Trans-Pecos
The Trans-Pecos, as originally defined in 1887 by the Texas geologist Robert T. Hill, is the distinct portion of Texas that lies west of the Pecos River.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Big Bend National Park
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Big Bend National Park is vast and rugged area, and one of the least visited national parks in the continental U.S.
Alpine
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Alpine is a city of 6,000 people in Texas. It has an historic downtown, and is a good base for exploring Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, and Davis Mountains State Park.
Destinations
Marfa
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Marfa is a town of 1,600 people in the Big Bend Country region of Texas.
Fort Stockton
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Fort Stockton is a city in and the county seat of Pecos County, Texas, United States.
Van Horn
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Van Horn is a town in and the seat of Culberson County, Texas, United States.
Presidio
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Presidio is a city in Presidio County, Texas, United States.
Fort Davis
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Fort Davis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.
Marathon
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Marathon is a census-designated place in Brewster County, Texas, United States.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park, is a national park, in the Big Bend region of the state of Texas.
Study Butte-Terlingua
Study Butte-Terlingua is a group of tiny communities in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas set against the desert and mountain scenery of Big Bend Country and home to ghost towns, remote getaways, and famous chili cook-offs.Lajitas
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Lajitas is an unincorporated community in Brewster County, Texas, United States, near the Big Bend National Park.
Trans-Pecos
- Type: valley
- Description: region in Texas, United States
- Location: Big Bend Country, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
30.56° or 30° 33' 36" northLongitude of centre
-103.79° or 103° 47' 24" westWikidata ID
Q2347780Trans-Pecos Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Chinese: 外佩科斯地區
- Czech: Trans-Pecos
- French: Trans-Pecos
- Italian: Trans-Pecos
- Japanese: テキサス州西部
- Lithuanian: Transpekosas
- Norwegian: Trans-Pecos
- Norwegian Bokmål: Trans-Pecos
- Western Frisian: Transpecos
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Trans-Pecos. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.