Marfa Essential Info

Overview

Marfa is a town in the Big Bend Country region of Texas. It's known for two things: innovative art and mysterious lights.

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Basics

Best Time To Go

Mar-Oct

Current Time

Current Weather

62 °F

Partly Cloudy

Fun Facts

1. Marfa with a population of 2,000, has only one stop-light but fourteen art galleries.
2. Marfa was named after a character in Dostoevsky novel.
3. The Marfa Army Airfield served as a training facility for several thousand pilots during World War II, including the American actor Robert Sterling, before closing in 1945
4. The movie Giant,starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean, was filmed in Marfa for two months.
5. Marfa is most famous for the Marfa lights, visible on clear nights between Marfa and the Paisano Pass.

Popular Foods

1. Falafel Balls
2. Marfa Burrito