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Albert & Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area
Boerne · Bandera County · Hill Country
A protected Hill Country landscape preserving springs, canyons, grasslands, and diverse wildlife while public-use planning continues.
Big Bend Ranch State Park
Presidio · Presidio County · West Texas
Texas's largest state park, with rugged Chihuahuan Desert mountains, Rio Grande access, primitive camping, and remote backcountry trails.
Big Spring State Park
Big Spring · Howard County · West Texas
A day-use park atop Scenic Mountain with panoramic views, CCC-built structures, picnicking, playgrounds, and a loop road.
Buescher State Park
Smithville · Bastrop County · Central Texas
A quiet Lost Pines park with a small lake, wooded trails, camping, cabins, fishing, paddling, and a scenic road to Bastrop State Park.
Caprock Canyons State Park & Trailway
Quitaque · Briscoe County · Panhandle
Red-rock canyons, rugged trails, Lake Theo, camping, and close-up views of the official Texas State Bison Herd.
Davis Mountains State Park
Fort Davis · Jeff Davis County · West Texas
High-desert mountain scenery, Skyline Drive overlooks, extensive trails, camping, birding, and the historic Indian Lodge.
Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area
Rocksprings · Edwards County · Hill Country
A massive vertical cavern and important Mexican free-tailed bat roost, accessible through seasonal guided tours and evening bat-flight programs.
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
Fredericksburg · Gillespie County · Hill Country
A massive pink granite dome with summit hiking, rock climbing, primitive camping, sweeping Hill Country views, and internationally recognized dark skies.
Franklin Mountains State Park
El Paso · El Paso County · West Texas
A rugged mountain wilderness within El Paso offering hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, camping, desert wildlife, and panoramic borderland views.
Hamilton Pool Preserve
Dripping Springs · Travis County · Hill Country
A protected Hill Country grotto, waterfall, and short nature trail.
Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site
El Paso · El Paso County · West Texas
Rock formations, Indigenous pictographs, guided access, climbing, and desert history.
Inks Lake State Park
Burnet · Burnet County · Hill Country
A constant-level Highland Lakes destination with granite outcrops, Devil's Waterhole, swimming, paddling, fishing, hiking, cabins, and camping.
Longhorn Cavern State Park
Burnet · Burnet County · Hill Country
A historic Hill Country cavern with guided walking and wild-cave tours, CCC architecture, hiking, and scenic overlooks.
Lost Maples State Natural Area
Vanderpool · Bandera County · Hill Country
Limestone canyons, clear streams, rugged trails, primitive camping, birding, and celebrated fall foliage from isolated bigtooth maples.
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site
Stonewall · Gillespie County · Hill Country
A day-use historic park interpreting President Johnson's Hill Country heritage with the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm, trails, exhibits, and river scenery.
Monahans Sandhills State Park
Monahans · Ward County · West Texas
Wind-shaped dunes offer sand sliding, hiking, camping, wildlife viewing, horseback riding, and expansive West Texas skies.
Old Tunnel State Park
Fredericksburg · Kendall County · Hill Country
A former railroad tunnel that shelters a major Mexican free-tailed bat colony, with seasonal evening bat viewing, birding, and short nature trails.
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Canyon · Randall County · Panhandle
The second-largest canyon system in the United States, with scenic drives, hiking and biking trails, horseback riding, camping, cabins, wildlife, and the outdoor TEXAS musical.
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park
Strawn · Palo Pinto County · North Texas
A developing North Texas state park protecting rugged hills, canyons, creeks, and wildlife habitat, with future plans for trails, camping, and outdoor recreation.
Pedernales Falls State Park
Johnson City · Blanco County · Hill Country
Dramatic limestone falls and pools on the Pedernales River, with hiking, mountain biking, swimming areas, fishing, paddling, wildlife, and camping.
Powderhorn State Park
Port O'Connor · Calhoun County · Gulf Coast
A protected coastal landscape of prairie, wetlands, and oak mottes supporting wildlife, birding, conservation, and planned public recreation.
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
La Porte · Harris County · Gulf Coast
The battlefield where Texas secured independence, marked by the San Jacinto Monument.
Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site
Comstock · Val Verde County · West Texas
Lower Pecos canyon landscapes with hiking, camping, scenic overlooks, and guided access to ancient rock art in Fate Bell Shelter.