Big Lake, TX Road Trips
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Trip Routes
4
Longest Drive
446.5 mi
Houston, TX
Quickest Drive
5h 54m
Arlington, TX
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Big Lake, TX by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
3,092
Median Income
$72,067
Median Home Value
$155,500
Median Age
28.8
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Big Lake, TX
Big Lake is a city in the West Hill Country of Texas.
Hickman Museum, 609 Main St, ☏ +1 325-884-2511. By appointment only. Features memorabilia from early Big Lake and the old Big Lake oilfield. Free. Santa Rita No. 1, US 67 (Four miles west of town). Original well and derrick of the 1923 gusher that opened up Big Lake oilfield.
Grandma's Kitchen, 404 E 2nd St, ☏ +1 325 884-2853. Los Cazadores Sports Bar and Pizzeria, 106 N Plaza Ave, ☏ +1 325-884-2650. M-F 11AM-10PM. Chicken fried steak, sandwiches, drinks.
Derrick Inn, 121 N State Highway 137, ☏ +1 325 884-2513. OYO Hotel Big Lake Hwy 137 TX, 330 Hughes Rd, ☏ +1 801-290-8029. Unique design consisting of stacked shipping containers. $48 (Dec 2021).
Big Lake is on US 67 halfway between Fort Stockton and San Angelo, about 60 miles to either.
Travel tips adapted from Big Lake on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.
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