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Originally Posted by Architype
Very nice, I am noticing that Texas seems to be very flat. One thing that surprised me is the old mission buildings, which must to be of historic significance, appear to be neglected and falling apart. Is there no love for history there?
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Just to clarify, West Texas has a lot of mountains, including two mountainous national parks: Guadalupe Mtns National Park and Big Bend National Park. There's also the Davis Mtns and other smaller mountain ranges. The Hill Country is as big as New England and is dramatic in some areas, particularly on the west side of Austin and northwest suburbs of San Antonio. Northwest of San Antonio toward Bandera, Leakey, Utopia, and Vanderpool, it's high terrain cut by canyons. East Texas, starting about 50 miles north of Houston, is hilly and pine forested, with scenic ridges in such counties as Anderson (where my family is from), Cherokee, and Upshur. Yes, there are broad expanses of stereotypical flat terrain, particularly the Permian Basin and Panhandle, although the Panhandle has some deep canyons cut into the plains (e.g., Palo Duro Canyon, Caprock Canyon). The coastal plain is also flat, but well vegetated and swampy/woodsy in areas.