Canyon, TX Road Trips
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Trip Routes
4
Longest Drive
640.9 mi
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Quickest Drive
6h 43m
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Canyon, TX by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
15,398
Median Income
$68,233
Median Home Value
$218,300
Median Age
28.2
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Landmarks & Historic Sites
Attractions and heritage-registered places located in Canyon, TX.
Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum
museum in Texas, USA, operated by Panhandle-Plains Historical Society
City data from Wikidata (Q976999), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Canyon, TX
Canyon is a city in the High Plains region of the Texas Panhandle. It is home to the West Texas branch of Texas A&M University, the most prestigious in the region, and is the gateway city to Palo Duro Canyon.
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, 2503 4th Ave, ☏ +1 806 651-2244. The largest historical museum in the state hosts a wide range of artifacts covering Panhandle pre-history, American Indian life, the early pioneer era, and cowboy life on the ranches. Combine City, 1151 FM (near Osage Rd). A farmer living along the road to Palo Duro Canyon has created a tractor version of Amarillo's Cadillac ranch, planting 12 wheat combines in a field. Unlike the Cadillac version, visitors are not invited onto the property.
El Patio, 1410 Highway 60, ☏ +1 806 655-4300. Family-owned restaurant with Tex-Mex and Mexican cuisine. Pepito's Mexican Restaurant, 408 23rd St, ☏ +1 806 655-4736. Good Tex-Mex food plus chicken fried steaks and hamburgers. Try the beef fajitas. Thai Spice Restaurant, 102 23rd St, ☏ +1 806 655-4635.
Buffalo Inn, 300 23rd St, ☏ +1 806 655-2124. An older hotel, but clean and inexpensive. Holiday Inn Express, 2901 4th Ave, ☏ +1 806 655-4445. Better than most locations of the same chain. Clean rooms, microwave, a good complimentary breakfast. Hudspeth House, 1905 4th Ave, ☏ +1 806 655-9800. Bed and breakfast in a house dating from the 1910s with a wraparound veranda and beautiful gardens.
US 87 connects Canyon with Amarillo to the north and Lubbock to the south. US 60 comes in from Hereford and Clovis, New Mexico to the southwest.
Travel tips adapted from Canyon 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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