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Located 155 mi/240 km west of Dallas, Abilene, Texas, is no-nonsense and conservative, but it's capable of having a good time. The economy of this former Texas & Pacific railhead is based primarily on agriculture and oil. The Abilene Zoo emphasizes a...
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In the heart of a beautiful, mountainous ranching area, 315 mi/505 km west of San Antonio, Alpine is a retail and shipping center as well as an informal artists colony. Its proximity to Big Bend National Park (80 mi/130 km south) and the Davis Mounta...
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A hard-nosed Texan cattle town, Amarillo is epitome of the Lone Star State with cowboys, oil, steak, and cacti. It is the "Helium Capital of the World" (as self-proclaimed) with a productive helium field. However, this Old West attracts its...
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Austin is a city of Southern hospitality, cosmopolitan flair, Old West charm and modern sophistication. The food is just about the best in the state, with every cuisine represented, and the city's outdoor attractions are no less than superb, with the...
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Lying 270 mi/435 km east of San Antonio, Beaumont (pronounced BO-mont) is a rusty old industrial town that's of little interest except for its role as a major petrochemical center and port—if you find such things interesting. If you're in town, visit...
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Big Bend National Park provides world-class viewing of geology, over 450 bird species, 75 mammal species, 56 reptile species, over 1,200 plant species and 150 miles of fabulous hiking trails. Visitors can camp, enjoy day hikes, backpack, horseback ri...
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A vast expanse of swamp, conifers, palmettos and abundant wildlife, this lush primordial forest 260 mi/420 km northeast of San Antonio extends through southeast Texas, from the area around Beaumont in the south to the edge of the Piney Woods in the n...
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Texas A&M University is the main reason to visit Bryan and is the reason its sibling city College Station came into being. Located 150 mi/240 km south of Dallas, the university is the home of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, whic...
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Texas has more than 2,000 known caves, most of which are located in the limestone and gypsum areas of central and west Texas. Cascade Caverns (near Boerne) has an impressive underground waterfall (http://www.cascadecaverns.com). While you're in the a...
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Corpus Christi's balmy weather, white-sand beaches, deep-sea fishing and proximity to Padre Island National Seashore lure thousands of visitors every year. Thousands more go to visit the Texas State Aquarium, the only first-class aquarium in the sta...
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Dallas is a city of Southern hospitality, cosmopolitan flair, Old West charm and modern sophistication. Dallas offers a wealth of culture and attractions. The Dallas Arts, District, largest of its kind in the U.S. offers all the types of art you coul...
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Dallas – Ft. Worth is a place of excitement, southern hospitality and adventure. Enjoyable for all ages and interests, Dallas – Ft. Worth has hidden treasures sure to please the whole family. From the many world-class museums, amusement p...
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Founded on the banks of San Felipe Springs (which churns out 90 million gal/340 million L of water a day) and 140 mi/225 km west of San Antonio, Del Rio is a Mexican border town that's primarily an agricultural center and jumping-off point to Amistad...
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Here, in the sun-swept, mountainous desert of Texas's westernmost corner, is El Paso, the state's fourth-largest city. Built between two mountain ranges on the shores of the Rio Grande, the city is an urban history book, with chapters dedicated to Sp...
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In the foothills of the scenic Davis Mountains and 335 mi/540 km northwest of San Antonio, Fort Davis is quite a contrast to most Texas towns—it has mountain scenery (at 5,050 ft/1,540 m, it's the highest town in the state), low humidity and, even in...
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To travelers unfamiliar with the city, Fort Worth, Texas, may seem like a secondary travel destination—a place to visit only after taking in all the sights of its bigger, glitzier neighbor, Dallas. (It does have to live with second billing in the "Da...
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The City of Galveston is located on the upper Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico and occupies virtually all of a 32 mile long island located approximately two miles off the Texas mainland 50 miles southeast of Houston, Texas. Principal economic suppor...
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Graham is located just west of Fort Worth, Texas and loaded with small town charm. It's beautiful setting and mild climate make it ideal for exploring historic sites, art galleries, and America's largest Downtown Square.
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Often seen as a side trip from better-known Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, this park is a combination of high mountains, desert, shaded canyons and abandoned ranches. The starkly beautiful mountain range is part of an ancient fossil-ri...
Categories: Guadalupe Mountain National Park
This vast, hilly area (more than 10,000 sq mi/25,900 sq km) is situated in south-central Texas (north and west of San Antonio and west of Austin). It's a tranquil setting of lakes, natural springs, abundant wildlife, hidden limestone canyons and rugg...
Categories: Hill Country
Houston is a city of Southern hospitality, cosmopolitan flair, Old West charm and modern sophistication. Houston offers a wealth of culture and attractions. Houston’s Museum and Theater Districts are full of wonder and entertainment. Houston attracti...
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This charming community 150 mi/240 km east of Dallas was once the leading center of commerce and transportation for the state, thanks to its location near the Red River. But the river's course changed, and today Jefferson is best-known for its lovely...
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You might expect that this Hill Country town 70 mi/115 km north of San Antonio was renamed in honor of its famous native son—former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson—but it wasn't: Instead, a relative of LBJ's—his grandfather's nephew, to be exact—don...
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Kerrville is truly a Hill Country paradise, brimming with majestic scenery and friendly people. Kerrville is located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, where sparkling spring fed creeks meander through the rugged terrain and rolling hills of the...
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This south Texas border town, 150 mi/240 km southwest of San Antonio and one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., is dominated by trucks carrying goods between Mexico and the U.S. It's rich in Hispanic culture: Spanish is spoken everywhere (sho...
Categories: Laredo
"Hub City," as Lubbock is known, gets different reactions from different people. Some find a strange beauty there, but some see it as the epitome of a drab town in a very flat place. One thing's for sure: It has produced an extraordinary number of ro...
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Marfa is a small ranching community in the high desert of the Trans-Pecos area of western Texas. It lies between the Davis Mountains and the Big Bend National Park. Founded in the 1880s as a railroad water stop, the town was named after the wife of a...
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Together with its nearby neighbor Odessa, Midland is at the very heart of west Texas oil country, the Permian Basin (315 mi/505 km southwest of Dallas). Oil wealth paid for a number of the finer attractions in both cities.
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Called the Grand Canyon of Texas (it's 120 mi/193 km long and 20 mi/32 km wide), Palo Duro is a surprising change in the otherwise flat and barren landscape of the Panhandle. It lies 310 mi/500 km northwest of Dallas. Plan to drive through the canyon...
Categories: Palo Duro Canyon State Park
When most people think of Texas, they probably envision broad expanses of plains. East Texas, however, is almost as heavily forested as New England, and these piney woods are the backbone of the east Texas economy. The reason: timber. Extensive loggi...
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This very popular fishing community 130 mi/210 km southeast of San Antonio attracts anglers who want to try their luck off public piers or on a charter boat in the Gulf (the crabbing's good, too). The annual Deep Sea Round-Up, the oldest fishing tour...
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Regularly referred to as just "The Valley," this farming and citrus-growing region in extreme south Texas is a 110-mi/175-km stretch of fertile lands along the Rio Grande River, beginning 180 mi/290 km south of San Antonio. It runs from the small bor...
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Located on the plains of western Texas, 230 mi/370 km southwest of Dallas and at the point where the branches of the Concho River come together, San Angelo has more water than most towns in this part of the state. In frontier times, the town grew up ...
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San Antonio has something to offer everyone. The city is filled with an array
of attractions, from nightly entertainment to historical site visits, shopping,
sporting events and museums.
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South Padre Island, a booming seaside resort area on the Gulf Coast at the southern tip of Texas, includes the island and the neighboring mainland town of Port Isabel. The area, about 150 mi/240 km southeast of San Antonio, is especially popular amo...
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Located in the heart of east Texas, 100 mi/160 km southeast of Dallas, Tyler is the "Rose Capital of America," producing more than 50% of the nation's commercially grown roses. Don't miss the beautiful Municipal Rose Garden with 500 varieties of rose...
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Located 90 mi/145 km south of Dallas and about halfway to Austin, Waco (pronounced WAY-ko) straddles the Brazos River, and it was the river that gave the town its start. At one time, back in the 1800s, Waco was known mainly as the site of a ferry tha...
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