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This is a list of state parks and state natural areas in Texas, United States, managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Several state historic sites that used to be managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife are now managed by the Texas Historical Commission .
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McKinney Falls State Park welcomed just under 310,000 visitors in 2023. The park is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Adult entrance fees are $6 per day, and children under 12 get in free.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired the reservoir in 1952 to provide a refuge for migratory waterfowl, a public fishing lake and a fish hatchery. It opened in 1955 as the Sheldon Wildlife Management Area. The hatchery closed in 1975, and the land began to revert naturally to forest, ponds and marshes.
Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway is an 8700-acre state park located in Lee County and Burleson County, Texas on the shore of Lake Somerville. The park is a complex of four units; Lake Somerville State Park-Birch Creek Unit, Lake Somerville State Park-Nails Creek Unit, Somerville Trailway and Somerville Public Hunting Land. [ 2 ]
The park opened in 1935, two years after the state acquired the land from private owners. [4] The park's facilities were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps . [ 5 ]
Bonham State Park is a 261-acre (1.06 km 2) state park located in Bonham, Texas (in Fannin County, northeast of Dallas). [2] It includes a 65-acre (260,000 m 2 ) lake, rolling prairies, and woodlands.
Stephen F. Austin State Park is a 663.3 acres (268 ha) state park located on the Brazos River in San Felipe, Austin County, Texas, United States. The park is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department .