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• Balmorhea State Park
  Balmorhea State Park
  Balmorhea State Park is a state park located on the San Solomon Springs in Reeves County, Texas, opened in 1968. The closest major town is Balmorhea, Texas. The park is open year round.-Features:...
  
  
• Barrington Living History Farm at Washington-on-the-Brazos
• Barton Warnock Environmental Education Center
• Bastrop State Park
  Bastrop State Park
  Bastrop State Park is a state park in Bastrop County in central Texas. The park was established in 1938 and consists of stands of Loblolly Pines mixed with Post Oak and junipers.-History:...
  
  
• Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site
• Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
• Big Bend Ranch State Park
  Big Bend Ranch State Park (Texas)
  Big Bend Ranch State Park is a state park located on the Rio Grande in Brewster County and Presidio County, Texas. It is the largest state park in Texas. The closest major town is Presidio, Texas, where the state park's head office is located.-Features:...
  
  
• Big Spring State Park
• Blanco State Park
  Blanco State Park
  Blanco State Park is a on the Blanco River south of Blanco, Texas. It features camping, picnicking, screened shelters, swimming, and tubing. The park is hilly with mostly cedar, and pecan trees...
  
  
• Boca Chica State Park
  Boca Chica State Park
  Boca Chica State Park is a Texas state park located in the Boca Chica Subdelta of the Rio Grande near Brownsville in southeastern Cameron County, Texas in the United States. The park was acquired and opened in May 1994.- History :...
  
  
• Bonham State Park
  Bonham State Park
  Bonham State Park is a park located in Fannin County, Texas northeast of Dallas. It includes a lake, rolling prairies, and woodlands.-History:Constructed in early 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the land was acquired in 1933 from the City of Bonham and was opened in...
  
  
• Brazos Bend State Park
  Brazos Bend State Park
  Brazos Bend State Park is a state park along the Brazos River in Needville, Texas, run by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The park is a haven for a diverse mix of native wildlife and plants covering an equally diverse range of ecosystems...
  
  
• Buescher State Park
  Buescher State Park
  Buescher State Park is a state park located just north of Smithville, Texas. The park consists of of public land donated to the state by Mr. Emil and Mrs. Elizabeth Buescher, as well as the City of Smithville.-History:...
  
  

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• Caddo Lake State Park
  Caddo Lake State Park
  Caddo Lake State Park. is a state park located in east Texas. Caddo Lake, the lake that the state park encompasses, is one of only a handful of natural lakes in Texas. The park consists of west of the lake itself, in Harrison County, near Karnack, Texas. The lake and surrounding area was drilled...
  
  
• Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway
  Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway
  Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway is a Texas state park on the Caprock Escarpment in Briscoe County, Texas, United States, approximately southeast of Amarillo...
  
  
• Cedar Hill State Park
  Cedar Hill State Park
  Cedar Hill State Park is located on FM 1382 and the eastern shore of Joe Pool Lake in Cedar Hill, Texas , ten miles southwest of Dallas. The park was acquired in 1982 and was opened in 1991...
  
  
• Choke Canyon State Park - includes Calliham Unit and South Shore Unit
• Cleburne State Park
  Cleburne State Park
  Cleburne State Park is a Texas state park in Johnson County, Texas operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The park includes the , spring-fed Cedar Lake that was created by construction of an earthen dam by the Civilian Conservation Corps....
  
  
• Colorado Bend State Park
  Colorado Bend State Park
  Colorado Bend State Park is a Texas state park in the Hill Country region. It was purchased in 1984 and opened to public in 1987. It is representative of the karst features typically seen in the Hill Country, with many sinkholes, caves, and springs....
  
  
• Cooper Lake State Park - includes Doctors Creek Unit and South Sulphur Unit
• Copper Breaks State Park
  Copper Breaks State Park
  Copper Breaks State Park is a state park in Hardeman County, located approximately south of Quanah, the county seat. It covers around and contains two small lakes and of trails....
  
  

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• Daingerfield State Park
  Daingerfield State Park
  Daingerfield State Park, in Morris County southwest of Texarkana, is a recreational area , deeded in 1935 by private owners and opened in 1938.-History:The original improvements were made by the Civilian Conservation Corps...
  
  
• Davis Mountains State Park
  Davis Mountains State Park
  Davis Mountains State Park is a state park located in the Davis Mountains in Jeff Davis County, Texas. The closest town is Fort Davis, Texas. The park elevation is between 5000 and 6000 feet above sea level. The original portion of the park was deeded to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department by a...
  
  
• Devils River State Natural Area - Limited Use
• Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area - Access by Special Request
• Dinosaur Valley State Park
  Dinosaur Valley State Park
  - History :Dinosaur Valley State Park, located just northwest of Glen Rose in Somervell County, is a scenic park set astride the Paluxy River. The land for the park was acquired from private owners under the State Parks Bonds Program during 1968 and opened to the public in 1972...
  
  

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• Eisenhower State Park
  Eisenhower State Park (Texas)
  Eisenhower State Park is a state park located in Grayson County, Texas, northwest of Denison, Texas on the shores of Lake Texoma. The park is .-History:...
  
  
• Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
• Estero Llano Grande State Park

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• Fairfield Lake State Park
  Fairfield Lake State Park
  Fairfield Lake State Park is a state park located in Freestone County, Texas, northeast of Fairfield, Texas on the shores of Fairfield Lake. The park is .-History:...
  
  
• Falcon State Park
• Fannin Battleground State Historic Site
• Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site
  Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site
  Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site is a historic hotel in Anderson, Texas. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired the site by purchase in 1977 from a Fanthorp descendant. Ten years were spent researching and restoring the Inn to its 1850 look...
  
  
• Fort Boggy State Park
• Fort Leaton State Historic Site
• Fort Parker State Park
  Fort Parker State Park
  Fort Parker State Park is a Texas state park near Mexia. The city of Mexia and three local landowners donated the land creating the park in 1935. From 1935 to 1942, Civilian Conservation Corps Company 3807 built roads, recreational facilities, the concession building and a dam of limestone,...
  
  
• Fort Richardson State Park and Historic Site
• Franklin Mountains State Park
  Franklin Mountains State Park
  Franklin Mountains State Park is a Texas state park in El Paso, Texas in the United States. It is at an elevation of . It is the largest urban park in the nation lying completely within city limits, covering...
  
  

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• Galveston Island State Park
  Galveston Island State Park
  Galveston Island State Park, in Galveston County, is in the City of Galveston, Texas on the west end of Galveston Island. It is a site that was acquired in 1969 from private owners under the State Parks Bond Program and was opened in 1975. On September 14, 2008, the park was closed due to damage...
  
  
• Garner State Park
  Garner State Park
  Garner State Park is a state park in Uvalde County, Texas in the United States. Garner State Park, in the Texas Hill Country, is the most popular state park in Texas for overnight camping. It often fills by noon in peak parts of the season...
  
  
• Goliad State Park
• Goose Island State Park
  Goose Island State Park
  Goose Island State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Texas, located north of the city of Rockport on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The park covers . It is surrounded by both St. Charles and Aransas Bays....
  
  
• Government Canyon State Natural Area
  Government Canyon State Natural Area
  Established in 2005, Government Canyon State Natural Area is of rugged hills and canyons typical of the Texas Hill Country.The reserve is located in the extreme NW corner of Bexar County, and protects a large, relatively pristine area of Hill Country terrain, numerous and diverse species of plants...
  
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• Guadalupe River State Park
  Guadalupe River State Park
  Guadalupe River State Park is a Texas state park located on a section of the Guadalupe River in Kendall and Comal Counties, northwest of Bulverde, Texas United States and is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department...
  
  

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• Hill Country State Natural Area
  Hill Country State Natural Area
  Hill Country State Natural Area is a state park in Bandera County, Texas in the United States. Hill Country State Natural Area is a multi-use park within the Texas Hill Country.-Location:...
  
  
• Honey Creek State Natural Area
• Hueco Tanks State Historic Site
  Hueco Tanks State Historic Site
  Hueco Tanks State Historic Site is a Texas historic site in the Hueco Tanks area, approximately northeast of El Paso, Texas. The park is popular for recreation such as birding and bouldering, and is culturally and spiritually significant to many Native Americans...
  
  
• Huntsville State Park
  Huntsville State Park
  Huntsville State Park is a wooded recreational area, six miles southwest of Huntsville, Texas, within the county of Walker.- History :The park was acquired by deeds from private owners in 1937 and was opened in 1938....
  
  

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• Kickapoo Cavern State Park
  Kickapoo Cavern State Park
  - The state park :Kickapoo Caverns was opened as a state park in 1991. The park is located 22 miles north of Brackettville, Texas, straddling the Kinney and Edwards county line....
  
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• Kreische Brewery State Historic Site

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• Lake Arrowhead State Park
• Lake Bob Sandlin State Park
  Lake Bob Sandlin State Park
  Lake Bob Sandlin State Park is located around Lake Bob Sandlin in Northeast Texas, in the Pineywoods region. The park covers 641 acres of land surrounding the lake.-Flora and Fauna:...
  
  
• Lake Brownwood State Park
• Lake Casa Blanca International State Park
• Lake Colorado City State Park
• Lake Corpus Christi State Park
• Lake Livingston State Park
• Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway
  Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway
  Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway is a state park located in Mineral Wells, Parker County, Texas. It includes Lake Mineral Wells, and is the only state park in Texas which protects part of the Western Cross Timbers and Mineral Wells Trailway. Also within the park is Penitentiary Hollow, a...
  
  
• Lake Somerville State Park - includes Birch Creek Unit, Nails Creek Unit, Lake Somerville Trailway Unit, and the Somerville Wildlife Management Area Unit
• Lake Tawakoni State Park
  Lake Tawakoni State Park
  Lake Tawakoni State Park is a state park in Wills Point, Texas, in the United States.-Key events:The park came to media attention in 2007, because of a giant communal spider web on the premises of the park....
  
  
• Lake Texana State Park
  Lake Texana State Park
  Lake Texana State Park is a state park in Texas, United States and is located in Jackson County, halfway between Houston and Corpus Christi on Lake Texana....
  
  
• Lake Whitney State Park
• Lipantitlan State Historic Site
• Lockhart State Park
• Longhorn Cavern State Park
  Longhorn Cavern State Park
  Longhorn Cavern State Park is a state park located in Burnet County, Texas, United States. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is administrator of the facility. The land for Longhorn Cavern State Park was acquired between 1932 and 1937 from private owners. It was dedicated as a state park in...
  
  
• Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway
• Lost Maples State Natural Area
  Lost Maples State Natural Area
  Lost Maples State Natural Area is a state park in the Edwards Plateau of Texas, United States.- Location :Lost Maples State Natural Area is located about north of Vanderpool, Texas and west of San Antonio...
  
  
• Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site
  Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site
  Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site is a state park located along the Pedernales River in Gillespie County, Texas, United States west of Johnson City and east of Fredericksburg. The state created the park with donated land to honor Lyndon B...
  
  

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• Martin Creek Lake State Park
• Martin Dies, Jr. State Park
  Martin Dies, Jr. State Park
  Martin Dies, Jr. State Park is located on the banks of the Steinhagen Reservoir in Jasper and Tyler counties in Texas.-External links:*...
  
  
• Matagorda Island State Park
• McKinney Falls State Park
  McKinney Falls State Park
  McKinney Falls State Park is a state park located at the southeastern edge of Austin, Texas, United States around the confluence of Onion and Williamson Creeks and is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The park opened on April 15, 1976 and is named after Thomas F...
  
  
• Meridian State Park
• Mission Espíritu Santo State Historic Site
  Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga
  Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñigaalso known as Aranama Mission orMission La Bahiawas a Roman Catholic mission established by Spain in Victoria County, Texas in northern New Spain in 1722 to convert local Native Karankawa Indians to Christianity...
  
  
• Mission Rosario State Historic Site
• Mission Tejas State Park
• Monahans Sandhills State Park
  Monahans Sandhills State Park
  The Monahans Sandhills State Park is a state park located in Ward County and Winkler County, Texas. The closest major town is Monahans, Texas, and the closest limited-access highway ingress is Exit 86 on Interstate 20.-Features:...
  
  
• Monument Hill State Historic Site
• Mother Neff State Park
  Mother Neff State Park
  Mother Neff State Park is a state park located on the Leon River west of Moody, Texas in Coryell County. The park is part of Mother Neff State Park and F.A.S. 21-B Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 2, 1992.The park's initial were donated by...
  
  
• Mustang Island State Park
  Mustang Island State Park
  Mustang Island State Park is a state park located south of the city of Port Aransas, Texas, United States on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that covers and has a beachfront. The land was acquired from private owners in 1972 and opened to the public in 1979....
  
  

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• Palmetto State Park
  Palmetto State Park
  Palmetto State Park is a state park located in Gonzales County, Texas, United States northwest of Gonzales and southeast of Luling. The land was acquired by deeds from private owners and the City of Gonzales in 1934 - 1936 and was opened in 1936.-Features:...
  
  
• Palo Duro Canyon State Park
• Pedernales Falls State Park
  Pedernales Falls State Park
  Pedernales Falls State Park is a state park in central Texas in the United States.-Location:Pedernales Falls State Park is located east of Johnson City. The park is on the Pedernales River, southwest of the river's mouth at Lake Travis....
  
  
• Penn Farm
• Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site - Operated by the City of Port Isabel
  Port Isabel, Texas
  Port Isabel is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas...
  
  
• Possum Kingdom State Park
  Possum Kingdom State Park
  Possum Kingdom State Park is a state park in Palo Pinto County, Texas, that was built in the 1940s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It covers approximately , and lies in the Palo Pinto Mountains and Brazos River Valley of Texas. The park borders the large Possum Kingdom Lake, a lake known for...
  
  
• Purtis Creek State Park

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• Ray Roberts Lake State Park - includes Isle du Bois Unit, Johnson Branch Unit, Jordan Unit and the Greenbelt
• Resaca de la Palma State park

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• San Angelo State Park
  San Angelo State Park
  San Angelo State Park is a Texas state park in San Angelo, Texas in the United States. It encompasses leased by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department from the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It opened in 1995 and is located on the shores of the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.- History :The O.C...
  
  
• San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
  San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
  The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site includes the location of the Battle of San Jacinto, and the USS Texas. It is located off the Houston Ship Channel in LaPorte, Texas. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960....
  
  
• Sauer-Beckmann Farm
• Sea Rim State Park
  Sea Rim State Park
  Sea Rim State Park is a state park in southeast Texas.The park is located on the Gulf of Mexico in southern Jefferson County, south of Port Arthur and just west of Sabine Pass. The park was closed for several years due to extensive damage from Hurricanes Rita and Ike . The park has recently...
  
  
• Sebastopol House State Historic Site
  Sebastopol House State Historic Site
  Sebastopol House State Historic Site is a Greek Revival style house located in Seguin, Texas, United States. Joshua W. Young built the house between 1854 and 1856 for his sister, Catherine LeGette. Sebastopol House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1970 as a...
  
  
• Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site
• Sheldon Lake State Park
• South Llano River State Park
• Stephen F. Austin State Park
  Stephen F. Austin State Park
  Stephen F. Austin State Park and San Felipe State Historic Site is a state park in Texas, United States and is located in San Felipe, Austin County, west of Houston on the Brazos River....
  
  

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• Walter Umphrey State Park - Operated by Jefferson County
• Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site
• Wyler Aerial Tramway
  Wyler Aerial Tramway
  Wyler Aerial Tramway is an aerial tramway in El Paso, Texas, United States. The tramway is operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and is located in Franklin Mountains State Park. The tramway complex covers on the east side of the Franklin Mountains. The gondolas travel along two 2600...
  
  

See also

• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department is a Texas state agency that oversees and protects wildlife and their habitats. In addition, the agency is responsible for managing the state's parks and historical areas...
  
  
• List of Texas state historic sites
• List of U.S. national parks

External links

• Texas Parks & Wildlife Department - Texas State Park List
• List of All Parks & Recreation Areas in Texas
• Map of Texas State Parks