Sands Motel by Dan Baeza

We've worked with a very talented photographer, Van Horn native Dan Baeza, to share images of the region, including our "home" community of Van Horn.

Some notable scenes of the award-winning film, Three Burials of Mequiades Estrada, starring Tommy Lee Jones, January Jones, Melissa Leo and Barry Pepper were filmed at the Sands Restaurant in Van Horn.

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Most of the communities in our Texas Mountain Trail region are along Adventure Cycling Association's cross-country Southern Tier Route...from Anthony and El Paso to Marathon.  Here are some images from the section between El Paso and Sierra Blanca, along the lower Mission Trail of El Paso and Hudspeth Counties.

Shady rest area near Tornillo

Church in Fabens, TX
Along the Southern Tier Route

 

Old Cafe Ruins on the back roads route to El Paso

Ruins of a cafe in McNary

Most travelers take I-10 to and from El Paso, but on the east side of the city, there's another way, through the Mission Trail to Fabens and Fort Hancock and tiny places like McNary and Esperanza along Hwys 20 and 192.  The route parallels I-10 and is the route Adventure Cycling Association recommends for their Southern Tier cross-country riders, maps 34-36.  More about the map, and purchasing information is here.

More photos of this route are here.

Historic Texas 20, Fabens Bakery

Oasis Ballroom

This may be one of the sites you'll see when you get off the freeway. The Oasis Ballroom is on Hwy 20 in Fabens along Adventure Cycling Association's Southern Tier route across the United States. See it by car or by bicycle!

For more information on cycling in West Texas, visit our cycling page: www.texasmountaintrail.com/bike