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Hill Country State Natural Area: Honey Creek State Natural Area: Comal 2,293.7 acres (928.2 ha) 1985 Honey Creek State Natural Area: Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site: El Paso 860 acres (350 ha) 1970 Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site: Huntsville State Park: Walker 2,083.2-acre (843 ha) 1956 Huntsville State Park swimming area
Lake Houston Wilderness Park is a wooded parkland that encompasses 4,786.6 acres. [1] It is the only park owned by the Houston Parks and Recreation Department that has overnight camping and lodging. There are over 20 miles of hiking, biking, and equestrian trails available inside the park.
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.
Cagle is five miles west of Interstate 45 on state road FM-1375 at New Waverly, Texas. Double Lake Recreation Area is located on the east side of the Sam Houston near Coldspring, Texas, surrounding a 24-acre (97,000 m 2) lake and includes whispering pines and hardwoods one mile (1.6 km) south on FM-2025. Built initially in 1937 by the Civilian ...
This park will open vehicle reservations on February 12. The reservation system is for the west side of Going-to-the-Sun Road and the North Fork. You’ll need reservations from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m ...
Huntsville State Park is a 2,083.2-acre (843 ha) wooded recreational area, six miles (10 km) southwest of Huntsville, Texas, within Walker County and the Sam Houston National Forest. [ 2 ] History
In the 1880s, a railway named the Texas Western Narrow Gauge Railroad ran trains from Houston to surrounding areas. Barely lasting one decade, the line was forced to shut down due to bankruptcy, yet still the park considers it a heritage. [5] Cattle and farms occupied the area throughout the early 1900s, until it became parkland in the mid-1940s.
The State of Texas (United States) has designated numerous trail systems and nature preserves as part of the "Great Texas Wildlife Trails." These are broken into four major trail systems. Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail ; Seabrook Trail System; Heart of Texas Wildlife Trail (Central Texas) Panhandle Plains Wildlife Trail