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Palo Duro
Canyon
Canyon, TX
Great scenery but campground could use
work
Reviewer: Carol in Newalla, OK
wampsmother@aol.com
This is a beautiful place to ride and easy to get to from Oklahoma City. It is only about thirty miles south of Amarillo. The trails are steep but not too rocky. They are not very well marked.
The horse camping area is about eight miles from the park entrance. It is a beautiful drive through the canyon. There is a restaurant/gift store about half way. The horse camp is a half-mile from showers and restrooms. It has no tie poles or trees large enough for picket lines. There are four 20’x20’ pipe corrals that are first come, first served. These quickly turn into red clay bogs if it rains as does the campground. There are two semi-covered picnic areas at the horse camp and water hydrants. Individual camp sites are not marked and the campground can be rather chaotic with no specifically assigned parking areas.
There are designated trails for horses and hikers and separate trails for mountain bikes. Due to the steepness of some of the trails and the red clay and caliche soils, I would not ride here after a heavy rain. This would not be a good choice for a very green horse due to the inclines but it is not dangerous for a steady trail horse.
The scenery is spectacular with cliffs, arroyos, hoodoos, interesting rock formations and lots of fun switch backs to clamber up. Take your camera! We even found a small stream with meadow grass and cottonwoods for a lunch stop at the bottom of a side canyon. This is probably a spring and fall destination as my guess is, the canyon is probably a lot like hell in the summer with 100° temps and no air. Most of the vegetation has thorns! Check your horse often for “sticky” things.
My next Texas destination will be Caprock which is supposed to have more miles of horse trails than Palo Duro.
