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Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the cities of Amarillo and Canyon. [2] A large canyon system in the south-central United States , it is roughly 25–40 mi (40–64 km) long and has an average width of 6 mi (9.7 km), but reaches a width of 20 mi (32 km) at places.
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park is an undeveloped 4,000 plus acre [1] state park in Palo Pinto and Stephens County, Texas near the City of Strawn. The park is located in the Western Cross Timbers Ecoregion .
The name Palo Pinto roughly translates to "painted stick" in reference to the juniper trees of the area. [3] Isolated, rugged, and scenic, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] the ridge extends some 15 miles, from near the intersection of Texas State Highway 16 and Farm to Market Road 207 in the southwest, to Crawford Mountain just south of the Fortune Bend on the ...
Palo Duro Canyon State Park: Randall 28,000 acres (11,331 ha) 1934 Palo Duro Canyon State Park: Palo Pinto Mountains State Park (under development) Palo Pinto, Stephens 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) 2011 Pedernales Falls State Park: Blanco 5,211.7 acres (2,109 ha) 1971 Pedernales Falls State Park: Possum Kingdom State Park: Palo Pinto 1,528.7 acres ...
Palo Pinto County, Texas; Palo Pinto Creek; Palo Pinto Creek Reservoir; Sam Bass Hollow; Santo, Texas; Strawn, Texas; US 281 Bridge at the Brazos River; Worser Creek; User:Nyttend/County templates/TX/3; User:Patapsco913/sandbox; File talk:Map of Texas highlighting Palo Pinto County.svg; Template:PaloPintoCountyTX-geo-stub; Template:Palo Pinto ...
It covers approximately 1,530 acres (620 ha), and lies in the Palo Pinto Mountains and Brazos River Valley of Texas. The park borders the large Possum Kingdom Lake, a 20,000-acre (8,100 ha) lake known for its clear blue waters. Possum Kingdom winds for 65 miles (105 km) down the Brazos River, and has more than 300 miles (480 km) of shoreline.
The southern terminus of RM 2810 is at a point 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Marfa, [12] [13] where pavement and state maintenance begin along the Pinto Canyon Road in Cleveland Flat near Wild Horse Draw. [14] [15] The two-lane route proceeds to the northwest along the northern fringe of the Cuesta del Burro range of the Chinati Mountains.
In 1993, a hiking, biking, and equestrian rail trail opened that stretches through the park through Floyd, Briscoe, and Hall counties. The trailway was created after the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired 64.25 miles (103 km) of right-of-way from the abandoned Fort Worth and Denver Railroad's lines between Estelline and South Plains. [3]