Among several species of animals are buffalo, Longhorns, deer, javelina, mountain lions, and antelope. A picnic area, gazebo, and a botanical garden with regional flowers and shrubs are found in the park area. Full facility campground and RV park are west of the park. On I-20 access road between US 285 and Texas 17. Grown in irrigated fields, luscious melon is the delight of gourmets throughout the United States.
Quality derives from a natural combination of alkali soil, western sunlight and altitude.
Pecos cantalopes enjoy comparable states with Maine lobsters, French wines and Swiss cheeses. Harvested late July through Sept, with a festival held in the late summer. The museum occupies an old saloon and three floors of a historic hotel, once the area's finest. See the restored ornate fixutres, accurate displays of life in the late 1800's, and a site where two outlaws were gunned down by quick-draw bartender, Barney Riggs. Fifty rooms of exhibits showcasing Pecos and West Texas history.