'''Canyon''' is a city in the High Plains region of the Texas Panhandle. It is home to the West Texas branch of Texas A&M University, the most prestigious in the region, and is the gateway city to Palo Duro Canyon.

Get in

  • '''US 87''' connects Canyon with Amarillo to the north and Lubbock to the south.
  • '''US 60''' comes in from Hereford and Clovis, New Mexico to the southwest.
  • Get around

    See

  • '''Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum''', 2503 4th Avenue, 806 651 2244, [http://www.panhandleplains.org/]. The largest historical museum in the state hosts a wide range of artifacts covering Panhandle pre-history, American Indian life, the early pioneer era, and cowboy life on the ranches.
  • '''Combine City''', FM 1151 near Osage Road. A farmer living along the road to Palo Duro Canyon has created a tractor version of Amarillo's Cadillac ranch, planting 12 wheat combines in a field. Unlike the Cadillac version, visitors are not invited onto the property.
  • Do

    Buy

    Antiques

  • '''Down Home''', 1517 4th Ave, 806 655 8783.
  • '''It's the Berry's''', 407 16th St, 806 655 0111.
  • '''Stewart Antiques''', 805 19th St, 806 655 0676.
  • '''Vintage Funk''', 405 16th St, 806 655 4000.
  • Eat

  • '''El Patio''', 1410 Highway 60, 806 655 4300. Family-owned restaurant with Tex-Mex and Mexican cuisine.
  • '''Pepito's Mexican Restaurant''', 408 23rd St., 806 655 4736. Good Tex-Mex food plus chicken fried steaks and hamburgers. Try the beef fajitas.
  • '''Thai Spice Restaurant''', 102 23rd St, 806 655 4635.
  • Drink

    Sleep

  • '''Buffalo Inn''', 300 23rd St, 806 655 2124. An older hotel, but clean and inexpensive.
  • '''Holiday Inn Express''', 2901 4th Ave, 806 655 4445. Better than most locations of the same chain. Clean rooms, microwave, a good complimentary breakfast.
  • '''Hudspeth House''', 1905 4th Ave., 806 655 9800, [http://www.hudspethinn.com/]. Bed and breakfast in a house dating from the 1910's with a wraparound veranda and beautiful gardens.
  • Contact

    Get out

  • Palo Duro Canyon is only a few miles down the road.