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Hah there are no deserts for more than 10h driving from Austin. It's rolling hills and scrubby prairie, which is far from a desert.
by trilbyglens 3y ago
Hah there are no deserts for more than 10h driving from Austin. It's rolling hills and scrubby prairie, which is far from a desert.
- notacoward 3y agoIt might not technically be a desert, but saying it's "far from" is incorrect too. Semi-arid climate zones are as close to deserts as you can be without actually being a desert. For recreational purposes in particular, people tend to look mostly for open water or mountains, sometimes forests or canyons. Miles and miles of "scrubby prairie" lacking any of those might as well be a desert.
- RichardCA 3y agoOnce you get past Abilene or San Angelo you're getting into the eastern reach of the Chihuahuan Desert, so around 4 hours. Some maps put it west of the Pecos but that's not the official line, to be fair different maps seem to put it in different places.