The lack of dependable water leaves the user vulnerable to dehydration any time of year. If you want to travel longer distances, overnight camping is permitted over the entire length of the trail. There are several designated camping areas but users may make their camp anywhere along the trailway, provided they stay within the park boundaries and do not set up in the middle of the trail. Open fires are prohibited. The arid environment fosters an ever-present danger of wildfires.
Visitors wishing to forgo the physical strain can also enjoy the area's beauty.
Queen of the Valley Tours offers leisurely interpretive journeys of varying lengths from Quitaque to South Plains. Joe and Virginia Taylor operate the tours from their home southwest of Quitaque, which borders the trailway. Since 1993, they have been taking visitors in their van and school bus and providing them with a first-hand perspective of the area's history. The trailway is administered from Caprock Canyons State Park, located 3.5 miles north of Quitaque on FM 1065. The park is about a two-hour drive from Lubbock and Amarillo.