US-3046 Palo Duro Canyon State Park

US-3046](https://pota.app/#/park/US-3046)

We physically visited Palo Duro Canyon on our cross-country trip of 2017. Here are some of our pictures from the canyon:

Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the cities of Amarillo and Canyon.[2] The second largest canyon system in the United States, it is roughly 25–40 mi (40–64 km) long and has an average width of 6 mi (9.7 km), but reaches a width of 20 mi (32 km) at places. Its depth is around 800 ft (240 m),[1] but in some locations, valley bottom to surrounding hills increases to 1,000 ft (300 m). Palo Duro Canyon (from the Spanish meaning "hard stick")[3] has been named "The Grand Canyon of Texas" both for its size and for its dramatic geological features, including the multicolored layers of rock and steep mesa walls, which are similar to those in the Grand Canyon. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Duro_Canyon

My Hunter Log

16:25 2025-08-31 WB5MET 599 599 TX 14.057 20m CW US-3046

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