El Campo, TX

united states

El Campo is a small Texas city 75 miles southwest of Houston via US Highway 59, serving as a hub for the surrounding rice-farming region. State Highway 71 runs east-west through town toward Columbus and the coast. The flat coastal plains stretch endlessly under big skies, with a humid subtropical climate. The town hosts an annual Rice Festival each October, celebrating the crop that has shaped this community since the early 1900s.