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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Meridian State Park Civilian Conservation Corps work on Texas State Parks Meridian State Park at The Look of Nature: Designing Texas State Parks During the Great Depression
Sea Rim State Park is a 4,141-acre (1,676 ha) state park in southeast Texas. [2] The park is located on the Gulf of Mexico in southern Jefferson County , south of Port Arthur and just west of Sabine Pass .
Fisher Lake and San Angelo State Park: Sea Rim State Park: Jefferson 4,141 acres (1,676 ha) 1977 Sea Rim State Park: Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site: Val Verde 2,172.5 acres (879.2 ha) 1980 Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site: Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center: Harris 1,200 acres (1133 ha) 1984
Davis Mountains State Park is a 2,709-acre (1,096 ha) state park located in the Davis Mountains in Jeff Davis County, Texas. The closest town is Fort Davis, Texas. The park elevation is between 5,000 and 6,000 ft (1,500 and 1,800 m) above sea level. The original portion of the park was deeded to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department by a local ...
Garner State Park is the most sought after park in the Texas State Parks system. Due to high demand, a Day Use reservation is highly recommended during the off-season months of October to February. During the high demand on-season months of March to September, Day Use reservations are required before visiting the park to guarantee entry.
The Gulf of Mexico has been so named at least since the late 1600s, when it was used to describe the body of water that's bordered to the north by the United States' southern coast, from Texas to ...
A program to re-establish a nesting beach for Kemp's ridley sea turtles on Padre Island was begun in 1978. In 1992, the first two turtles from the program returned to Padre Island beach to lay their eggs. The number of Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests on Padre Island has increased ever since with 28 being found in 2005.
Texas: April 6, 1968: 130,434.27 acres (527.8 km 2) Padre Island, the world's longest undeveloped barrier island, is a nesting ground for the Kemp's ridley sea turtle and a migratory site for least terns, brown pelicans, and piping plovers. Malaquite Beach provides a variety of recreational activities, and Novillo Line Camp has the remains of a ...