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| Florida Frank | What a nice surprise!  Date Climbed: Dec 4, 1980 | |
| What a great find in the middle of the plains! I enjoyed a couple of days exploring here back in the day. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2008 3:57 pm | ||
| Alan Ellis | Surprising! Date Climbed: May 17, 2008 | |
| You just don't expect to see such a deep canyon as you're driving through the west Texas flatlands. Beautiful place to see and hike. I actually got to drive my Jeep in the eastern part of the canyon outside of the park. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2008 2:17 pm | ||
| StumblingBear | Country Swing Date Climbed: May 16, 1972 | |
| Have visited several times and even camped a time or two. The museum in nearby Canyon(town)is well worth a visit and to get a view of a bit wilder part, take highway 207 S from Claude (on US 287) it drops into the canyon and has a roadside park.You've come this far so continue on to highway 86(left or east) and hit Caprocks Canyon SP and a stop in Turkey, home of Bob Wills | |
| Posted May 19, 2008 2:35 pm | ||
| Bubba Suess | The Land of Goodnight. | |
| I am a big fan of Charlie Goodnight, so I could not avoid the Palo Duro for long. It is a little over developed for my tastes, but so are most State Parks in Texas, and in this case who can blame them? Most peoples jaws would drop seeing such a huge canyon so close to FLAT Amarillo. | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2007 10:20 pm | ||
| BigPsycheDadee | Must see in West Texas | |
| I've been here about 10 times. When driving there, the land is flat as a pancake, then the Canyon suddenly opens up before you. Good camping, hiking, and mountainbiking. Explore the trail-less section on the parks south end. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2007 5:20 pm | ||
| tomastx | Lighthouse on New years Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2006 | |
| Spent a couple days around new years. All was fine except for some strong sand/windstorms. Went up to the lighthouse and did a couple more hikes in the park. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2006 4:42 pm | ||
| Zac Finley | Lighthouse Point Date Climbed: May 27, 2005 | |
| Camped in one of the sites nestled inside the canyon. Woke up early(5:00 a.m.) and hiked to Lighthouse Point. Besides the three people i was hiking with, I didn't see anyone on the trail going to and coming from Lighthouse. We did see two wild boar running around toward the end of the trail where its at its steepest. I would suggest doing doing the hike in the morning hours. This will eliminate the Texas heat. More likely to eliminate others hikers being on the trail. And you'll have a better chance at seeing the wildlife. | |
| Posted Feb 22, 2006 12:02 am | ||
| DylanWann | A Day In The Wild | |
| I spent two days romping around the canyon as far as I could in the Texas heat with my roommmate. We had a blast! Getting firewood was a frustrating matter, but we enjoyed hiking through exotic gulleys, stumbling upon stranded deer, and climbing what ever we saw. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2006 9:04 pm | ||
| bigwilly | Route Climbed: Grand loop Date Climbed: November 3 2005 | |
| Climbed to the top of the formation behind the Lighthouse. Spectacular views but very windy. Great Day. | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2005 9:10 pm | ||
| truchas | Route Climbed: Many Date Climbed: Many Times | |
| Took the trail to the Lighthouse and bushwacked over rugged terrain in hot temps one time. Have explored a couple of caves and slid down Devil's Slide. I heard they removed the Sad Monkey Railroad. I expect to go back soon and check out the rock climbing. The play during the summer is great and I have seen it several times. Avoid the storms as they can get very violent. | |
| Posted Dec 16, 2005 11:20 am | ||
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