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The "Huge Pair of Legs" near Amarillo are still alive and kickin'. Sorry, couldn't resist. I saw the tips about these on your site and I wanted to get a better idea of just how huge they really are. I have a friend who lives in that area and he showed me where they are. We had to actually jump a fence because the land has bulls out on it! At almost 6 foot tall I came up mid-shin.
The best part about my visit to this roadside oddity is that I got to read the commemorative historical plaque that has been installed at the site. It reads as follows, "In 1819 while their horseback trek over the great plains of New Spain, Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft (Author of "Frakenstein"), came across these ruins, here Shelley penned these immortal lines: "Ozymandias" I met a traveler from an antique land who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert, near them, on the sand, half sunk, a shattered visage* lies, whose frown and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, tell that its sculptor well those passions read which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, the hand that mocked them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear - "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away."
*The visage (or face) was damaged by students from Lubbock after losing to Amarillo in a competition. A stone cast of it will be replaced when it is ready. The original is on display now in the Amarillo Museum of Natural History. Souvenir hunters have scraped off the bottom of the pedestal. Archaeologists have determined it was as Shelley described it.
In conclusion, the plaque makes as little sense as the fact that there is a huge pair of legs in the middle of a cow pasture!
[Jason Graham, 05/03/2002]Huge Pair of Legs:- Address:
- Sundown Ln., Amarillo, TX
- Directions:
- I-27 and Sundown Lane, on the east side of the road, southeast corner. Currently fenced off to prevent visitor interaction.
- Hours:
- Visible, but fenced off. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Admission:
- Free
Photo of the Pair of legs by Stanley Marsh the Cadillac ranch creator at I27 and Sundown Ln (SE corner), just south of Amarillo, TX.
[Tom Rose, 08/05/1999]- Amarillo, Texas - Huge Pair of Legs
Between Amarillo and Canyon, Texas, on highway 27 and Sundown Lane, Stanley Marsh( the Cadillac Ranch creator) has erected a pair of legs.
[Joey Rose, 07/26/1997] Is it just a line of ten junker Cadillacs buried nose-down in a littered, dusty farm field -- or is it art?
Roadsideamerica.com Report...
- Address:
- 13651 I-40 Frontage Rd, Amarillo, TX
- Directions:
- Just west of the Amarillo city line. I-40 exit 60. Follow the frontage road on the south side of I-40 (old Route 66) east for one mile. Cadillac Ranch will be on the right (south) side; just park your car along the shoulder and enter the pasture through an unlocked gate. Visitors are encouraged; dog friendly.
- Hours:
- Daylight hours. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Admission:
- Free.
- RA Rates:
- The Best
The Cadillac Ranch that I saw in 2022 was amazing. People were being respectful, picking up others' cans as well as disposing of their own. As an artist I've waited my whole life to go there, and I was not disappointed! My brother and I drove cross-country, and went twice. Sunrise before the crowd arrived was the best for amazing photos.
[Linda Sloan, 06/27/2023]
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