Pecos (Texas) - city in and county seat of Reeves County, Texas, United States

Pecos is a town in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. The town claims to have been the site of the first rodeo, on July 4, 1883.

Get in

By car

• east of Van Horn and west of Monahans. Pecos is accessed through Exits 37-52 of I-20.
  • 3rd St & old US Hwy 80 serves as a business route of I-20 through Pecos. Road goes from Exit 37 to Exit 52 of I-20.
• Cedar St northwest of Fort Stockton and southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
• Bickley Ave north of I-10 in Saragosa.

By bus

• Greyhound Lines, (bus stop) Sunoco/Stripes at 4101 S Cedar St (Cedar St (US 285) and I-20 at Exit 42). Greyhound travels along I-10/20 between El Paso and Dallas/Ft Worth through Van Horn, Pecos, Midland/Odessa, Big Spring, Sweet Water and/or Abilene. Passengers going towards Alpine or Marfa on US Hwy 90 can transfer to All Aboard America buses in Midland/Odessa whose tickets are booked on Greyhound.com. As this is just a pick-up and drop-off point, tickets should be purchased beforehand online or over the phone. 2022-09-08

Get around

See

• West of the Pecos Museum, 120 E 1st St, +1 432 445-5076. Housed in structures built in 1896 and 1904.
• West of the Pecos Rodeo. The rodeo that started it all.

Do

Buy

Eat

Locally-grown cantaloupes

• Alfredo's Restaurant, 1002 S Cedar St, +1 432 445-7776. Good Tex-Mex in a modest atmosphere. Try the fajitas.
• Old Mill BBQ & Burritos, 1318 S Eddy St, +1 432 447-6106.
• Golden Palace, 707 S Cedar St, +1 432 445-9889.

Drink

• VIP Sports Bar & Grill, 1330 E 3rd St, +1 915-316-3867. Tu-Su 5PM-2AM.

Sleep

• Budget Inn, 2128 W 3rd St, +1 432 445-4946.
• Knights Inn & Suites Pecos, 1000 East 3rd St, +1 432 445-4924. $59 (Dec 2021)
• Rodeway Inn, 3002 S Cedar St, +1 432-447-0030. $59 (Dec 2021)
• Travelodge, 22 N Frontage Rd, +1 432-203-0178. $52 (Dec 2021)
• Quality Inn, 4002 S. Cedar St, +1 432-755-7334. This one might be like your old car from college that you keep around, nostalgic. $43 (Dec 2021)

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