Lake Rita Blanca State Park, Cactus Lake, & Rita Blanca National Grassland

Dalhart, TX -- Lake Rita Blanca (at the time of this writing under development as a state park) was once part of the XIT Ranch, the world’s largest (3,050,000 acres) under fence in the 1880s. The XIT Ranch has since ... (Season: Best May and June for prairie nesters and December to mid-February for winter birds)

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