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Canyon

Elevation : 3,566
Population : 13,245

The seat of Randall County and gateway to Palo Duro Canyon, this town originated in 1878 as headquarters for the huge T Anchor Ranch. Canyon sits just 18 miles south of Amarillo, and is home to an 18-hole public golf course and a 9-hole private country club.

Canyon Golf Courses :

• Canyon Country Club
• Palo Duro Creek Golf Club

Notes
In town eat at the Cowboy Cafe (806-655-1124) or the Texas Star Restaurant (806-655-9379). Call to make sure it’s open, but it’s worth a trip to Umbarger for the specials at Rafter G Bar-B-Que (806-499-3347). Some of their specialties are Thursday steak, Friday catfish, and Saturday brisket and pork ribs. The Hudspeth House (806-655-9800) is one of the state's oldest bed and breakfasts. The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum (806-651-2244) on the campus of West Texas A&M University is a fabulous 300,000-square-foot museum that covers Panhandle history all the way back to the Jurassic Period, 160 million years ago. For outdoor activities check out the 15,000-plus acres of scenic landscape at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, where the Red River has carved through the tabletop expanse of the High Plains and walls plunge a thousand feet to the canyon floor. Also find one of the major waterfowl refuges on the Central Flyway in Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, a winter haven for over a million ducks and around 80,000 geese.