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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.
The Golden Spread Council owns and operates two camp properties, Camp Don Harrington in Canyon, Texas; and Camp M.K. Brown by Wheeler, Texas. These facilities offer a wide range of camping, hiking and outdoor opportunities, including: miles of hiking trails, ponds and lakes, open fields, rustic camp sites, sheltered camp sites, tent camping sites, and a dining hall with restroom facilities.
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]
Texas Outdoor Musical is performed in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in 2023. CANYON — The TEXAS Outdoor Musical recently announced its upcoming 58th season, with tickets on sale now.
Lake Colorado City was developed in 1949 by damming Morgan Creek. A power station being built needed the reservoir water to cool its generators.TPWD leased the land for the park for 99 years in 1971 from the utility company. [2]
Cleburne State Park is a 528-acre (2.14 km 2) Texas state park in Johnson County, Texas operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.The park includes the 116-acre (0.47 km 2), spring-fed Cedar Lake that was created by construction of an earthen dam by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Bald Cypress, sycamore, pecan, live oak, Ashe juniper, Texas persimmon, cedar elm and mesquite are species of trees that can be found in the park. Frostweed, antelope horns, snow-on-the-mountain, prairie verbena, twistleaf yucca, lace cactus, agarita, poison ivy and greenbriar are plants documented in the park.
State Highway 217 (SH 217) is a Texas state highway running from Canyon east to the Palo Duro Canyon State Park where it becomes Texas Park Road 5. The route was designated on May 29, 1935. The route was designated on May 29, 1935.