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Mar 24, 2025
If you like Palo Duro you'll love Caprock Canyons. Way out near Quitique (Kitty kway) Texas Caprock is just gorgeous. Red rock canyon walls plenty of hiking and a huge herd of Bison as the majority …Full review by Rick B
Mar 13, 2025
In the middle of nowhere, this is one of the best of Texas' state parks for hiking. The scenery is gorgeous and the trails well maintained. And above all, it's not crowded. We did two trails that …Full review by Mike H
Dec 8, 2024
Caprock Canyons is my favorite state park in Texas. It's never super crowded, the views are spectacular, and there are multiple trails making repeated visits interesting. That being said, I would onl…Full review by kionsomewhereelse
Traveling with 4 kids (ages 1, 3, 5, 7) in early August. Is this worth a stop as it is on the way from Palo Duro Canyon to Houston? Not planning on doing any hiking as all the hikes looked long for my kids' ages but just wondering if worth it to drive and stop at the scenic lookouts along the road. It's the last day of a 3 week national parks roadtrip - kids are all well traveled.
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We were told CapRock is Palo Duro’s smaller cousin but with free range Buffalo. If its the views you are wanting to see them no need to go to CapRock but if your kids will enjoy …
We were told CapRock is Palo Duro’s smaller cousin but with free range Buffalo. If its the views you are wanting to see them no need to go to CapRock but if your kids will enjoy seeing Buffalo them it’s worth the drive down.
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