Llano Estacado
The Llano Estacado is a region in the Panhandle of Texas. Notoriously flat and largely rural, the Llano Estacado is famous for its wide-open prairielands and unmolested expanses that harken back to the days when Texas was largely unexplored frontier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lubbock and Snyder.
Lubbock
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Lubbock is the largest city in the Panhandle of Texas and serves as the area's agricultural and economic hub. Lubbock, commonly known as the Hub City, is in the center of the South Plains, an expansive cotton-growing region.
Snyder
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Snyder is a city in the Llano Estacado region of Texas. It was a very rough and tumble place in the early days after first being settled in 1878. Then there was an oil boom period.
Lamesa
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Lamesa is a city in the Llano Estacado region of Texas. It is heavy on the agriculture sector and gives off an authentic feel of provincial Texan life.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Plainview and Post.
Plainview
Plainview is a city in and the county seat of Hale County, Texas, United States. The population was 20,187 at the 2020 census.
Post
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Post is a city in and the county seat of Garza County, Texas, United States. Its population was 4,790 at the 2020 census. According to 2023 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 3,486.
Brownfield
Brownfield is a city in and the county seat of Terry County, Texas, United States. Its population was 8,936 at the 2020 census. Brownfield is 39 miles southwest of Lubbock.
Abernathy
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Abernathy is a city in Hale and Lubbock counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,805 at the 2010 census. The Hale County portion of Abernathy is part of the Plainview micropolitan statistical area, while the Lubbock County portion is part of the Lubbock metropolitan area.
Wolfforth
Wolfforth is a town located in Lubbock County, Texas, United States. It is a southwestern suburb of Lubbock. The population was 5,521 at the 2020 census.
Llano Estacado
- Type: Heath with 1,230,000 residents
- Description: southwestern united states in New Mexico
- Also known as: “Staked Plain”
- Address: TX
- Categories: mesa and plain
- Location: Yoakum, Texas Panhandle, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
33.0004° or 33° 0′ 1″ northLongitude of center
-103.0008° or 103° 0′ 3″ westPopulation
1,230,000Elevation
3,684 feet (1,123 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 369120297OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Frisian—“Llano Estacado” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Llano Estacado”
- Belarusian: “Лана-Эстакада”
- Bulgarian: “Ляно Естакадо”
- Bulgarian: “Яно Естакадо”
- Catalan: “Llano Estacado”
- Cebuano: “Llano Estacado”
- Chinese: “埃斯塔卡多平原”
- Chinese: “拉诺埃斯塔卡多”
- Czech: “Llano Estacado”
- Dutch: “Llano Estacado”
- Dutch: “Staked Plain”
- Dutch: “Staked Plains”
- Esperanto: “Llano Estacado”
- French: “Llano Estacado”
- Georgian: “ლანო-ესტაკადო”
- German: “Llano Estacado”
- German: “Llano Estakado”
- German: “Palisaded Plains”
- Hebrew: “לאנו אסטקדו”
- Italian: “Llano Estacado”
- Japanese: “ラノ・エスタカド”
- Japanese: “リャノ・エスタカード”
- Japanese: “リャノ・エスタカド”
- Korean: “래노에스터카도”
- Korean: “레노 에스터카도”
- Lithuanian: “Liano Estakadas”
- Lithuanian: “Ljano Estakadas”
- Lithuanian: “Ljano Estakado plynaukštė”
- Macedonian: “Љано Естакадо”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Llano Estacado”
- Norwegian: “Llano Estacado”
- Ossetian: “Ллано-Эстакадо”
- Persian: “للااسکوئدو، نیومکزیکو”
- Polish: “Llano Estacado”
- Polish: “Staked Plains”
- Portuguese: “Llano Estacado”
- Romanian: “Llano Estacado”
- Russian: “Ллано-Эстакадо”
- Russian: “Льяно-Эстакадо”
- Slovak: “Llano Estacado”
- Slovak: “Staked Plains”
- Spanish: “Llano Estacado”
- Swedish: “Llano Estacado”
- Swedish: “Staked Plains”
- Western Frisian: “Llano Estacado”
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