High Plains
The High Plains are a subregion of the Great Plains, mainly in the Western United States, but also partly in the Midwest states of Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota, generally encompassing the western part of the Great Plains before the region reaches the Rocky Mountains.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Amarillo
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Amarillo, which means "yellow" in Spanish, is the center of the Texas Panhandle at the edge of the Great Plains.
Hereford
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Hereford is a city of 14,600 people in the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle.
Destinations
Perryton
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Perryton, the county seat of Ochiltree County, is on the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle.
Pampa
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Pampa is the second largest city in the High Plains region of the Texas Panhandle.
Dalhart
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Dalhart is a city in the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle.
Wheeler
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Wheeler is a city, and the county seat of Wheeler County, Texas, United States, located on the eastern border of the Texas Panhandle.
Canadian
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Canadian is a city in, and the county seat of, Hemphill County, Texas, United States.
Wellington
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Wellington is a city of 2,200 people in the southeastern High Plains of Texas.
Clarendon
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Clarendon is a city in Donley County, Texas, United States.
Memphis
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Memphis is a small town in the southeastern Texas High Plains. Hall County Courthouse, in Memphis…
Vega
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Vega is a town of 930 people in the Texas Panhandle on the historic Route 66.
Stratford
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Stratford is a small town in the northern High Plains region of Texas. Silos outside of Stratford…
Borger
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Borger is a city in the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle.
Adrian
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Adrian is an incorporated city in the Texas Panhandle with a population of about 140.
Panhandle
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Panhandle is the county seat of Carson County, Texas, United States.
Shamrock
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Shamrock is a city in Wheeler County, Texas, United States.
McLean
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McLean is a city in the Texas Panhandle. Due to a lack of growth in the area, the town…
Palo Duro Canyon
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Palo Duro Canyon cuts through the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle, in the southern United States.
High Plains
- Type: Heath
- Description: subregion of the Great Plains mostly in the Western United States
- Address: KS
- Category: plain
- Location: Thomas, Kansas, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude of centre
39.4167° or 39° 25' northLongitude of centre
-101.2921° or 101° 17' 32" westElevation
1,024 metres (3,360 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 368386393OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=heathGeoNames ID
5445596Wikidata ID
Q1548512High Plains Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Belarusian: Высокія раўніны
- Bulgarian: Високи равнини
- Cebuano: High Plains
- Chinese: 美国高地平原
- Chinese: 美國高地平原
- Czech: High Plains
- Dutch: High Plains
- French: High Plains
- Georgian: მაღალი ვაკეები
- German: High Plains
- Italian: Alte Pianure
- Japanese: ハイプレーンズ (アメリカ合衆国)
- Lithuanian: Aukštosios lygumos
- Norwegian Nynorsk: High Plains
- Portuguese: Altas Planícies
- Portuguese: High Plains
- Russian: Высокие равнины
- Swedish: High Plains
- Ukrainian: Високі рівнини
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