Join some genuine Texas cattlemen, and sit down for some beef in the Amarillo Livestock Auction building. The steaks are ideal – thick and perfectly charred – but most diners have the plate-swamping chicken-fried steak. Follow your nose here, past corrals and railroad tracks. The dining room is no-nonsense as are the breakfasts.
Stockyard Cafe
Panhandle Plains
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17.15 MILES
This multihued canyon was carved by the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River, a big name for a little river. Its 26,000 acres attract hikers, horseback…
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
26.72 MILES
It's not every day you can pick up a hammer stone used to make tools 10,000 years ago or hold discarded shards of beautifully colored flint left behind by…
10.64 MILES
To millions of people whizzing across the Texas Panhandle each year, the Cadillac Ranch, also known as Amarillo’s ‘Bumper Crop,’ is the ultimate symbol of…
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
17.24 MILES
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For a slice of the real West, head on a Monday morning to the Amarillo Livestock Auction, just north of SE 3rd Ave on the city's east side. The auction is…
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum
1.24 MILES
Quarter horses, favored on the Texas range, were originally named for their prowess at galloping down early American racetracks, then a quarter-mile long…
2.78 MILES
If plowing sedately along the bland interstate leaves you ready for a little excitement, shake off your lethargy by careening through the double loops of…
8.02 MILES
Stretch those road legs at this 600-acre nature center, 8 miles northwest of town off TX 335, where trails wind through grasslands, cottonwoods and bluffs…
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For a slice of the real West, head on a Monday morning to the Amarillo Livestock Auction, just north of SE 3rd Ave on the city's east side. The auction is…
2. American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum
1.24 MILES
Quarter horses, favored on the Texas range, were originally named for their prowess at galloping down early American racetracks, then a quarter-mile long…
2.78 MILES
If plowing sedately along the bland interstate leaves you ready for a little excitement, shake off your lethargy by careening through the double loops of…
4. Jack Sisemore Traveland RV Museum
4.97 MILES
Long before today's posh gas guzzling RVs hit the road, laden with every convenience right down to the satellite dish, intrepid Americans looking for…
5. Don Harrington Discovery Center
6.41 MILES
Sadly you can't inhale any helium and talk like Donald Duck, but the lighter-than-air gas that was an Amarillo industry is honored at the Don Harrington…
6. Wildcat Bluff Nature Center
8.02 MILES
Stretch those road legs at this 600-acre nature center, 8 miles northwest of town off TX 335, where trails wind through grasslands, cottonwoods and bluffs…
10.64 MILES
To millions of people whizzing across the Texas Panhandle each year, the Cadillac Ranch, also known as Amarillo’s ‘Bumper Crop,’ is the ultimate symbol of…
8. Palo Duro Canyon State Park
17.15 MILES
This multihued canyon was carved by the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River, a big name for a little river. Its 26,000 acres attract hikers, horseback…