Buffalo Gap began as a settlement at the site of a natural pass in the Callahan Divide through which buffalo traveled for centuries. It was a point on the famous Dodge (or Western) Cattle Trail.
Recent visitor-oriented developments offer a variety of restaurants, art-souvenir handicraft shops, and historical restorations.
621-acre park near Lake Abilene; camping, trailer facilities, picnicking, shelters, swimming pool, rest rooms and showers, hiking and fishing. Large grove of some 4,000
Buffalo Gap, TX State ParksComplex of 15 historic structures that tell the history of the last 50 years of the Texas frontier. Visitors tour three historic areas set in 1883, 1905 and 1925, all centered around the original 1879
Buffalo Gap, TX Historic SitesCollections from pioneer era, farm and ranch implements, guns, Indian artifacts, photographs, paintings....
Wealth of exhibits include XIT Ranch, railroad antiques, Indian artifacts, frontier firearms, cowboy clothing, saddles and ta...
Built in 1908, this State Historical Landmark is home to an endless variety of quality family entertainment, including live c...
A 25-mile loop west and north to Stinnett crosses rough, canyon-cut landscapes of the Canadian River brakes; leads across dam...
2,853 acres of post-oak woodlands and grassy meadows surround 673-acre Lake Mineral Wells; extensive day-use picnic facilitie...