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McKinney Roughs Nature Park is a 1,140-acre (460 ha) nature park and archaeological site in Cedar Creek, Texas, United States.Located about 13 mi (21 km) east of Austin and next to the Colorado River, the park features 17.6 mi (28.3 km) of trails for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.
Naked Mountain Natural Area Preserve is a 356-acre (1.44 km 2) Natural Area Preserve located in Nelson County, Virginia.The preserve was dedicated in 2006. [2]It was created to protect an uncommon growth of shooting-stars (Dodecatheon meadia) and a small population of the globally rare Torrey's mountain mint (Pycnanthemum torreyi), which occupy rocky clearings on otherwise forested slopes.
Round Mountain: Travis: Texas Hill Country: website, 75 acres, exhibits on area geology, water, weather, and energy and their connection to the Preserve's plants and animals Wildcat Bluff Nature Center: Amarillo: Potter: Texas Panhandle: website, over 600 acres, 5 miles of trails, 5 acre accessible trail with pond, spring, and paleontology ...
municipal/City of Fort Worth Contains outstanding examples of the unique oak-hickory forest associations called cross timbers. Greenwood Canyon: 1975: Montague: private A rich source of early Cretaceous mammalian fossils. High Plains Natural Area: 1980
Preservation efforts first began in the 1970s and calls to have the landscape designated as a landmark began about a decade ago. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, first introduced The Castner Range ...
The Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge is a nature center located between Lakeside and Lake Worth, Texas within Fort Worth, Texas, United States city limits. It consists of prairies, forests, and wetlands. The nature center offers a glimpse of what the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex looked like before settlement. The center covers 3,621 acres ...
Bolivar/McFaddin Nude Beach — Only a deserted strip of this south Texas beach coast is designated for nudity. Located just east of the city of High Island. Located just east of the city of High ...
A wetlands area was created with water from the Colorado River that attracts migratory birds including bald eagles: Area 4 East Texas Conservation Center A TPWD Jasper Fish Hatchery that started in 1932. Area 3 Elephant Mountain WMA Brewster County: 23,147 acres Located 26 miles south of Alpine the land was donated in 1985.