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Breakaway Airport, also known as Hank Sasser Airport, (ICAO: 40XS) is a privately owned, private use airport in Cedar Park, Texas, United States. Located about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Downtown Cedar Park, it covers 25 acres (10.1 ha) and has one runway. [1] It serves as the base for the fly-in community Breakaway Park. [2]
There are several lighthouses in the U.S. state of Texas, including several listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Not every lighthouse in Texas is listed here as some have very little information known about them. Saluria, and Swash lights for example were built right before the civil war and were both destroyed by confederate ...
Articles about lighthouses in the U.S. state of Texas. For a manually maintained list, complete with yet-to-be-written articles, see Lighthouses in the United States . Subcategories
The park was dedicated by former Texas Governor Pat Neff and opened to the public in May 1941. [1] Old Fort Parker, their spring is located on the left. Fort Parker State Park has three hike-and-bike trails: Springfield trail (1.5-mile loop), Navasota River Trail (0.5 mile one way), and Baines Creek Trail (2.5 miles one way).
Pass Cavallo, alternately known as Cavallo Pass, is one of five natural water inlets which separate the Gulf of Mexico and Matagorda Bay, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] Matagorda Island Lighthouse was originally built on this site. [2] During the Civil War, Pass Cavallo was a major port of entry and was captured by the Union. [3]
Chesapeake Light is an offshore lighthouse marking the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. [1] The structure was first marked with a lightship in the 1930s, and was later replaced by a "Texas Tower" in 1965. The lighthouse was eventually automated and was used for supporting atmospheric measurement sites for NASA and NOAA. Due to deteriorating ...
The lighthouse was placed on a barge by a crane and carried up to Point Comfort. In 1978 Bauer gave the lighthouse to the Calhoun County Historic Commission and transported to its current location. The following year the lighthouse was repaired as an Eagle Scout community project. In 1985, the lighthouse was revealed as a Texas Historical ...
In the late 1940s, a movement began to save the lighthouse as a historic site. On October 5, 1950, the Texas State Park Board accepted the lighthouse and surrounding land as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Lon C. Hill Jr., the owners at the time. The Texas State Park Board began restoring the lighthouse in 1951, and it was opened to the public in 1952.