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15 Texas Best Sunrises

Aransas camping at sunrise by Eduardo Muriedas

The BEST Texas sunrises? Well, that’s not exactly true because there are just so many more than 15 of them.

Hill Country sunrise by Kango Traveler

I’m just throwing 15 on the page that we’ve shared with you over time. Otherwise this post would just scroll on and on and on… until sunset. And there’s a new one every day!

With so many great places in Texas to see the sun come up, there could be thousands of “best” sunrises each and every day.

So sit back for a few minutes and soak in some Texas sunrise beauties!

Sunrise at Fort Leaton in West Texas

Fort Leaton sunrise by Gary Nored

Fort Leaton sunrise by Gary Nored

The original adobe structure at Fort Leaton was a private residence dating back to the early 1830s. It was purchased in 1848 by Benjamin Leaton, who adapted it as a fortress.

Through murders, financial difficulties and abandonment, the structure changed hands numerous times.

In 1967, it was deeded to the state of Texas and opened to the public in 1978 as a Texas State Historic Site.

Photo Gary Nored

Old Church in Terlingua

Terlingua Church at sunrise by Jim Work

Terlingua Church at sunrise by Jim Work

A great sunrise over the Old Church in Terlingua with the mystical Chisos mountains of Big Bend in the background. This old adobe church, built in 1885, has been serving the faithful in Terlingua since the earliest mining days which ran from the 1880s to 1940s.

Photo Jim Work

Sunrise in Vaughn

Vaughn at sunrise by sklee

You can see for miles in this sunrise photo from Vaughn. Love it!

Vaughn is half a mile east of Aquilla Lake and nine miles southwest of Hillsboro in south central Hill County. Settlement in the community of Vaughan dates back to the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Photo sklee

Palacios

Sunrise in Palacios by Haley Kruse

Sunrise in Palacios by Haley Kruse

One dubious story has it that sailors from a Spanish ship that wrecked in Matagorda Bay thought they saw palaces on the shoreline, thus the Spanish name Palacios.

Photo Haley Kruse

Guadalupe River

Guadalupe River sunrise by cjb

Guadalupe River sunrise by cjb

Sunrise along the Guadalupe just north of Boerne. Great image!

Photo cjb

Bayview

Sunrise in Bayview by Paul Bellinger

Sunrise in Bayview by Paul Bellinger

Just before sunrise.

This view sure makes you marvel at all the beauty around us each day that we sometimes have to be reminded to notice. So I am reminding you… to slow down for a minute and have a look around you.

Photo Paul Bellinger

Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park

Balanced Rock in Big Bend by Thomas Even

Balanced Rock in Big Bend Nat’l Park by Thomas Even

Standing near Balanced Rock in Big Bend catching the day’s sunrise. For a few minutes, all is calm and all is quiet. Soon enough the day will begin and off we go!

Through Balanced Rock you can see Nugent Mountain.

Photo Thomas Even

South Padre

South Padre sunrise by David Fross

South Padre sunrise by David Fross

South Padre.

Photo David Fross

Northeast Rim of Big Bend

Big Bend, NE rim by defcoord

Big Bend, NE rim by defcoord

It’s pre-sunrise from the NE rim in Big Bend! Above the clouds…

Photo defcoord

Canton

Canton sunrise

Canton sunrise

Sunrise on the mountain in Canton.

Photographer unknown

Lake Mineral Wells

Lake Mineral Wells at sunrise by Mike Robinson

Lake Mineral Wells at sunrise by Mike Robinson

Heading out across Lake Mineral Wells at sunrise. Yeah, that’s the way to head to the office! Or maybe this is their office!

Photo Mike Robinson

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

El Capitan in Guadalupe Mountains Nat'l Park by Rick Workman

El Capitan in Guadalupe Mountains Nat’l Park by Rick Workman

G’morning to you from Guadalupe Mountains National Park. What an awesome view of the sunrise lighting up El Capitan! This looks almost like a painting!

Photo Rick Workman

East of Amarillo

Rt 66 east of Amarillo by mvschulze

Rt 66 east of Amarillo by mvschulze

From the side of Rt. 66 east of Amarillo. It’s looking like another great one!

So grab your coffee and catch a look at the sunrise!

Photo mvschulze


Top photos by Eduardo Muriedas &
Kango Traveler

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