) north of Van Horn in southwestern Culberson County, Texas. The maximum elevation reached is 5,827 feet (1,776 m) above sea level. [2]