"Weirdly Beautiful"

The 1940 WPA Guide to Texas called this stretch of what is now Hwy 54 north of Van Horn, "one of the most desolate, yet weirdly beautiful stretches of country to be found in the state of Texas." That continues to be the case today....this lovely drive is nearly unspoiled, and takes visitors from Van Horn (the crossroads of the Texas Mountain Trail at I-10) north to the Guadalupe Mountains National Park.