Just How Big is Texas?

People often marvel at the size of Texas.  Here is a perspective for you that may help others visualize the vastness of this GREAT STATE!

Beaumont is closer to Tampa than El Paso.

Brownsville is closer to Mexico City than DFW.

Texarkana is closer to Atlanta than El Paso.

Corpus is closer to Cuba than Denver.

Austin is closer to New Orleans than El Paso

Downtown Fort Worth to downtown Dallas is longer than the Gaza Strip is long, longer than the English channel.

Dallas to Houston is nearly the same distance as Paris to London.

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Enjoy and pass around to folks who love ask, "Just how big is Texas?"

Marc