La Rita Blanca Lake

Lake Rita Blanca is located near the town of Dalhart, south of Rita Blanca National Grassland. It is located in Hartley County, on the south side of Dalhart

Rita Blanca means "Little White River" and comes from the Spanish Sheepherders that inhabited the area in the mid 1800s. The name was later adopted by the XIT Ranch and called the Rita Blanca Division. 

Lake Rita Blanca is located in the High Plains region of the Texas Panhandle. The vegetation is a native, short-grass, prairie plant community. This plant community, blue grama-buffalo grass series, is representative of much of the High Plains region and provides a unique opportunity for education with the local schools and the general public.