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Exploring Texas

texas is so large that it is a challenge to see all of it.
Public transportation is negligible in this fossil-fueled
state, where driving is an essential part of life. Many Liberal
visitors fly between the main cities of Dallas, austin,
and Houston, and then rent a car to get around.
about 90 percent of the state’s 26 million residents Dalhart
live in the cities, which are equipped with restaurants, Dumas
hotels, and visitor attractions. Out in the countryside, Canadian
where the “real” texas lives, facilities are few and far Pampa Oklahoma
between. even in the more popular areas, such as the Amarillo City
Hill Country outside austin, hotels and restaurants Albuquerque Canyon 40 OKLAHOMA
tend to be basic, and distances are so great that travel Hereford
time can take up a large portion of the day. Lawton Oklahoma
60 Childress City
Vaughan Plainview 287 Oklahoma City
Sights at a Glance Vernon Little
27 Paris Rock
Lubbock Wichita Falls Red
1 Dallas pp472–3 35 Sherman
2 Fort Worth pp474–5 82 Sulphur ARKANSAS
Springs
3 Austin Brownfield 83 Denton Mount
4 Fredericksburg NEW 84 Dallas-Fort Worth 30 Pleasant Shreveport
5 Kerrville MEXICO Lamesa Dallas Longview
6 New Braunfels 180 Snyder Fort 20 Tyler
7 San Antonio pp478–9 Albuquerque Big Spring Abilene Stephenville Worth
8 Houston pp480–81 20 Corsicana
9 Big Thicket National El Paso Midland TEXAS 79 Toledo LOUISIANA
Bend
Preserve Guadalupe Mts 285 Odessa Brazos Nacogdoches Reservoir
0 Galveston National Park Pecos San Angelo Colorado Brownwood Waco Lufkin
q Aransas National Van Horn Pecos Killeen 45 Trinity
Wildlife Refuge 10 Brady Temple
w Corpus Christi Fort Davis Fort Stockton 87 281 Hearne Huntsville 59
e Padre Island National Seashore Rio Grande Bryan
r Laredo Alpine Fredericksburg George Bush Charles
Lake
t Rio Grande Valley 90 Austin 290 Intercontinental
y Big Bend National Park Kerrville 35 Colorado Big Thicket
385
u Fort Davis 67 Big Bend 10 New Braunfels 10 Houston National Preserve
i El Paso National Park Pasadena
o Guadalupe Mountains Del Rio Seguin 77 Galveston
National Park Uvalde 90 San Antonio Bay City
p Lubbock MEXICO Victoria Freeport
a Canyon Rio Grande 37 Port Lavaca
s Amarillo Valley 35 Beeville
d Abilene Aransas National
Wildlife Refuge
Aransas Pass
Nueces
Rio Grande
59 Corpus Christi GULF OF
MEXICO
Key Laredo Kingsville
Highway
Padre Island
Major road National Seashore
Railroad 281
77
State border
Harlingen
International border McAllen
Brownsville
Sparkling glass office towers, dominating the Dallas skyline
For keys to symbols see back flap

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