Town

Terlingua Ghost Town

Terlingua, Texas

A former quicksilver-mining town now home to an eccentric cafe, porch and sunsets.

Cost
Free
Time to allow
2 hours

The old mining town is partly ruins and partly alive again, with a cemetery, a trading post and a porch where people watch sunsets. The Starlight Theatre restaurant is a good dinner stop. Chili cook-offs fill the town in November.

Good to know

  • Watch the sunset from the trading post porch
  • Dinner at the Starlight Theatre
Best time
Sunset
Vehicles
Campervans fine
Dogs
Dogs welcome

The location is approximate. Check the official website before you go.

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