Big Lake is a friendly, small West Texas oil-and-ranch community with affordable living, wide-open skies and a tight-knit downtown—an easy, low-stress base for multi-week travel assignments where you can quickly settle into a routine and enjoy local cafes and community events.
When you want more to do, San Angelo — about a 1½-hour (≈71‑mile) drive — offers the region’s largest selection of restaurants, arts, San Angelo State Park outdoor recreation and medical amenities, so weekends feel like real mini-getaways rather than being stuck with nothing to do.