'''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.