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About Ransom Canyon, TX

Ransom Canyon is a lakeside community of about 1,000 people located 10 miles east of Lubbock along FM 835. The town sits in a dramatic canyon carved into the Caprock Escarpment, offering a stark contrast to the surrounding flat plains. Most visitors arrive via I-27 and FM 835, with the airport about 20 minutes away. The lake was created in 1974 by damming Yellow House Draw.

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Ransom Canyon, TX is in United States, at 33.530, -101.684 - about 22 km east of Lubbock, TX.

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The closest airport to Ransom Canyon, TX is Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, 36 km (about 45 min by car).

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