Photographs from the Caprock Canyon area
(Texas Panhandle)

Caprock Canyon State Park is a little known, but spectacular State Park in the southern section of the Texas Panhandle. The canyons have been carved out by rivers eroding the escarpment up to the High Plains. Also, a neighbouring disused railroad bed has been converted into a long distance trail.

Swallow chicks

Swallow chicks

Caprock Canyon panorama

Caprock Canyon panorama(the black dots are swallows)

Cliffs at Caprock Canyon at sunset

Cliffs at Caprock Canyon at sunset

Cliffs in Caprock Canyon at sunset

Cliffs at Caprock Canyon at sunset

Cliffs in Caprock Canyon at sunset

More cliffs at Caprock Canyon at sunset (note: the very high contrast)

Creek cutting showing evaporite gypsum deposits in the Caprock Canyon's Permian red sandstones

Creek cutting showing evaporite gypsum deposits in the Caprock Canyon's Permian red sandstones (Huxley the dog for scale)

A snake on the trailway (old railroad bed)

A snake on the trailway (old railroad bed)

Railroad cutting near the Clarity tunnel

Railroad cutting near the Clarity Tunnel

Entrance to the Clarity Tunnel, the last operation railroad tunnel in Texas

Entrance to the Clarity Tunnel, the last working railroad tunnel in Texas

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