The Balcones Escarpment, a geological scar millions of years old running across Central Texas, is one of the most important geological features in the state. It has played a huge role in shaping ...

The Balcones Escarpment. It is geology’s most fateful mark upon the surface of Texas, a bulwark of cracked and weathered rock that extends in a pronounced arc from Waco to Del Rio. It is the ...

It’s located near the tiny, western-looking town of Quitaque (pronounced “Kitty Quay”) about 100 miles south of Amarillo, and is part of the 120-mile long Caprock Escarpment. The 3,100-foot ...

The long narrow Caprock Escarpment stands as high as 1,000 feet in places. Coronado passed this way. So did roving Comanche bands and prehistoric canyon dwellers as long as 12,000 years ago.

Whether you’re a master of geography or not, there’s really only one feature that ranks most important for shaping the area where we live: the Balcones Escarpment. ”This is a major uplift ...

On the southern edge of Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas Panhandle lies Caprock country ... The 15,000-acre park’s trails along ...

Editor’s Note: Jack Becker is the editor of Caprock Chronicles and is a Librarian Emeritus from Texas Tech University. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article about the ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) — A few upper-level disturbances have helped isolated shower and thunderstorm activity fire up in areas of the Caprock escarpment Thursday afternoon. Virga showers are also ...