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Acton State Historic Site
Acton · Hood County County · North Texas
Visit the burial place of Elizabeth Crockett, wife of Alamo defender David Crockett, marked by a prominent state monument.
Barrington Living History Farm
Washington · Washington County County · Central Texas
Experience the home and working farm of Anson Jones, the final president of the Republic of Texas, through demonstrations and living-history programs.
Battleship Texas
Galveston · Galveston County · Gulf Coast
A preserved early twentieth-century battleship and major Texas naval landmark.
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
Mission · Hidalgo County · South Texas
A premier Lower Rio Grande Valley birding destination and World Birding Center site.
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.
Caddo Mounds State Historic Site
Alto · Cherokee County County · East Texas
Explore an ancestral Caddo ceremonial center with ancient earthen mounds, exhibits, trails, and cultural interpretation.
Chamizal National Memorial
El Paso · El Paso County County · West Texas
An El Paso cultural park commemorating the peaceful settlement of a century-long border dispute between the United States and Mexico.
Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site
Mexia · Limestone County County · Central Texas
Walk wooded grounds along the Navasota River that hosted large reunion gatherings and now preserve historic structures and landscapes.
Fannin Battleground State Historic Site
Fannin · Goliad County County · Gulf Coast
Visit the prairie battlefield where James Fannin and his command surrendered after the Battle of Coleto during the Texas Revolution.
First Capitol of Texas State Historic Site
West Columbia · Brazoria County County · Gulf Coast
Explore the reconstructed site where the first Congress of the Republic of Texas met and established the new national government.
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Davis · Jeff Davis County County · West Texas
One of the best-preserved frontier military posts in the Southwest, with restored buildings, exhibits, trails, and Buffalo Soldier history.
Fort Griffin State Historic Site
Albany · Shackelford County County · West Texas
Explore frontier fort ruins, military history, archeology, dark skies, and the Official State of Texas Longhorn Herd.
Fort Lancaster and Battlefield State Historic Site
Sheffield · Crockett County County · West Texas
Walk the ruins of a remote frontier post overlooking the Pecos River valley and learn about soldiers, travelers, and regional conflict.
Fort Martin Scott State Historic Site
Fredericksburg · Gillespie County County · Hill Country
Explore one of the first U.S. Army posts on the Texas frontier and its connections to settlers, soldiers, and Indigenous peoples.
Fort McKavett State Historic Site
Fort McKavett · Menard County County · West Texas
Tour one of Texas' best-preserved frontier military posts, with restored buildings interpreting soldiers, Buffalo Soldiers, and civilian life.
Kreische Brewery State Historic Site
La Grange · Fayette County County · Central Texas
Explore the ruins of an early Texas commercial brewery and the bluff-top home and landscape of German immigrant Heinrich Kreische.
Landmark Inn State Historic Site
Castroville · Medina County County · South Texas
Stay overnight or tour a historic inn and mill complex interpreting commerce, immigration, and community life along the Medina River.
Lipantitlán State Historic Site
Mathis · Nueces County County · South Texas
Visit the landscape of a former Mexican fort and Texas Revolution battle site near the Nueces River.
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Johnson City · Blanco County County · Hill Country
Explore President Lyndon B. Johnson's birthplace, boyhood home, ranch, family cemetery, and the Texas Hill Country landscape that shaped his life.
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.
Mission Dolores State Historic Site
San Augustine · San Augustine County County · East Texas
Explore the archeological remains and interpretation of an early Spanish mission established among Indigenous communities in East Texas.
Monument Hill State Historic Site
La Grange · Fayette County County · Central Texas
Visit the tomb and monument honoring Texans killed in the Dawson and Mier expeditions, with sweeping Colorado River views.
Old Socorro Mission State Historic Site
Socorro · El Paso County County · West Texas
Visit the grounds of one of Texas' oldest mission communities and explore centuries of Indigenous, Spanish, Mexican, and borderlands history.
Palmito Ranch Battlefield State Historic Site
Brownsville · Cameron County County · South Texas
Explore the landscape of the final land battle of the Civil War, fought near the Rio Grande after the Confederacy's collapse.