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West Texas
Choose El Paso’s borderland culture or the mountain-desert towns of Alpine and Marfa.
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West Texas, a little closer.
Choose El Paso’s borderland culture or the mountain-desert towns of Alpine and Marfa. The distances are substantial; treat the region as several bases, not a single day’s loop.
Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.
Three places to begin.
Choose a local stop, then find food and a place to stay.
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Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around West Texas. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Texas photographs, resized and converted to WebP. Displayed crops may vary; each image retains its listed license.
- Downtown El Paso Skyline.jpg — Texanguy123, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Holland Avenue and Hotel Holland Alpine Texas DSC 5556 ad.JPG — Adavyd, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Marfa TX - courthouse downtown.jpg — Paul Joseph from vancouver, bc, canada, CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
Visitor information: El Paso, Alpine, Marfa. Check current access, hours, weather and booking terms. Photos may show nearby attractions rather than the town center.
County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundaries. Town markers are approximate centers, not entrances or routes. WTDO regions are editorial discovery areas, not official tourism boundaries.