Vega (Texas)

Vega is a town in the Texas Panhandle.

Get in

• I-40 between Amarillo and the New Mexico border. Vega straddles old Route 66, which I-40 replaced.
• US 385 between Hereford to the south and Dalhart to the north.

Get around

You wouldn't be here if you didn't already have a car.

See

• Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 409 S Main St {Corner of Hwy 385 and Old Route 66). Dawn-Dusk. Early farming and ranching machinery and equipment. Free. 
• Magnolia Station, South of the courthouse on Hwy 385. Restored filling station that was built in the 1920s. 
• Oldham County Roundup. Rodeo with barbecue on the second Saturday of August. 

Do

Buy

• Groneman's Service Center. An old fashioned full service filling station. 
• Roark Hardware, 214 S Main St, ☎ [phone]. The oldest hardware store still in operation on Route 66. Sells gifts and toys in addition to farming and household supplies 

Eat

• Boot Hill Saloon & Grill, 909 Vega Blvd route 66, ☎ [phone]. 
• Hickory Cafe, 1004 Vega Blvd, ☎ [phone]. 

Drink

Sleep

• Best Western Inn, 1800 W Vega Blvd, ☎ [phone]. Check-in: 11AM, check-out: 11AM. 
• Bonanza Motel, 607 Vega Blvd, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Check-in: Anytime, check-out: 11AM. 
• Comfort Inn & Suites, 1005 South Main St, ☎ [phone]. 
• Vega Motel, ☎ [phone]. An original tourist court. 
• Walnut RV Park, 1403 Vega Blvd, ☎ [phone]. 

Nearby

Boys Ranch

Tascosa is 25 miles (40km) N of Vega on US385.

• Julian Bivins Museum, Old Tascosa Courthouse, Rt. 233, Boys Ranch TX (Main St. at US385), ☎ [phone], toll-free: [phone]. M-Sa 8AM-5PM, Su noon-5PM. Old Tascosa (founded 1877, abandoned 1915-1939) was once a bustling population-600 cow town; the former seat of Oldham County, it became a ghost town after railways bypassed the community. Boys Ranch was built in 1939 on donated land (originally the 120-acre Julian Bivins ranch) to give troubled boys a "second chance for success." There are 30 group homes for 250 boys and girls and chapel services Su at 11AM. A wild west cemetery remains open on a hill overlooking the ranch. The old courthouse houses museum artefacts from local Native American and prehistoric eras, cowboy and pioneer items and covers the history of Boys Ranch. 

Go next

Just to the east of Vega, and also to the west between Vega and the New Mexico border are a number of ghost towns and near-ghost towns which have Route 66 remnants.

• Adrian is a tiny community 23 miles west on I-40/US66 which bills itself as the "midpoint of Route 66". There's a café, a souvenir shop, a small motel and a museum.
• Glenrio, a ghost town divided by the Texas-New Mexico border and abandoned when a freeway bypassed the village in the 1970s. Remains include the First/Last Motel in Texas, dilapidated fuel stations, an abandoned café, water tower and a post office.
• Wildorado and Bushland, both east of Vega have a few picturesque run-down cafés and gas stations from the Route 66 era.

Routes through Vega

Tucumcari ← Adrian ←	W  E	→ Amarillo → Oklahoma City
Boise City ← Dalhart ←	N  S	→ Hereford → Odessa
Tucumcari ← Adrian ←	W  E	→ Amarillo → Oklahoma City