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24,247 acres (9,812 ha) 1987. Franklin Mountains State Park. Galveston Island State Park. Galveston. 2,013.1 acres (814.7 ha) 1975. Galveston Island State Park. Garner State Park.
Governing body. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Mission Tejas State Park is a 660-acre (270 ha) state park located along Texas State Highway 21 in Houston County, Texas, originally constructed in 1935 and transferred to Texas Parks and Wildlife in 1957. The closest major town is Crockett, Texas. The park is open year-round.
Lake Livingston State Park is located near Livingston in Polk County, Texas. It is in the southern portion of the Piney Woods region of the state, an hour north of Houston . The 635 acre park along Lake Livingston opened in 1977.
Location County Region Summary Acton Nature Center of Hood County: Granbury: Hood: North Texas: website, 74 acres with over 5 miles of trails Armand Bayou Nature Center: Houston: Harris: Texas Coastal Bend: 2,500-acre urban preserve, includes a boardwalk through forest and marshes, live animal displays, bison and prairie platforms and butterfly ...
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 .
Many of the state parks also have historic or scientific importance. For example, Chemin-A-Haut State Park served as a route used by Native Americans during seasonal migrations. [5] Louisiana state parks have many accommodations, including overnight cabins, boating rentals, guided daily tours, and fishing piers. In 2002, Louisiana state parks ...
The state with the most national parks is California with nine, followed by Alaska with eight, Utah with five, and Colorado with four. The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km 2), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states.
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