Following recent rainfall, Palo Duro Canyon State Park officials announced that all trails are closed due to flooding.

I’ll admit that Palo Duro Canyon State Park doesn’t get nearly the love that its cousin, Big Bend National Park, receives. That doesn’t mean I think it’s right. Palo Duro is rich in ...

CANYON - Sad Monkey Mercantile hosted the Partners in Palo Duro Canyon Photo Contest Saturday, featuring the work of area photographers highlighting the beauty of the state park.

Take for instance the “100 year flood” in Palo Duro Canyon in 1979. Termed an anomaly and once-in-a-lifetime event, it’s happening all over again. But, this time, they were ready.

Palo Duro Canyon placed in the 10 best state parks in the United States in the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards. See where it ranked.

A panoramic view of Palo Duro Canyon, seen from a viewing area near the park's visitor center. Capitol Peak at Palo Duro Canyon, seen in the distance from the Lighthouse Trail.

Get out and explore the outdoors in your city’s backyard with guides to the most incredible and underrated state parks in America. Read more here.They say everything’s bigger in Texas, though it’s ...

Palo Duro Canyon is the second-largest park in the state parks system today, with about 28,000 acres and it opened to the public in 1934, according to TPWD.

Layers of sedentary rock on the walls of the Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Canyon, Texas. The white lines in the walls of the canyon are formed from minerals of ancient lake beds that evaporated.

PALO DURO CANYON — At the edge of the grasslands that fold under the fierce winds of the Texas Panhandle-Plains, the earth suddenly splits apart. Palo Duro Canyon is a thick slice of Texas-size ...