What There Is to Do

Activities

Shafter offers a distinctly West Texas way to spend your time. Explore the historic streets and landmarks of a former silver mining town, venture into the surrounding landscape, or use Shafter as a base for discovering the many destinations and adventures of the Big Bend region.

Before You Plan

Explore at Your Own Pace

Much of Shafter is yours to experience on your own schedule. Walk the historic streets, explore the town’s distinctive buildings and ruins, visit the Mine Store, or step back into the story of Shafter at the Post Office Museum.

Beyond town, the wider landscape offers plenty to discover. Horseback riding, hunting, shooting, and other select activities may be available through Cibolo Creek Ranch and are arranged separately based on that property’s availability, season, and individual terms.

Explore the Town

Walk Shafter’s historic streets, visit restored gathering places, view ruins and adobe walls, and experience the setting that shaped the town’s mining history.

In town

Horseback Riding

Horseback riding may be arranged through nearby Cibolo Creek Ranch, offering guests a way to experience the landscape with a deeper sense of distance, scale, and frontier movement.

Cibolo Creek Ranch, not in town

Hunting and Sporting

Select hunting and sporting opportunities are available through nearby Cibolo Creek Ranch and related membership or seasonal arrangements.

Cibolo Creek Ranch, not in town

Regional Adventure

Use Shafter as a base for exploring Marfa, Presidio, Big Bend country, Fort Davis, the Chinati Mountains, river roads, desert landscapes, and historic West Texas sites.

The Big Bend region

Explore Shafter at Your Own Pace.

Walk the historic streets, visit the Mine Store, and shape the stay to suit you.

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