TEXAS PANHANDLE
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The Panhandle is the west-northernmost region of Texas. It's a mainly harsh region, embodying the ideas of the old west, with its ranches and cattle grazing. Amarillo and Lubbock are the main cities in this backyard Texan region, rich in oil.
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Best time to visit & travel to the Panhandle Texas
When not to go to the Panhandle Texas
What to visit in the Panhandle Texas
Hotels and flights to the Panhandle Texas region
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Austin
Corpus Christi and Mustang Island
Dallas
Fort Worth
East Texas
Galveston
Houston
Hill Country
San Antonio
South Padre Island
South Texas Beach Resorts
West Texas, El Paso
WHAT TO VISIT IN THE PANHANDLE TEXAS
The rural Panhandle - with its typical and beautiful landscape of mesquite trees, cactus and tumbleweeds - offers many opportunities for visiting old west ranches. You will find a reasonable number of these ranches - offering tourist visits and accommodation (often pricey) - on the outskirts of Amarillo and Canyon.
Amarillo, in the heart of the I-40 (once the legendary Route 66) offers antique stores and homes (along Sixth Street) and some good museums on pioneer life. 6 miles out of Amarillo, the Cadillac Ranch (offering a wide show of Cadillac designs from 1950 to the early sixties) is a popular reference.
Canyon and its Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and nearby ranches, just fifteen miles south of Amarillo, is a major travel reference in the region (Canyon is itself a former cattle town...).
Pallo Duro State Canyon Park, twenty miles southeast of Amarillo, with scenic views, wide deserts, abundant local wildlife andexceptional camping opportunities, is a major travel option in the region.
Lubbock, the largest city in the Panhandle and the birthplace of Charles Holley, offers the Ranching Heritage Center (an excellent show of local and Texan historic life) and good museums (the Tech Museum...).
Lubbock is also home of the best Panhandle annual events: the September Fest (the old Buddy Holly Music Festival), severalrodeos (the ABC Rodeo happens in Spring) or the Panhandle South Plains Fair (late September or early October)...
BEST TIME TO VISIT THE PANHANDLE TEXAS
Spring, Summer and Fall are the best periods for a visit. The Panhandle weather and temperatures are normally agreeable in these seasons (here, summers tend to be mild, contrarily to what happens in most other Texan destinations).
The Panhandle winter weather is rather unpredictable and can be harsh. Winter cold snaps and snow are very common.
WHEN NOT TO GO TO PANHANDLE TEXAS
Winter is the worst season for outdoor visits in the Panhandle. To avoid cold snaps (or occasional snow) avoid winter.
For details on precipitation, temperatures, humidity and other weather variables in the Panhandle, see the Weather Map below for Amarillo.
Weather Data Map
HOTELS AND FLIGHTS TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
Amarillo and Lubbock offer wide accommodation options, namely in the budget category.
The Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport is just 3 miles south of downtown, while Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is located 7 miles east of downtown Amarillo. They are the great air-hubs to the Panhandle.
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