Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
10pm Fri & Sat, shorter hours in winter)
attract hikers, horseback riders and mountain bikers eager
for recreation, and artists and photographers drawn by the magnificent blend of color and
desert light.
Activities
There are plenty of great mountain-biking trails throughout the canyon, but nowhere to
rent bikes.
Lighthouse Trail
Palo Duro's most popular hiking trail leads to the Lighthouse, a hoodoo-style formation
that's nearly 300ft tall. Almost all of the nearly 6-mile round-trip is flat and easily tra-
versed. The floodplain to the southwest of the trail has perhaps the park's greatest concen-
tration of wildlife, including aoudad sheep, white-tailed mule deer and wild turkeys.
HIKING
HORSEBACK RIDING
Old West Stables
(
Mar-Nov)
Offers a variety
806-488-2180;
www.oldweststables.com
; 11450 Park Road 5; rides from $35;
of trips in Palo Duro Canyon.
Sleeping & Eating
For motels and restaurants, you'll need to be in Canyon or Amarillo.
Campsites
(sites $12-24)
Range from attractive and remote campsites aimed at backpackers, to regular
sites with full hookups.
CAMPING
$
Cabins
(
CABINS
$
512-389-8900; per night $60-125)
These are a treat but there are only seven, so reserve ahead.
Trading Post
(
MARKET, CAFE
$
806-488-2821;
www.palodurotradingpost.us
;
11450 Park Road 5; mains from $7;
8:30am-7:30pm Mon-Sat,
11am-7pm Sun Mar-Nov)
Has supplies and burgers.
Entertainment
