Are you planning a road trip out to West Texas? I just took a trip from Houston to Big Bend National Park and absolutely LOVED it–this part of the country is rugged and beautiful and breathtaking. So how to decide what to do?

This post will give you a list of the top ten things to do in West Texas, including an itinerary of things to do while you’re on the road!

1. Catch a film in the Paramount Theatre in Abilene, TX.

2. Drive to Monahans Sandhills State Park and go sledding on the sand dunes.

3. Drive to Balmorhea State Park and take a dip in the man-made springs.

4. Drive to Big Bend National Park and go on an amazing hike.

5. Drive to Big Bend Ranch State Park and see the Dark Skies.

6. Drive to Marfa and check out the Chinati Foundation.

 

7. Scoot over to the Marfa Lights viewing area and look for aliens.

8. Drive to Fort Davis National Historic Site and check out the living history of a frontier post.

9. Drive up to Guadalupe Mountain National Park and climb Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 26667 miles.

10. Drive over to the Lubbock Lake Landmark and see the ongoing archaeological digs.

 

Is there anything else that I missed? Leave a comment! – Lindsay

 

 

 

Image Attribution:

Paramount theatre- Keithimus at English Wikipedia

Balmorhea – William Blair from Austin TX

Big Bend Ranch State Park – Jcllora

Fort Davis – By Daniel Schwen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

Marfa Lights – Daniel Schwen

Guadalupe Peak – fredlyfish