Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas, October 2002
Photos by Richard R. Barron
Watch Clarity, the Caprock QuickTime movie, here
Caprock Canyons State Park, 100 miles southeast of Amarillo in Briscoe County, was opened in 1982. It consists of 15,313 acres (including the Trailway, a 64 mile Rail-to-Trail conversion, acquired by donation in 1992 from a Railroad entrepreneur). This acquisition added recreational adventure, stretching from the western terminus at South Plains up on top of the caprock escarpment to the eastern terminus of Estelline in the Red River Valley. This multi-use trail (hike, bike, and equestrian), opened in 1993, stretches the park through Floyd, Briscoe, and Hall counties crossing 46 bridges and running through Clarity tunnel, one of the last active railroad tunnel in Texas. The Trailway is open to the public from Estelline to South Plains.
On this trip, the sunset one night was spectacular. The evening air was cold, and I watched and photographed in almost total silence...
Later that night, I made this hour-long star-trace photo. The light on the trees is from our camp fire...
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