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Attractions: Palo Duro Canyon State Park. You can get a taste for the Old West with a visit to Palo Duro Canyon State Park, home of the nation's second largest canyon. Here, against a backdrop of a 600-foot cliff, visitors enjoy the summer production of TEXAS, a story that transports visitors back to the days of the Old West. Elkins Ranch Cowboy Morning Breakfast.
Everyone knows a cowboy has to start off the day with
a good breakfast and here's your chance to feel like a real cowboy
for a morning. Elkins Ranch is located next to the entrance of Palo
Duro Canyon State Park and covers thousands of acres of sprawling
rangeland and scenic canyon land. The Elkins Ranch Cowboy Morning
Breakfast is offered daily from April through October and reservations
are required. Guests receive a 15-minute Jeep ride tour of Palo
Duro Canyon en route to the campsite set against the canyon's cliffs.
Breakfast includes scrambled eggs, sausage, country-style potatoes,
buttermilk biscuits, cream gravy, cinnamon rolls, fruit, cowboy
coffee and juice. Cowboy Morning Breakfast guests are then entertained
by local singer/songwriter Ed Montana. A chuckwagon dinner, featuring
a mesquite-grilled rib eye steak, is also be offered in the evening
from April to October. Elkins Ranch also offers Jeep tours of Palo
Duro Canyon. Tours are offered daily all year, weather permitting.
Reservations for Jeep tours are recommended. To make Elkins Ranch
Cowboy Morning Breakfast reservations, or for evening suppers or
Jeep tours, call 800-658-2613 or 806-488-2100, or visit the Elkins
Ranch website at for more information. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.
This extensive museum offers sections on petroleum, paleontology,
transportation, art, and Western history. The petroleum wing has
numerous displays on the oil industry and West Texas. Located on
the campus of West Texas A M University at 2401 4th Ave.
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